Warehouse operative jobs in Tameside

Warehousing and storage in Tameside is counted at 200 employee jobs, 0.29% of the 70,000 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 Tameside are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 25 warehousing and storage sites in Tameside at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 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 Tameside, 25 are part time, 12.5% of the split. The middle across the North West is 14.3%, so Tameside sits below it, 16th of 24 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 Tameside picture: 85 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 885 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Tameside ranks 22nd of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 0.84%, against 0.29% in Tameside. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Tameside in that order sit Blackpool at 0.32% and Westmorland and Furness at 0.14%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Tameside ranks 22nd of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 15, against 5 in Tameside. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Tameside in that order sit Stockport at 5 and Westmorland and Furness at 5.

The figures describe 200 warehouse jobs across 25 sites that exist in Tameside. How many are open this week is the live list above.