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Warehouse operative jobs in South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire has 8,000 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 South Gloucestershire
What the official data says about South Gloucestershire
Warehousing and storage in South Gloucestershire is counted at 8,000 employee jobs, 4.71% of the 170,000 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 South Gloucestershire are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 60 warehousing and storage sites in South Gloucestershire at the March 2025 reference date, 35 of them employing ten people or more. 25 of them, 41.7%, 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 South Gloucestershire, 1,250 are part time, 15.2% of the split. The middle across the South West is 16.3%, so South Gloucestershire sits below it, 9th of 14 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 South Gloucestershire picture: 775 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 10,775 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, South Gloucestershire ranks 2nd of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 0.49%, against 4.71% in South Gloucestershire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to South Gloucestershire in that order sit Swindon at 7.14% and Bristol, City of at 1.94%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, South Gloucestershire ranks 1st of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 20, against 35 in South Gloucestershire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to South Gloucestershire in that order sit Bristol, City of at 30.
The figures describe 8,000 warehouse jobs across 60 sites that exist in South Gloucestershire. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 8,000
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 4.71%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 2,000
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 60
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 35
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 1,250
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 170,000
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 South Gloucestershire: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in South Gloucestershire?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 2,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road in South Gloucestershire and 8,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 540 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 South Gloucestershire?
There is no published pay figure for this role in South Gloucestershire: 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, 60 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 South Gloucestershire full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 15.2% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in South Gloucestershire, 1,250 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 South Gloucestershire?
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 South Gloucestershire sets out what that employer asks for.