Warehouse operative jobs in Slough

Warehousing and storage in Slough is counted at 225 employee jobs, 0.28% of the 79,000 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 Slough are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 20 warehousing and storage sites in Slough at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. 10 of them, 50%, 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 Slough, 30 are part time, 13% of the split. The middle across the South East is 13%, so Slough sits level with it, 11th of 19 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 Slough picture: 3,575 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 5,050 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Slough ranks 13th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 0.73%, against 0.28% in Slough. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Slough in that order sit Southampton at 0.44% and Wokingham at 0.28%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Slough ranks 11th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 10, against 10 in Slough. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Slough in that order sit Portsmouth at 10 and Southampton at 10.

The figures describe 225 warehouse jobs across 20 sites that exist in Slough. How many are open this week is the live list above.