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Warehouse operative jobs in Darlington
Darlington has 3,000 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 Darlington
What the official data says about Darlington
Warehousing and storage in Darlington is counted at 3,000 employee jobs, 5.45% of the 55,000 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 600 freight transport by road jobs in Darlington are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 15 warehousing and storage sites in Darlington at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 10 of them, 66.7%, 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 Darlington, 1,000 are part time, 40% of the split. The middle across the North East is 21.7%, so Darlington sits above it, 1st of 12 areas on this measure. A part-time share this size usually means a lot of twilight, weekend and peak-season shifts in the local mix.
Two further counts round out the Darlington picture: 105 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 3,705 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Darlington ranks 1st of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 1.79%, against 5.45% in Darlington. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Darlington in that order sit Gateshead at 3.16%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Darlington ranks 6th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 5, against 5 in Darlington. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Darlington in that order sit Northumberland at 10 and Hartlepool at 5.
The figures describe 3,000 warehouse jobs across 15 sites that exist in Darlington. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 3,000
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 5.45%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 600
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 15
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 5
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 1,000
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 55,000
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 Darlington: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Darlington?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 600 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Darlington and 3,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 130 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 Darlington?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Darlington: 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, 15 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 Darlington full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 40% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Darlington, 1,000 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 Darlington?
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 Darlington sets out what that employer asks for.