Warehouse operative jobs in Hull

Warehousing and storage in Hull is counted at 600 employee jobs, 0.48% of the 126,000 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 800 freight transport by road jobs in Hull are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 45 warehousing and storage sites in Hull at the March 2025 reference date, 15 of them employing ten people or more. 30 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 Hull, 75 are part time, 13% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 14.3%, so Hull sits below it, 9th of 15 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 Hull picture: 115 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 1,515 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Hull ranks 14th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 1.23%, against 0.48% in Hull. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Hull in that order sit Calderdale at 0.5% and York at 0.03%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Hull ranks 8th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 15, against 15 in Hull. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Hull in that order sit Sheffield at 20 and Barnsley at 10.

The figures describe 600 warehouse jobs across 45 sites that exist in Hull. How many are open this week is the live list above.