Forklift operator jobs in Trafford

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 2,250 employee jobs in Trafford, from 165,000 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 2.79% of employment in Trafford.

Median full-time pay in Trafford was £38,682 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 70 warehousing and storage sites in Trafford at the March 2025 reference date, 30 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 35 of them, 50%, 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 Trafford, 500 are part time, 25% of the split. The middle across the North West is 14.3%, so Trafford sits above it, 4th of 24 areas on this measure. A part-time share at this level usually means twilight and weekend shifts running alongside the main rota.

Two further counts round out the Trafford picture: 2,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 360 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Trafford ranks 8th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 3,450, against 4,610 in Trafford. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Trafford in that order sit Halton at 4,745 and Knowsley at 4,320.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Trafford ranks 2nd of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 38, against 70 in Trafford. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Trafford in that order sit Lancashire at 170 and Warrington at 65.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 2,250 jobs across 70 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Trafford, and the live list above is what is open now.