Warehouse operative jobs in York

Warehousing and storage in York is counted at 30 employee jobs, 0.03% of the 118,000 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 125 freight transport by road jobs in York are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 5 warehousing and storage sites in York at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten: small stores and yards rather than distribution centres.

Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in York, 5 are part time, 14.3% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 14.3%, so York sits level with it, 8th of 15 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 York picture: 105 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 260 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, York ranks 15th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 1.23%, against 0.03% in York. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to York in that order sit Hull at 0.48%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, York ranks 15th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 15, against 0 in York. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to York in that order sit North Lincolnshire at 5.

The figures describe 30 warehouse jobs across 5 sites that exist in York. How many are open this week is the live list above.