Warehouse operative jobs in Aberdeen City

Warehousing and storage in Aberdeen City is counted at 800 employee jobs, 0.51% of the 158,000 employee jobs the survey records in the area.

Picking and packing sit inside that count, along with goods in, stock control and shift management, because the survey counts sites rather than tasks. The 1,000 freight transport by road jobs in Aberdeen City are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 30 warehousing and storage sites in Aberdeen City at the March 2025 reference date, 20 of them employing ten people or more. 10 of them, 33.3%, employ under ten, well below the usual share. Warehousing that shape is built on big sheds, and big sheds mean four on four off, twilights and nights.

Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Aberdeen City, 100 are part time, 12.5% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 14.3%, so Aberdeen City sits below it, 18th of 31 areas on this measure. That is a full-time shift picture, with part-time hours around weekend and peak cover.

Two further counts round out the Aberdeen City picture: 165 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 1,965 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Aberdeen City ranks 11th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 0.18%, against 0.51% in Aberdeen City. Next to Aberdeen City in that order sit North Ayrshire at 0.55% and Dundee City at 0.45%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Aberdeen City ranks 3rd of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 0, against 20 in Aberdeen City. Next to Aberdeen City in that order sit West Lothian at 25 and Glasgow City at 20.

The figures describe 800 warehouse jobs across 30 sites that exist in Aberdeen City. How many are open this week is the live list above.