Warehouse operative jobs in Hounslow

Warehousing and storage in Hounslow is counted at 600 employee jobs, 0.37% of the 162,000 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 1,000 freight transport by road jobs in Hounslow are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 55 warehousing and storage sites in Hounslow at the March 2025 reference date, 20 of them employing ten people or more. 35 of them, 63.6%, 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 Hounslow, 75 are part time, 13% of the split. The middle across London is 16.7%, so Hounslow sits below it, 22nd of 33 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 Hounslow picture: 1,375 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 2,975 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Hounslow ranks 16th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 0.29%, against 0.37% in Hounslow. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Hounslow in that order sit Newham at 0.51% and Bromley at 0.29%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Hounslow ranks 3rd of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 5, against 20 in Hounslow. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Hounslow in that order sit Ealing at 20 and Bexley at 15.

The figures describe 600 warehouse jobs across 55 sites that exist in Hounslow. How many are open this week is the live list above.