Forklift operator jobs in Northumberland

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 700 employee jobs in Northumberland, from 111,000 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 2.03% of employment in Northumberland.

Median full-time pay in Northumberland was £35,323 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 Northumberland 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 Northumberland, 175 are part time, 25.9% of the split. The middle across the North East is 21.7%, so Northumberland sits above it, 3rd of 12 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 Northumberland picture: 1,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 55 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Northumberland ranks 6th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 2,085, against 2,255 in Northumberland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Northumberland in that order sit Darlington at 3,705 and Redcar and Cleveland at 1,915.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Northumberland ranks 5th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 18, against 25 in Northumberland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Northumberland in that order sit Stockton-on-Tees at 30 and Middlesbrough at 20.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 700 jobs across 25 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Northumberland, and the live list above is what is open now.