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Warehouse operative jobs in Swindon
Swindon has 8,000 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 Swindon
What the official data says about Swindon
Warehousing and storage in Swindon is counted at 8,000 employee jobs, 7.14% of the 112,000 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 900 freight transport by road jobs in Swindon are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 45 warehousing and storage sites in Swindon at the March 2025 reference date, 30 of them employing ten people or more. 15 of them, 33.3%, 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 Swindon, 1,500 are part time, 20% of the split. The middle across the South West is 16.3%, so Swindon sits above it, 4th of 14 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 Swindon picture: 355 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 9,255 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Swindon ranks 1st of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 0.49%, against 7.14% in Swindon. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Swindon in that order sit South Gloucestershire at 4.71%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Swindon ranks 5th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 20, against 30 in Swindon. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Swindon in that order sit Gloucestershire at 30 and Somerset at 25.
The figures describe 8,000 warehouse jobs across 45 sites that exist in Swindon. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 8,000
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 7.14%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 900
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 45
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 30
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 1,500
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 112,000
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 Swindon: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Swindon?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 900 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Swindon and 8,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 725 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 Swindon?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Swindon: 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, 45 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 Swindon full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 20% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Swindon, 1,500 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 Swindon?
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 Swindon sets out what that employer asks for.