Forklift operator jobs in Kingston upon Thames

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 500 employee jobs in Kingston upon Thames, from 74,000 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 0.91% of employment in Kingston upon Thames.

Median full-time pay in Kingston upon Thames was £42,346 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 10 warehousing and storage sites in Kingston upon Thames at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten. A site that small runs a truck or two and the operator picks for most of the shift.

Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Kingston upon Thames, 75 are part time, 14.3% of the split. The middle across London is 16.7%, so Kingston upon Thames sits below it, 19th of 33 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 Kingston upon Thames picture: 100 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 70 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Kingston upon Thames ranks 20th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 1,115, against 670 in Kingston upon Thames. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Kingston upon Thames in that order sit Waltham Forest at 1,000 and Bromley at 575.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Kingston upon Thames ranks 32nd of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 20, against 10 in Kingston upon Thames. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Kingston upon Thames in that order sit Kensington and Chelsea at 10 and Richmond upon Thames at 10.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 500 jobs across 10 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Kingston upon Thames, and the live list above is what is open now.