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Warehouse operative jobs in North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire has 5,000 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 North Lanarkshire
What the official data says about North Lanarkshire
Warehousing and storage in North Lanarkshire is counted at 5,000 employee jobs, 3.82% of the 131,000 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 2,000 freight transport by road jobs in North Lanarkshire are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 70 warehousing and storage sites in North Lanarkshire at the March 2025 reference date, 45 of them employing ten people or more. 25 of them, 35.7%, 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 North Lanarkshire, 900 are part time, 16.7% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 14.3%, so North Lanarkshire sits above it, 12th 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 North Lanarkshire picture: 1,300 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 8,300 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, North Lanarkshire ranks 2nd of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 0.18%, against 3.82% in North Lanarkshire. Next to North Lanarkshire in that order sit West Lothian at 5.92% and Fife at 2.59%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, North Lanarkshire ranks 1st of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 0, against 45 in North Lanarkshire. Next to North Lanarkshire in that order sit West Lothian at 25.
The figures describe 5,000 warehouse jobs across 70 sites that exist in North Lanarkshire. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 5,000
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 3.82%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 2,000
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 70
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 45
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 900
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 131,000
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 North Lanarkshire: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in North Lanarkshire?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 2,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road in North Lanarkshire and 5,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 600 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 North Lanarkshire?
There is no published pay figure for this role in North Lanarkshire: 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, 70 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 North Lanarkshire full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 16.7% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in North Lanarkshire, 900 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 North Lanarkshire?
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 North Lanarkshire sets out what that employer asks for.