Forklift operator jobs in Telford and Wrekin

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 2,500 employee jobs in Telford and Wrekin, from 91,000 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 4.24% of employment in Telford and Wrekin.

Median full-time pay in Telford and Wrekin was £36,532 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 20 warehousing and storage sites in Telford and Wrekin at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 15 of them, 75%, 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 Telford and Wrekin, 75 are part time, 2.9% of the split. The middle across the West Midlands is 12.4%, so Telford and Wrekin sits below it, 14th 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 Telford and Wrekin picture: 1,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 105 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Telford and Wrekin ranks 10th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 6,283, against 3,855 in Telford and Wrekin. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Telford and Wrekin in that order sit Walsall at 4,785 and Wolverhampton at 2,925.

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

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 2,500 jobs across 20 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Telford and Wrekin, and the live list above is what is open now.