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Forklift operator jobs in Croydon
Croydon has 1,000 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 Croydon
What the official data says about Croydon
Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 1,000 employee jobs in Croydon, from 121,000 employee jobs across the area.
That count covers whole sites rather than truck types, so counterbalance on the bays, reach in the racking and VNA in the narrow aisles are all inside it, together with the picking most operators also do. Freight, warehousing and courier work together make up 1.19% of employment in Croydon.
Median full-time pay in Croydon was £40,033 a year in 2025 across all occupations combined. Forklift work is not published separately at this level, so treat that as area context and read the rate on the advert.
UK Business Counts recorded 25 warehousing and storage sites in Croydon at the March 2025 reference date, 0 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, below the usual share, so there is more reach, VNA and bendi work here than a small-site area carries.
Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Croydon, 300 are part time, 27.3% of the split. The middle across London is 16.7%, so Croydon sits above it, 4th of 33 areas on this measure. A part-time share at this level usually means twilight and weekend shifts running alongside the main rota.
Two further counts round out the Croydon picture: 225 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 215 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.
Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Croydon ranks 14th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 1,115, against 1,440 in Croydon. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Croydon in that order sit Greenwich at 1,530 and Sutton at 1,260.
On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Croydon ranks 13th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 20, against 25 in Croydon. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Croydon in that order sit Barking and Dagenham at 25 and Newham at 25.
None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 1,000 jobs across 25 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Croydon, and the live list above is what is open now.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 1,000
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 121,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £40,033
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 25
- Warehousing sites employing under 10
- 20
- Part-time share of warehousing and storage jobs
- 27.3%
- Freight, warehousing and courier work, share of all employee jobs
- 1.19%
The forklift operator role
Forklift work is moving pallets safely in a building full of people doing other things. Counterbalance in the yard and on loading bays, reach truck in the racking, VNA in narrow aisles at height.
Forklift operator jobs in Croydon: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Croydon?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 225 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Croydon and 1,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 415 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 forklift operator earn in Croydon?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Croydon: 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 forklift operator work in Croydon full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 27.3% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Croydon, 300 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for forklift operator jobs in Croydon?
A current forklift certificate for the truck type, such as counterbalance or reach. Employers often accept RTITB or ITSSAR accredited training. No formal school qualifications needed. Each advert in Croydon sets out what that employer asks for.