Forklift operator jobs in South Gloucestershire

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 8,000 employee jobs in South Gloucestershire, from 170,000 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 6.34% of employment in South Gloucestershire.

Median full-time pay in South Gloucestershire was £42,267 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 60 warehousing and storage sites in South Gloucestershire at the March 2025 reference date, 35 of them employing ten people or more. 25 of them, 41.7%, 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 South Gloucestershire, 1,250 are part time, 15.2% of the split. The middle across the South West is 16.3%, so South Gloucestershire sits below it, 9th of 14 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 South Gloucestershire picture: 2,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 775 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, South Gloucestershire ranks 1st of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 2,955, against 10,775 in South Gloucestershire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to South Gloucestershire in that order sit Swindon at 9,255.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, South Gloucestershire ranks 7th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 45, against 60 in South Gloucestershire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to South Gloucestershire in that order sit Cornwall at 70 and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 45.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 8,000 jobs across 60 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in South Gloucestershire, and the live list above is what is open now.