Warehouse operative jobs in Sefton

Warehousing and storage in Sefton is counted at 300 employee jobs, 0.34% of the 89,000 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 450 freight transport by road jobs in Sefton are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 25 warehousing and storage sites in Sefton at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 20 of them, 80%, employ under ten, a lower share than most areas, so medium and large sites have a real presence here.

Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Sefton, 40 are part time, 13.8% of the split. The middle across the North West is 14.3%, so Sefton sits level with it, 14th of 24 areas on this measure. That is a full-time shift picture, with part-time hours around weekend and peak cover.

Two further counts round out the Sefton picture: 175 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 925 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Sefton ranks 20th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 0.84%, against 0.34% in Sefton. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Sefton in that order sit Cumberland at 0.38% and Blackpool at 0.32%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Sefton ranks 20th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 15, against 5 in Sefton. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Sefton in that order sit Oldham at 5 and Stockport at 5.

The figures describe 300 warehouse jobs across 25 sites that exist in Sefton. How many are open this week is the live list above.