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Warehouse operative jobs in Rotherham
Rotherham has 2,250 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 Rotherham
What the official data says about Rotherham
Warehousing and storage in Rotherham is counted at 2,250 employee jobs, 2.25% of the 100,000 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 700 freight transport by road jobs in Rotherham are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 40 warehousing and storage sites in Rotherham at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 25 of them, 62.5%, 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 Rotherham, 350 are part time, 14.9% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 14.3%, so Rotherham sits level with it, 7th of 15 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 Rotherham picture: 635 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 3,585 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Rotherham ranks 4th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 1.23%, against 2.25% in Rotherham. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Rotherham in that order sit Barnsley at 4.17% and East Riding of Yorkshire at 1.72%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Rotherham ranks 12th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 15, against 10 in Rotherham. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Rotherham in that order sit North East Lincolnshire at 10 and Calderdale at 5.
The figures describe 2,250 warehouse jobs across 40 sites that exist in Rotherham. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 2,250
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 2.25%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 700
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 40
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 10
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 350
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 100,000
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 Rotherham: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Rotherham?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 700 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Rotherham and 2,250 in warehousing and storage, spread across 455 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 Rotherham?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Rotherham: 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, 40 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 Rotherham full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 14.9% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Rotherham, 350 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 Rotherham?
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 Rotherham sets out what that employer asks for.