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Warehouse operative jobs in Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot has 2,000 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 Neath Port Talbot
What the official data says about Neath Port Talbot
Warehousing and storage in Neath Port Talbot is counted at 2,000 employee jobs, 4.17% of the 48,000 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 300 freight transport by road jobs in Neath Port Talbot are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 15 warehousing and storage sites in Neath Port Talbot at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 5 of them, 33.3%, 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 Neath Port Talbot, 400 are part time, 21.1% of the split. The middle across Wales is 14.5%, so Neath Port Talbot sits above it, 6th of 22 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 Neath Port Talbot picture: 105 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 2,405 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Neath Port Talbot ranks 1st of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 0.38%, against 4.17% in Neath Port Talbot. Next to Neath Port Talbot in that order sit Monmouthshire at 2.22%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Neath Port Talbot ranks 11th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 5, against 5 in Neath Port Talbot. Next to Neath Port Talbot in that order sit Merthyr Tydfil at 5 and Pembrokeshire at 5.
The figures describe 2,000 warehouse jobs across 15 sites that exist in Neath Port Talbot. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 2,000
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 4.17%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 300
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 15
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 5
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 400
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 48,000
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 Neath Port Talbot: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Neath Port Talbot?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 300 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Neath Port Talbot and 2,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 155 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 Neath Port Talbot?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Neath Port Talbot: 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, 15 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 Neath Port Talbot full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 21.1% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Neath Port Talbot, 400 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 Neath Port Talbot?
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 Neath Port Talbot sets out what that employer asks for.