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Warehouse operative jobs in Derbyshire
Derbyshire has 10,000 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 Derbyshire
What the official data says about Derbyshire
Warehousing and storage in Derbyshire is counted at 10,000 employee jobs, 3.29% of the 304,000 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 4,000 freight transport by road jobs in Derbyshire are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 135 warehousing and storage sites in Derbyshire at the March 2025 reference date, 65 of them employing ten people or more. 70 of them, 51.9%, 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 Derbyshire, 1,000 are part time, 10% of the split. The middle across the East Midlands is 10.8%, so Derbyshire sits level with it, 7th of 10 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 Derbyshire picture: 375 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 14,375 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Derbyshire ranks 4th of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 1.9%, against 3.29% in Derbyshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Derbyshire in that order sit North Northamptonshire at 4.67% and Nottinghamshire at 3.09%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Derbyshire ranks 3rd of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 40, against 65 in Derbyshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Derbyshire in that order sit West Northamptonshire at 80 and North Northamptonshire at 65.
The figures describe 10,000 warehouse jobs across 135 sites that exist in Derbyshire. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 10,000
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 3.29%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 4,000
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 135
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 65
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 1,000
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 304,000
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 Derbyshire: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Derbyshire?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 4,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Derbyshire and 10,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 1,000 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 Derbyshire?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Derbyshire: 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, 135 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 Derbyshire full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 10% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Derbyshire, 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 Derbyshire?
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 Derbyshire sets out what that employer asks for.