Warehouse operative jobs in Cumberland

Warehousing and storage in Cumberland is counted at 500 employee jobs, 0.38% of the 130,000 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 2,250 freight transport by road jobs in Cumberland are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 30 warehousing and storage sites in Cumberland at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 25 of them, 83.3%, employ under ten, a lower share than most areas, so medium and large sites have a real presence here.

Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Cumberland, 75 are part time, 14.3% of the split. The middle across the North West is 14.3%, so Cumberland sits level with it, 12th of 24 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 Cumberland picture: 675 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 3,425 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Cumberland ranks 19th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 0.84%, against 0.38% in Cumberland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Cumberland in that order sit Salford at 0.46% and Sefton at 0.34%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Cumberland ranks 18th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 15, against 5 in Cumberland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Cumberland in that order sit Bury at 5 and Oldham at 5.

The figures describe 500 warehouse jobs across 30 sites that exist in Cumberland. How many are open this week is the live list above.