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Forklift operator jobs in North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire has 600 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 North East Lincolnshire
What the official data says about North East Lincolnshire
Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 600 employee jobs in North East Lincolnshire, from 68,000 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 2.8% of employment in North East Lincolnshire.
Median full-time pay in North East Lincolnshire was £33,563 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 North East Lincolnshire at the March 2025 reference date, 10 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 North East Lincolnshire, 35 are part time, 5.5% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 14.3%, so North East Lincolnshire sits below it, 14th 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 North East Lincolnshire 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, North East Lincolnshire ranks 12th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 3,620, against 1,905 in North East Lincolnshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to North East Lincolnshire in that order sit North Lincolnshire at 3,360 and Hull at 1,515.
On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, North East Lincolnshire ranks 14th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 45, against 25 in North East Lincolnshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to North East Lincolnshire in that order sit Barnsley at 25 and York at 5.
None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 600 jobs across 25 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in North East Lincolnshire, and the live list above is what is open now.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 600
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 68,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £33,563
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 25
- Warehousing sites employing under 10
- 20
- Part-time share of warehousing and storage jobs
- 5.5%
- Freight, warehousing and courier work, share of all employee jobs
- 2.8%
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 North East Lincolnshire: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in North East Lincolnshire?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road in North East Lincolnshire and 600 in warehousing and storage, spread across 425 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 North East Lincolnshire?
There is no published pay figure for this role in North East Lincolnshire: 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 North East Lincolnshire full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 5.5% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in North East Lincolnshire, 35 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 North East Lincolnshire?
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 North East Lincolnshire sets out what that employer asks for.