Forklift operator jobs in Waltham Forest

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 500 employee jobs in Waltham Forest, from 89,000 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 1.12% of employment in Waltham Forest.

Median full-time pay in Waltham Forest was £37,503 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 15 warehousing and storage sites in Waltham Forest at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 10 of them, 66.7%, 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 Waltham Forest, 150 are part time, 27.3% of the split. The middle across London is 16.7%, so Waltham Forest sits above it, 5th of 33 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 Waltham Forest picture: 350 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 150 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Waltham Forest ranks 19th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 1,115, against 1,000 in Waltham Forest. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Waltham Forest in that order sit Southwark at 1,090 and Kingston upon Thames at 670.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Waltham Forest ranks 27th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 20, against 15 in Waltham Forest. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Waltham Forest in that order sit Tower Hamlets at 15 and City of London at 10.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 500 jobs across 15 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Waltham Forest, and the live list above is what is open now.