Warehouse operative jobs in Wirral

Warehousing and storage in Wirral is counted at 700 employee jobs, 0.68% of the 103,000 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 350 freight transport by road jobs in Wirral are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 30 warehousing and storage sites in Wirral at the March 2025 reference date, 15 of them employing ten people or more. 15 of them, 50%, 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 Wirral, 100 are part time, 14.3% of the split. The middle across the North West is 14.3%, so Wirral sits level with it, 13th 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 Wirral picture: 70 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 1,120 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Wirral ranks 16th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 0.84%, against 0.68% in Wirral. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Wirral in that order sit Bury at 0.68% and Manchester at 0.55%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Wirral ranks 15th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 15, against 15 in Wirral. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Wirral in that order sit Knowsley at 15 and Wigan at 10.

The figures describe 700 warehouse jobs across 30 sites that exist in Wirral. How many are open this week is the live list above.