Warehouse operative jobs in Midlothian

Warehousing and storage in Midlothian is counted at 50 employee jobs, 0.15% of the 33,000 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 200 freight transport by road jobs in Midlothian are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 10 warehousing and storage sites in Midlothian at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten: small stores and yards rather than distribution centres.

Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Midlothian, 10 are part time, 20% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 14.3%, so Midlothian sits above it, 7th 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 Midlothian picture: 45 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 295 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Midlothian ranks 19th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 0.18%, against 0.15% in Midlothian. Next to Midlothian in that order sit Edinburgh at 0.16% and Angus at 0.14%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Midlothian ranks 23rd of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 0, against 0 in Midlothian. Next to Midlothian in that order sit Inverclyde at 0 and Moray at 0.

The figures describe 50 warehouse jobs across 10 sites that exist in Midlothian. How many are open this week is the live list above.