Forklift operator jobs in Rutland

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 50 employee jobs in Rutland, from 16,000 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 1.88% of employment in Rutland.

Median full-time pay in Rutland was £38,186 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 Rutland at the March 2025 reference date, 0 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 5 of them, 50%, 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 Rutland, 10 are part time, 18.2% of the split. The middle across the East Midlands is 10.8%, so Rutland sits above it, 2nd of 10 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 Rutland picture: 250 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 0 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Rutland ranks 10th of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 8,770, against 300 in Rutland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Rutland in that order sit Derby at 1,660.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Rutland ranks 10th of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 110, against 10 in Rutland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Rutland in that order sit Derby at 25.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 50 jobs across 10 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Rutland, and the live list above is what is open now.