Warehouse operative jobs in East Sussex

Warehousing and storage in East Sussex is counted at 500 employee jobs, 0.27% of the 186,000 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 East Sussex are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 60 warehousing and storage sites in East Sussex at the March 2025 reference date, 15 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 50 of them, 83.3%, employ under ten, a lower share than most areas, so medium and large sites have a real presence here.

Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in East Sussex, 100 are part time, 20% of the split. The middle across the South East is 13%, so East Sussex sits above it, 4th 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 East Sussex picture: 350 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 1,450 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, East Sussex ranks 15th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 0.73%, against 0.27% in East Sussex. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to East Sussex in that order sit Wokingham at 0.28% and Isle of Wight at 0.23%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, East Sussex ranks 8th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 10, against 15 in East Sussex. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to East Sussex in that order sit Buckinghamshire at 15 and Medway at 10.

The figures describe 500 warehouse jobs across 60 sites that exist in East Sussex. How many are open this week is the live list above.