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Warehouse operative jobs in Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan has 175 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 Vale of Glamorgan
What the official data says about Vale of Glamorgan
Warehousing and storage in Vale of Glamorgan is counted at 175 employee jobs, 0.42% of the 42,000 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 350 freight transport by road jobs in Vale of Glamorgan are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 15 warehousing and storage sites in Vale of Glamorgan at the March 2025 reference date, 0 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 10 of them, 66.7%, 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 Vale of Glamorgan, 20 are part time, 11.8% of the split. The middle across Wales is 14.5%, so Vale of Glamorgan sits below it, 15th of 22 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 Vale of Glamorgan picture: 10 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 535 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Vale of Glamorgan ranks 10th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 0.38%, against 0.42% in Vale of Glamorgan. Next to Vale of Glamorgan in that order sit Torfaen at 0.47% and Wrexham at 0.42%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Vale of Glamorgan ranks 22nd of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 5, against 0 in Vale of Glamorgan. Next to Vale of Glamorgan in that order sit Powys at 0.
The figures describe 175 warehouse jobs across 15 sites that exist in Vale of Glamorgan. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 175
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 0.42%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 350
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 15
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 0
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 20
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 42,000
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 Vale of Glamorgan: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Vale of Glamorgan?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 350 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Vale of Glamorgan and 175 in warehousing and storage, spread across 105 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 Vale of Glamorgan?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Vale of Glamorgan: 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, 15 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 Vale of Glamorgan full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 11.8% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Vale of Glamorgan, 20 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 Vale of Glamorgan?
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 Vale of Glamorgan sets out what that employer asks for.