Forklift operator jobs in Orkney Islands

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 10 employee jobs in Orkney Islands, from 12,000 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 0.92% of employment in Orkney Islands.

Median full-time pay in Orkney Islands was £42,639 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 0 warehousing and storage sites in Orkney Islands at the March 2025 reference date.

Two further counts round out the Orkney Islands picture: 100 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 0 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Orkney Islands ranks 30th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 430, against 110 in Orkney Islands. Next to Orkney Islands in that order sit West Dunbartonshire at 120 and East Dunbartonshire at 75.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Orkney Islands ranks 32nd of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 10, against 0 in Orkney Islands. Next to Orkney Islands in that order sit Na h-Eileanan Siar at 0.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 10 jobs across 0 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Orkney Islands, and the live list above is what is open now.