Warehouse operative jobs in Tower Hamlets

Warehousing and storage in Tower Hamlets is counted at 900 employee jobs, 0.26% of the 344,000 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 225 freight transport by road jobs in Tower Hamlets are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 15 warehousing and storage sites in Tower Hamlets at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten: small stores and yards rather than distribution centres.

Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Tower Hamlets, 150 are part time, 17.6% of the split. The middle across London is 16.7%, so Tower Hamlets sits level with it, 15th of 33 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 Tower Hamlets picture: 510 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 1,635 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Tower Hamlets ranks 18th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 0.29%, against 0.26% in Tower Hamlets. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Tower Hamlets in that order sit Bromley at 0.29% and Lewisham at 0.14%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Tower Hamlets ranks 33rd of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 5, against 0 in Tower Hamlets. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Tower Hamlets in that order sit Richmond upon Thames at 0.

The figures describe 900 warehouse jobs across 15 sites that exist in Tower Hamlets. How many are open this week is the live list above.