Warehouse operative jobs in Lambeth

Warehousing and storage in Lambeth is counted at 125 employee jobs, 0.08% of the 156,000 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 100 freight transport by road jobs in Lambeth are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 20 warehousing and storage sites in Lambeth at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 15 of them, 75%, 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 Lambeth, 40 are part time, 28.6% of the split. The middle across London is 16.7%, so Lambeth sits above it, 3rd of 33 areas on this measure. A part-time share this size usually means a lot of twilight, weekend and peak-season shifts in the local mix.

Two further counts round out the Lambeth picture: 85 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 310 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Lambeth ranks 24th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 0.29%, against 0.08% in Lambeth. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Lambeth in that order sit Westminster at 0.09% and Camden at 0.07%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Lambeth ranks 18th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 5, against 5 in Lambeth. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Lambeth in that order sit Islington at 5 and Southwark at 5.

The figures describe 125 warehouse jobs across 20 sites that exist in Lambeth. How many are open this week is the live list above.