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Warehouse operative jobs in Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway has 75 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 Dumfries and Galloway
What the official data says about Dumfries and Galloway
Warehousing and storage in Dumfries and Galloway is counted at 75 employee jobs, 0.13% of the 59,000 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 1,250 freight transport by road jobs in Dumfries and Galloway are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 15 warehousing and storage sites in Dumfries and Galloway at the March 2025 reference date, 0 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 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 Dumfries and Galloway, 15 are part time, 16.7% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 14.3%, so Dumfries and Galloway sits above it, 11th of 31 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 Dumfries and Galloway picture: 55 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 1,380 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Dumfries and Galloway ranks 22nd of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 0.18%, against 0.13% in Dumfries and Galloway. Next to Dumfries and Galloway in that order sit Inverclyde at 0.14% and South Ayrshire at 0.11%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Dumfries and Galloway ranks 17th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 0, against 0 in Dumfries and Galloway. Next to Dumfries and Galloway in that order sit Argyll and Bute at 0 and East Ayrshire at 0.
The figures describe 75 warehouse jobs across 15 sites that exist in Dumfries and Galloway. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 75
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 0.13%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 1,250
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 15
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 0
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 15
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 59,000
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 Dumfries and Galloway: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Dumfries and Galloway?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Dumfries and Galloway and 75 in warehousing and storage, spread across 205 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 Dumfries and Galloway?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Dumfries and Galloway: 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 Dumfries and Galloway full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 16.7% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Dumfries and Galloway, 15 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 Dumfries and Galloway?
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 Dumfries and Galloway sets out what that employer asks for.