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Warehouse operative jobs in Brighton and Hove
Brighton and Hove has 150 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 Brighton and Hove
What the official data says about Brighton and Hove
Warehousing and storage in Brighton and Hove is counted at 150 employee jobs, 0.1% of the 146,000 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 50 freight transport by road jobs in Brighton and Hove are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 10 warehousing and storage sites in Brighton and Hove at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten: small stores and yards rather than distribution centres.
Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Brighton and Hove, 30 are part time, 19.4% of the split. The middle across the South East is 13%, so Brighton and Hove sits above it, 5th of 19 areas on this measure. Warehousing carries real part-time hours in most areas, and a share at this level generally means twilight and weekend shifts alongside the core rota.
Two further counts round out the Brighton and Hove picture: 90 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 290 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Brighton and Hove ranks 18th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 0.73%, against 0.1% in Brighton and Hove. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Brighton and Hove in that order sit Bracknell Forest at 0.19% and Windsor and Maidenhead at 0.1%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Brighton and Hove ranks 17th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 10, against 0 in Brighton and Hove. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Brighton and Hove in that order sit Wokingham at 5 and Reading at 0.
The figures describe 150 warehouse jobs across 10 sites that exist in Brighton and Hove. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 150
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 0.1%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 50
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 10
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 0
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 30
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 146,000
The warehouse operative role
Warehouse work is picking, packing, loading and putting stock away, usually against a rate and usually on shifts. Voice picking, scanners and pick-to-light all measure what you do, and the rate is the job.
Warehouse operative jobs in Brighton and Hove: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Brighton and Hove?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 50 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Brighton and Hove and 150 in warehousing and storage, spread across 95 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 warehouse operative earn in Brighton and Hove?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Brighton and Hove: 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, 10 warehousing and storage sites, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is warehouse operative work in Brighton and Hove full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 19.4% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Brighton and Hove, 30 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for warehouse operative jobs in Brighton and Hove?
No formal qualifications needed to apply. Comfortable on your feet for a full shift. Some sites ask for a counterbalance or reach ticket, some train you. Each advert in Brighton and Hove sets out what that employer asks for.