Forklift operator jobs in Solihull

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 3,000 employee jobs in Solihull, from 145,000 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 3.41% of employment in Solihull.

Median full-time pay in Solihull was £42,587 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 Solihull at the March 2025 reference date, 15 of them employing ten people or more. 10 of them, 40%, 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 Solihull, 150 are part time, 4.8% of the split. The middle across the West Midlands is 12.4%, so Solihull sits below it, 13th of 14 areas on this measure. Nearly all of the split is full time, which on forklift work generally means a fixed shift rather than cover.

Two further counts round out the Solihull picture: 1,750 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 200 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Solihull ranks 8th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 6,283, against 4,950 in Solihull. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Solihull in that order sit Worcestershire at 7,615 and Walsall at 4,785.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Solihull ranks 13th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 55, against 25 in Solihull. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Solihull in that order sit Shropshire at 35 and Telford and Wrekin at 20.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 3,000 jobs across 25 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Solihull, and the live list above is what is open now.