Forklift operator jobs in Islington

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 125 employee jobs in Islington, from 265,000 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 0.14% of employment in Islington.

Median full-time pay in Islington was £53,185 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 20 warehousing and storage sites in Islington at the March 2025 reference date. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 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 Islington, 15 are part time, 13% of the split. The middle across London is 16.7%, so Islington sits below it, 23rd of 33 areas on this measure. That is a full-time shift pattern with part-time hours around the edges of it.

Two further counts round out the Islington picture: 150 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 100 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Islington ranks 26th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 1,115, against 375 in Islington. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Islington in that order sit Harrow at 480 and Wandsworth at 340.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Islington ranks 18th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 20, against 20 in Islington. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Islington in that order sit Hackney at 20 and Lambeth at 20.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 125 jobs across 20 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Islington, and the live list above is what is open now.