Warehouse operative jobs in East Lothian

Warehousing and storage in East Lothian is counted at 20 employee jobs, 0.06% of the 33,000 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 100 freight transport by road jobs in East Lothian are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 5 warehousing and storage sites in East Lothian at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten: small stores and yards rather than distribution centres.

Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in East Lothian, 5 are part time, 25% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 14.3%, so East Lothian sits above it, 3rd of 31 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 East Lothian picture: 10 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 130 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, East Lothian ranks 30th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 0.18%, against 0.06% in East Lothian. Next to East Lothian in that order sit Perth and Kinross at 0.08% and East Dunbartonshire at 0.04%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, East Lothian ranks 20th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 0, against 0 in East Lothian. Next to East Lothian in that order sit East Dunbartonshire at 0 and East Renfrewshire at 0.

The figures describe 20 warehouse jobs across 5 sites that exist in East Lothian. How many are open this week is the live list above.