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Forklift operator jobs in Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent has 5,000 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, on the most recent business survey. Below are the published figures for the area, and every advert on this site for the role right now.
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Published figures for Stoke-on-Trent
What the official data says about Stoke-on-Trent
Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 5,000 employee jobs in Stoke-on-Trent, from 124,000 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 7.75% of employment in Stoke-on-Trent.
Median full-time pay in Stoke-on-Trent was £34,744 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 Stoke-on-Trent at the March 2025 reference date, 25 of them employing ten people or more. 35 of them, 58.3%, 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 Stoke-on-Trent, 600 are part time, 11.8% of the split. The middle across the West Midlands is 12.4%, so Stoke-on-Trent sits level with it, 8th 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 Stoke-on-Trent picture: 4,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 615 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.
Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Stoke-on-Trent ranks 4th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 6,283, against 9,615 in Stoke-on-Trent. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Stoke-on-Trent in that order sit Birmingham at 11,575 and Coventry at 8,265.
On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Stoke-on-Trent ranks 7th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 55, against 60 in Stoke-on-Trent. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Stoke-on-Trent in that order sit Walsall at 65 and Dudley at 50.
None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 5,000 jobs across 60 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Stoke-on-Trent, and the live list above is what is open now.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 5,000
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 124,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £34,744
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 60
- Warehousing sites employing under 10
- 35
- Part-time share of warehousing and storage jobs
- 11.8%
- Freight, warehousing and courier work, share of all employee jobs
- 7.75%
The forklift operator role
Forklift work is moving pallets safely in a building full of people doing other things. Counterbalance in the yard and on loading bays, reach truck in the racking, VNA in narrow aisles at height.
Forklift operator jobs in Stoke-on-Trent: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Stoke-on-Trent?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 4,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Stoke-on-Trent and 5,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 645 freight, warehousing and courier workplaces on the 2025 business register. Those are jobs and workplaces that exist in the area, not jobs being advertised.
What does a forklift operator earn in Stoke-on-Trent?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Stoke-on-Trent: earnings are not broken down by occupation at local authority level anywhere in the official statistics, so anybody quoting one has estimated it. What is published is the size of the trade here, 60 warehousing and storage sites, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is forklift operator work in Stoke-on-Trent full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 11.8% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Stoke-on-Trent, 600 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for forklift operator jobs in Stoke-on-Trent?
A current forklift certificate for the truck type, such as counterbalance or reach. Employers often accept RTITB or ITSSAR accredited training. No formal school qualifications needed. Each advert in Stoke-on-Trent sets out what that employer asks for.