Warehouse operative jobs in Stockport

Warehousing and storage in Stockport is counted at 150 employee jobs, 0.11% of the 136,000 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 600 freight transport by road jobs in Stockport are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 35 warehousing and storage sites in Stockport at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 30 of them, 85.7%, 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 Stockport, 30 are part time, 19.4% of the split. The middle across the North West is 14.3%, so Stockport sits above it, 9th of 24 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 Stockport picture: 260 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 1,010 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Stockport ranks 24th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 0.84%, against 0.11% in Stockport. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Stockport in that order sit Westmorland and Furness at 0.14%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Stockport ranks 21st of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 15, against 5 in Stockport. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Stockport in that order sit Sefton at 5 and Tameside at 5.

The figures describe 150 warehouse jobs across 35 sites that exist in Stockport. How many are open this week is the live list above.