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Forklift operator jobs in Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway has 75 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 Dumfries and Galloway
What the official data says about Dumfries and Galloway
Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 75 employee jobs in Dumfries and Galloway, from 59,000 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 2.34% of employment in Dumfries and Galloway.
Median full-time pay in Dumfries and Galloway was £34,239 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 15 warehousing and storage sites in Dumfries and Galloway 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. 10 of them, 66.7%, employ under ten, well below the usual share. Large sites use the full range of truck types, so a ticket beyond counterbalance is worth more here.
Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Dumfries and Galloway, 15 are part time, 16.7% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 14.3%, so Dumfries and Galloway sits above it, 11th of 31 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 Dumfries and Galloway picture: 1,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 55 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.
Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Dumfries and Galloway ranks 12th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 430, against 1,380 in Dumfries and Galloway. Next to Dumfries and Galloway in that order sit Aberdeenshire at 1,405 and Dundee City at 965.
On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Dumfries and Galloway ranks 12th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 10, against 15 in Dumfries and Galloway. Next to Dumfries and Galloway in that order sit Highland at 25 and Dundee City at 15.
None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 75 jobs across 15 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Dumfries and Galloway, and the live list above is what is open now.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 75
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 59,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £34,239
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 15
- Warehousing sites employing under 10
- 10
- Part-time share of warehousing and storage jobs
- 16.7%
- Freight, warehousing and courier work, share of all employee jobs
- 2.34%
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 Dumfries and Galloway: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Dumfries and Galloway?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Dumfries and Galloway and 75 in warehousing and storage, spread across 205 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 Dumfries and Galloway?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Dumfries and Galloway: 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, 15 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 Dumfries and Galloway full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 16.7% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Dumfries and Galloway, 15 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 Dumfries and Galloway?
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 Dumfries and Galloway sets out what that employer asks for.