Warehouse operative jobs in Oldham

Warehousing and storage in Oldham is counted at 800 employee jobs, 0.87% of the 92,000 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 Oldham are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 40 warehousing and storage sites in Oldham at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 35 of them, 87.5%, 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 Oldham, 150 are part time, 20% of the split. The middle across the North West is 14.3%, so Oldham sits above it, 8th of 24 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 Oldham picture: 735 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 2,135 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Oldham ranks 11th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 0.84%, against 0.87% in Oldham. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Oldham in that order sit Wigan at 1.14% and Cheshire West and Chester at 0.85%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Oldham ranks 19th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 15, against 5 in Oldham. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Oldham in that order sit Cumberland at 5 and Sefton at 5.

The figures describe 800 warehouse jobs across 40 sites that exist in Oldham. How many are open this week is the live list above.