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Warehouse operative jobs in East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire has 2,250 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 East Riding of Yorkshire
What the official data says about East Riding of Yorkshire
Warehousing and storage in East Riding of Yorkshire is counted at 2,250 employee jobs, 1.72% of the 131,000 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 1,750 freight transport by road jobs in East Riding of Yorkshire are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 55 warehousing and storage sites in East Riding of Yorkshire at the March 2025 reference date, 20 of them employing ten people or more. 35 of them, 63.6%, 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 East Riding of Yorkshire, 400 are part time, 16.7% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 14.3%, so East Riding of Yorkshire sits above it, 5th of 15 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 East Riding of Yorkshire picture: 235 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 4,235 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, East Riding of Yorkshire ranks 5th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 1.23%, against 1.72% in East Riding of Yorkshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to East Riding of Yorkshire in that order sit Rotherham at 2.25% and North Lincolnshire at 1.69%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, East Riding of Yorkshire ranks 6th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 15, against 20 in East Riding of Yorkshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to East Riding of Yorkshire in that order sit Bradford at 20 and Sheffield at 20.
The figures describe 2,250 warehouse jobs across 55 sites that exist in East Riding of Yorkshire. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 2,250
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 1.72%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 1,750
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 55
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 20
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 400
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 131,000
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 East Riding of Yorkshire: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in East Riding of Yorkshire?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,750 employee jobs in freight transport by road in East Riding of Yorkshire and 2,250 in warehousing and storage, spread across 505 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 East Riding of Yorkshire?
There is no published pay figure for this role in East Riding of Yorkshire: 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, 55 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 East Riding of Yorkshire full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 16.7% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in East Riding of Yorkshire, 400 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 East Riding of Yorkshire?
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 East Riding of Yorkshire sets out what that employer asks for.