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Warehouse operative jobs in Southampton
Southampton has 500 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 Southampton
What the official data says about Southampton
Warehousing and storage in Southampton is counted at 500 employee jobs, 0.44% of the 114,000 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 1,250 freight transport by road jobs in Southampton are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 25 warehousing and storage sites in Southampton 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. 20 of them, 80%, 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 Southampton, 50 are part time, 10% of the split. The middle across the South East is 13%, so Southampton sits below it, 16th of 19 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 Southampton picture: 650 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 2,400 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Southampton ranks 12th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 0.73%, against 0.44% in Southampton. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Southampton in that order sit Surrey at 0.61% and Slough at 0.28%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Southampton ranks 12th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 10, against 10 in Southampton. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Southampton in that order sit Slough at 10 and Bracknell Forest at 5.
The figures describe 500 warehouse jobs across 25 sites that exist in Southampton. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 500
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 0.44%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 1,250
- 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
- 114,000
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 Southampton: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Southampton?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Southampton and 500 in warehousing and storage, spread across 625 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 Southampton?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Southampton: 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 Southampton full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 10% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Southampton, 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 Southampton?
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 Southampton sets out what that employer asks for.