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Forklift operator jobs in Cardiff
Cardiff has 400 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, on the most recent business survey. Below are the published figures for the area, and every advert on this site for the role right now.
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Published figures for Cardiff
What the official data says about Cardiff
Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 400 employee jobs in Cardiff, from 227,000 employee jobs across the area.
That count covers whole sites rather than truck types, so counterbalance on the bays, reach in the racking and VNA in the narrow aisles are all inside it, together with the picking most operators also do. Freight, warehousing and courier work together make up 0.49% of employment in Cardiff.
Median full-time pay in Cardiff was £38,225 a year in 2025 across all occupations combined. Forklift work is not published separately at this level, so treat that as area context and read the rate on the advert.
UK Business Counts recorded 30 warehousing and storage sites in Cardiff at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. 20 of them, 66.7%, employ under ten, well below the usual share. Large sites use the full range of truck types, so a ticket beyond counterbalance is worth more here.
Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Cardiff, 45 are part time, 11.4% of the split. The middle across Wales is 14.5%, so Cardiff sits below it, 16th of 22 areas on this measure. That is a full-time shift pattern with part-time hours around the edges of it.
Two further counts round out the Cardiff picture: 350 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 365 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.
Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Cardiff ranks 6th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 690, against 1,115 in Cardiff. Next to Cardiff in that order sit Bridgend at 1,450 and Monmouthshire at 1,055.
On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Cardiff ranks 1st of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 15, against 30 in Cardiff. Next to Cardiff in that order sit Flintshire at 25.
None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 400 jobs across 30 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Cardiff, and the live list above is what is open now.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 400
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 227,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £38,225
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 30
- Warehousing sites employing under 10
- 20
- Part-time share of warehousing and storage jobs
- 11.4%
- Freight, warehousing and courier work, share of all employee jobs
- 0.49%
The forklift operator role
Forklift work is moving pallets safely in a building full of people doing other things. Counterbalance in the yard and on loading bays, reach truck in the racking, VNA in narrow aisles at height.
Forklift operator jobs in Cardiff: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Cardiff?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 350 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Cardiff and 400 in warehousing and storage, spread across 290 freight, warehousing and courier workplaces on the 2025 business register. Those are jobs and workplaces that exist in the area, not jobs being advertised.
What does a forklift operator earn in Cardiff?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Cardiff: earnings are not broken down by occupation at local authority level anywhere in the official statistics, so anybody quoting one has estimated it. What is published is the size of the trade here, 30 warehousing and storage sites, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is forklift operator work in Cardiff full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 11.4% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Cardiff, 45 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for forklift operator jobs in Cardiff?
A current forklift certificate for the truck type, such as counterbalance or reach. Employers often accept RTITB or ITSSAR accredited training. No formal school qualifications needed. Each advert in Cardiff sets out what that employer asks for.