Forklift operator jobs in Hertfordshire

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 7,000 employee jobs in Hertfordshire, from 652,000 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 1.89% of employment in Hertfordshire.

Median full-time pay in Hertfordshire was £42,775 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 165 warehousing and storage sites in Hertfordshire at the March 2025 reference date, 60 of them employing ten people or more. 105 of them, 63.6%, 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 Hertfordshire, 450 are part time, 7% of the split. The middle across the East of England is 12.2%, so Hertfordshire sits below it, 11th of 11 areas on this measure. Nearly all of the split is full time, which on forklift work generally means a fixed shift rather than cover.

Two further counts round out the Hertfordshire picture: 3,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 1,800 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Hertfordshire ranks 3rd of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 6,925, against 12,300 in Hertfordshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Hertfordshire in that order sit Essex at 12,325 and Suffolk at 10,625.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Hertfordshire ranks 2nd of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 65, against 165 in Hertfordshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Hertfordshire in that order sit Essex at 210 and Suffolk at 155.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 7,000 jobs across 165 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Hertfordshire, and the live list above is what is open now.