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Forklift operator jobs in Swindon
Swindon has 8,000 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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What the official data says about Swindon
Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 8,000 employee jobs in Swindon, from 112,000 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 8.26% of employment in Swindon.
Median full-time pay in Swindon was £40,280 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 45 warehousing and storage sites in Swindon at the March 2025 reference date, 30 of them employing ten people or more. 15 of them, 33.3%, 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 Swindon, 1,500 are part time, 20% of the split. The middle across the South West is 16.3%, so Swindon sits above it, 4th of 14 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 Swindon picture: 900 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 355 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.
Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Swindon ranks 2nd of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 2,955, against 9,255 in Swindon. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Swindon in that order sit South Gloucestershire at 10,775 and Bristol, City of at 8,200.
On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Swindon ranks 10th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 45, against 45 in Swindon. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Swindon in that order sit North Somerset at 45 and Dorset at 40.
None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 8,000 jobs across 45 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Swindon, and the live list above is what is open now.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 8,000
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 112,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £40,280
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 45
- Warehousing sites employing under 10
- 15
- Part-time share of warehousing and storage jobs
- 20%
- Freight, warehousing and courier work, share of all employee jobs
- 8.26%
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 Swindon: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Swindon?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 900 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Swindon and 8,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 725 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 Swindon?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Swindon: 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, 45 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 Swindon full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 20% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Swindon, 1,500 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 Swindon?
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 Swindon sets out what that employer asks for.