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Forklift operator jobs in Kirklees
Kirklees has 2,000 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 Kirklees
What the official data says about Kirklees
Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 2,000 employee jobs in Kirklees, from 162,000 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 2.23% of employment in Kirklees.
Median full-time pay in Kirklees was £33,613 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 45 warehousing and storage sites in Kirklees at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. 35 of them, 77.8%, 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 Kirklees, 100 are part time, 4.8% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 14.3%, so Kirklees sits below it, 15th of 15 areas on this measure. Nearly all of the split is full time, which on forklift work generally means a fixed shift rather than cover.
Two further counts round out the Kirklees picture: 1,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 370 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.
Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Kirklees ranks 8th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 3,620, against 3,620 in Kirklees. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Kirklees in that order sit East Riding of Yorkshire at 4,235 and Rotherham at 3,585.
On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Kirklees ranks 8th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 45, against 45 in Kirklees. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Kirklees in that order sit Hull at 45 and Sheffield at 45.
None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 2,000 jobs across 45 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Kirklees, and the live list above is what is open now.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 2,000
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 162,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £33,613
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 45
- Warehousing sites employing under 10
- 35
- Part-time share of warehousing and storage jobs
- 4.8%
- Freight, warehousing and courier work, share of all employee jobs
- 2.23%
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 Kirklees: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Kirklees?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Kirklees and 2,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 535 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 Kirklees?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Kirklees: 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, 45 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 Kirklees full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 4.8% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Kirklees, 100 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 Kirklees?
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 Kirklees sets out what that employer asks for.