Warehouse operative jobs in Blaenau Gwent

Warehousing and storage in Blaenau Gwent is counted at 225 employee jobs, 1.25% of the 18,000 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 45 freight transport by road jobs in Blaenau Gwent are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 10 warehousing and storage sites in Blaenau Gwent at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 5 of them, 50%, 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 Blaenau Gwent, 30 are part time, 14.6% of the split. The middle across Wales is 14.5%, so Blaenau Gwent sits level with it, 11th of 22 areas on this measure. That is a full-time shift picture, with part-time hours around weekend and peak cover.

Two further counts round out the Blaenau Gwent picture: 10 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 280 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Blaenau Gwent ranks 5th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 0.38%, against 1.25% in Blaenau Gwent. Next to Blaenau Gwent in that order sit Newport at 1.95% and Bridgend at 1.25%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Blaenau Gwent ranks 6th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 5, against 5 in Blaenau Gwent. Next to Blaenau Gwent in that order sit Swansea at 10 and Bridgend at 5.

The figures describe 225 warehouse jobs across 10 sites that exist in Blaenau Gwent. How many are open this week is the live list above.