Forklift operator jobs in East Lothian

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 20 employee jobs in East Lothian, from 33,000 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 0.39% of employment in East Lothian.

Median full-time pay in East Lothian was £35,029 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 5 warehousing and storage sites in East Lothian at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten. A site that small runs a truck or two and the operator picks for most of the shift.

Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in East Lothian, 5 are part time, 25% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 14.3%, so East Lothian sits above it, 3rd 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 East Lothian picture: 100 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 10 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, East Lothian ranks 28th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 430, against 130 in East Lothian. Next to East Lothian in that order sit East Renfrewshire at 170 and West Dunbartonshire at 120.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, East Lothian ranks 24th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 10, against 5 in East Lothian. Next to East Lothian in that order sit East Ayrshire at 5 and East Renfrewshire at 5.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 20 jobs across 5 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in East Lothian, and the live list above is what is open now.