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Warehouse operative jobs in Derby
Derby has 1,000 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 Derby
What the official data says about Derby
Warehousing and storage in Derby is counted at 1,000 employee jobs, 0.72% of the 138,000 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 600 freight transport by road jobs in Derby are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 25 warehousing and storage sites in Derby 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 Derby, 50 are part time, 4.8% of the split. The middle across the East Midlands is 10.8%, so Derby sits below it, 10th of 10 areas on this measure. The split is almost entirely full time, which usually points to sites running fixed shift patterns rather than flexible cover.
Two further counts round out the Derby picture: 60 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 1,660 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Derby ranks 6th of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 1.9%, against 0.72% in Derby. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Derby in that order sit Nottinghamshire at 3.09% and Leicester at 0.58%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Derby ranks 7th of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 40, against 10 in Derby. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Derby in that order sit Lincolnshire at 30 and Leicester at 5.
The figures describe 1,000 warehouse jobs across 25 sites that exist in Derby. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 1,000
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 0.72%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 600
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 25
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 10
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 50
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 138,000
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 Derby: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Derby?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 600 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Derby and 1,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 430 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 Derby?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Derby: 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 Derby full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 4.8% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Derby, 50 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 Derby?
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 Derby sets out what that employer asks for.