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Warehouse operative jobs in Barnsley
Barnsley has 3,500 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 Barnsley
What the official data says about Barnsley
Warehousing and storage in Barnsley is counted at 3,500 employee jobs, 4.17% of the 84,000 employee jobs the survey records in the area.
Picking and packing sit inside that count, along with goods in, stock control and shift management, because the survey counts sites rather than tasks. The 800 freight transport by road jobs in Barnsley are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 25 warehousing and storage sites in Barnsley at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. 15 of them, 60%, employ under ten, well below the usual share. Warehousing that shape is built on big sheds, and big sheds mean four on four off, twilights and nights.
Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Barnsley, 700 are part time, 18.9% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 14.3%, so Barnsley sits above it, 4th of 15 areas on this measure. Warehousing carries real part-time hours in most areas, and a share at this level generally means twilight and weekend shifts alongside the core rota.
Two further counts round out the Barnsley picture: 175 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 4,475 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Barnsley ranks 3rd of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 1.23%, against 4.17% in Barnsley. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Barnsley in that order sit Doncaster at 7.63% and Rotherham at 2.25%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Barnsley ranks 9th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 15, against 10 in Barnsley. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Barnsley in that order sit Hull at 15 and Kirklees at 10.
The figures describe 3,500 warehouse jobs across 25 sites that exist in Barnsley. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 3,500
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 4.17%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 800
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 25
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 10
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 700
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 84,000
The warehouse operative role
Warehouse work is picking, packing, loading and putting stock away, usually against a rate and usually on shifts. Voice picking, scanners and pick-to-light all measure what you do, and the rate is the job.
Warehouse operative jobs in Barnsley: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Barnsley?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 800 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Barnsley and 3,500 in warehousing and storage, spread across 470 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 warehouse operative earn in Barnsley?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Barnsley: 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, 25 warehousing and storage sites, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is warehouse operative work in Barnsley full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 18.9% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Barnsley, 700 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for warehouse operative jobs in Barnsley?
No formal qualifications needed to apply. Comfortable on your feet for a full shift. Some sites ask for a counterbalance or reach ticket, some train you. Each advert in Barnsley sets out what that employer asks for.