Forklift operator jobs in Devon

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 2,250 employee jobs in Devon, from 350,000 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 1.84% of employment in Devon.

Median full-time pay in Devon was £34,939 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 105 warehousing and storage sites in Devon at the March 2025 reference date, 30 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 70 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 Devon, 350 are part time, 16.7% of the split. The middle across the South West is 16.3%, so Devon sits level with it, 6th of 14 areas on this measure. A part-time share at this level usually means twilight and weekend shifts running alongside the main rota.

Two further counts round out the Devon picture: 3,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 705 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Devon ranks 4th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 2,955, against 6,455 in Devon. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Devon in that order sit Bristol, City of at 8,200 and Somerset at 6,305.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Devon ranks 1st of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 45, against 105 in Devon. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Devon in that order sit Wiltshire at 95.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 2,250 jobs across 105 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Devon, and the live list above is what is open now.