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Warehouse operative jobs in Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes has 10,000 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 Milton Keynes
What the official data says about Milton Keynes
Warehousing and storage in Milton Keynes is counted at 10,000 employee jobs, 5.26% of the 190,000 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 1,250 freight transport by road jobs in Milton Keynes are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 80 warehousing and storage sites in Milton Keynes at the March 2025 reference date, 50 of them employing ten people or more. 30 of them, 37.5%, 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 Milton Keynes, 1,750 are part time, 17.9% of the split. The middle across the South East is 13%, so Milton Keynes sits above it, 6th 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 Milton Keynes picture: 750 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 12,000 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Milton Keynes ranks 1st of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 0.73%, against 5.26% in Milton Keynes. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Milton Keynes in that order sit Reading at 1.86%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Milton Keynes ranks 3rd of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 10, against 50 in Milton Keynes. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Milton Keynes in that order sit Hampshire at 70 and Oxfordshire at 45.
The figures describe 10,000 warehouse jobs across 80 sites that exist in Milton Keynes. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 10,000
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 5.26%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 1,250
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 80
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 50
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 1,750
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 190,000
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 Milton Keynes: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Milton Keynes?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Milton Keynes and 10,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 545 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 Milton Keynes?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Milton Keynes: 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, 80 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 Milton Keynes full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 17.9% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Milton Keynes, 1,750 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 Milton Keynes?
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 Milton Keynes sets out what that employer asks for.