Forklift operator jobs in Medway

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 900 employee jobs in Medway, from 98,000 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 2.3% of employment in Medway.

Median full-time pay in Medway was £37,128 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 25 warehousing and storage sites in Medway at the March 2025 reference date, 10 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, 80%, employ under ten, below the usual share, so there is more reach, VNA and bendi work here than a small-site area carries.

Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Medway, 300 are part time, 33.3% of the split. The middle across the South East is 13%, so Medway sits above it, 2nd of 19 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 Medway picture: 1,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 350 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Medway ranks 11th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 2,400, against 2,250 in Medway. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Medway in that order sit Southampton at 2,400 and West Berkshire at 2,100.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Medway ranks 10th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 25, against 25 in Medway. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Medway in that order sit West Berkshire at 35 and Southampton at 25.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 900 jobs across 25 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Medway, and the live list above is what is open now.