Forklift operator jobs in Peterborough

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 5,000 employee jobs in Peterborough, from 118,000 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 5.87% of employment in Peterborough.

Median full-time pay in Peterborough was £36,050 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 Peterborough at the March 2025 reference date, 20 of them employing ten people or more. 15 of them, 42.9%, 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 Peterborough, 800 are part time, 15.1% of the split. The middle across the East of England is 12.2%, so Peterborough sits above it, 3rd of 11 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 Peterborough picture: 1,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 425 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Peterborough ranks 6th of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 6,925, against 6,925 in Peterborough. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Peterborough in that order sit Central Bedfordshire at 9,060 and Cambridgeshire at 6,870.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Peterborough ranks 9th of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 65, against 35 in Peterborough. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Peterborough in that order sit Bedford at 35 and Luton at 25.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 5,000 jobs across 35 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Peterborough, and the live list above is what is open now.