Forklift operator jobs in Halton

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 2,500 employee jobs in Halton, from 65,000 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 7.3% of employment in Halton.

Median full-time pay in Halton was £37,336 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 35 warehousing and storage sites in Halton at the March 2025 reference date, 20 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 20 of them, 57.1%, 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 Halton, 600 are part time, 23.1% of the split. The middle across the North West is 14.3%, so Halton sits above it, 6th of 24 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 Halton picture: 2,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 245 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Halton ranks 7th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 3,450, against 4,745 in Halton. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Halton in that order sit Rochdale at 5,125 and Trafford at 4,610.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Halton ranks 14th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 38, against 35 in Halton. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Halton in that order sit Bolton at 35 and Stockport at 35.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 2,500 jobs across 35 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Halton, and the live list above is what is open now.