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Warehouse operative jobs in South Tyneside
South Tyneside has 450 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 Tyneside
What the official data says about South Tyneside
Warehousing and storage in South Tyneside is counted at 450 employee jobs, 1.1% of the 41,000 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 400 freight transport by road jobs in South Tyneside are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 10 warehousing and storage sites in South Tyneside at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 5 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 South Tyneside, 40 are part time, 8.2% of the split. The middle across the North East is 21.7%, so South Tyneside sits below it, 12th of 12 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 Tyneside picture: 410 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 1,260 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, South Tyneside ranks 8th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 1.79%, against 1.1% in South Tyneside. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to South Tyneside in that order sit Hartlepool at 1.45% and Northumberland at 0.63%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, South Tyneside ranks 11th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 5, against 5 in South Tyneside. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to South Tyneside in that order sit Redcar and Cleveland at 5 and Newcastle upon Tyne at 0.
The figures describe 450 warehouse jobs across 10 sites that exist in South Tyneside. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 450
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 1.1%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 400
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 10
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 5
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 40
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 41,000
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 Tyneside: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in South Tyneside?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 400 employee jobs in freight transport by road in South Tyneside and 450 in warehousing and storage, spread across 150 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 Tyneside?
There is no published pay figure for this role in South Tyneside: 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, 10 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 Tyneside full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 8.2% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in South Tyneside, 40 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 Tyneside?
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 Tyneside sets out what that employer asks for.