Forklift operator jobs in Torbay

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 75 employee jobs in Torbay, from 48,000 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 0.32% of employment in Torbay.

Median full-time pay in Torbay was £30,873 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 Torbay 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 Torbay, 30 are part time, 37.5% of the split. The middle across the South West is 16.3%, so Torbay sits above it, 1st of 14 areas on this measure. A high part-time share generally means peak and weekend shifts make up a large part of the local warehouse rota.

Two further counts round out the Torbay picture: 75 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 5 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Torbay ranks 14th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 2,955, against 155 in Torbay. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Torbay in that order sit Bath and North East Somerset at 455 and Isles of Scilly at 20.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Torbay ranks 14th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 45, against 5 in Torbay. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Torbay in that order sit Bath and North East Somerset at 15 and Isles of Scilly at 0.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 75 jobs across 5 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Torbay, and the live list above is what is open now.