Forklift operator jobs in Cheshire West and Chester

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 1,500 employee jobs in Cheshire West and Chester, from 176,000 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 1.72% of employment in Cheshire West and Chester.

Median full-time pay in Cheshire West and Chester was £37,198 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 40 warehousing and storage sites in Cheshire West and Chester at the March 2025 reference date, 20 of them employing ten people or more. 20 of them, 50%, 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 Cheshire West and Chester, 600 are part time, 42.9% of the split. The middle across the North West is 14.3%, so Cheshire West and Chester sits above it, 1st of 24 areas on this measure. A high part-time share generally means peak and weekend shifts make up a large part of the local warehouse rota.

Two further counts round out the Cheshire West and Chester picture: 1,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 525 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Cheshire West and Chester ranks 14th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 3,450, against 3,025 in Cheshire West and Chester. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Cheshire West and Chester in that order sit Cumberland at 3,425 and Salford at 2,900.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Cheshire West and Chester ranks 9th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 38, against 40 in Cheshire West and Chester. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Cheshire West and Chester in that order sit Wigan at 45 and Oldham at 40.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 1,500 jobs across 40 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Cheshire West and Chester, and the live list above is what is open now.