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Forklift operator jobs in Barking and Dagenham
Barking and Dagenham has 1,250 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 Barking and Dagenham
What the official data says about Barking and Dagenham
Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 1,250 employee jobs in Barking and Dagenham, from 59,000 employee jobs across the area.
That count covers whole sites rather than truck types, so counterbalance on the bays, reach in the racking and VNA in the narrow aisles are all inside it, together with the picking most operators also do. Freight, warehousing and courier work together make up 4.19% of employment in Barking and Dagenham.
Median full-time pay in Barking and Dagenham was £39,599 a year in 2025 across all occupations combined. Forklift work is not published separately at this level, so treat that as area context and read the rate on the advert.
UK Business Counts recorded 25 warehousing and storage sites in Barking and Dagenham at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. 15 of them, 60%, employ under ten, well below the usual share. Large sites use the full range of truck types, so a ticket beyond counterbalance is worth more here.
Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Barking and Dagenham, 125 are part time, 11.1% of the split. The middle across London is 16.7%, so Barking and Dagenham sits below it, 25th of 33 areas on this measure. That is a full-time shift pattern with part-time hours around the edges of it.
Two further counts round out the Barking and Dagenham picture: 800 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 425 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.
Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Barking and Dagenham ranks 7th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 1,115, against 2,475 in Barking and Dagenham. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Barking and Dagenham in that order sit Brent at 2,835 and Havering at 2,175.
On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Barking and Dagenham ranks 12th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 20, against 25 in Barking and Dagenham. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Barking and Dagenham in that order sit Wandsworth at 30 and Croydon at 25.
None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 1,250 jobs across 25 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Barking and Dagenham, and the live list above is what is open now.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 1,250
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 59,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £39,599
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 25
- Warehousing sites employing under 10
- 15
- Part-time share of warehousing and storage jobs
- 11.1%
- Freight, warehousing and courier work, share of all employee jobs
- 4.19%
The forklift operator role
Forklift work is moving pallets safely in a building full of people doing other things. Counterbalance in the yard and on loading bays, reach truck in the racking, VNA in narrow aisles at height.
Forklift operator jobs in Barking and Dagenham: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Barking and Dagenham?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 800 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Barking and Dagenham and 1,250 in warehousing and storage, spread across 480 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 forklift operator earn in Barking and Dagenham?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Barking and Dagenham: 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, 25 warehousing and storage sites, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is forklift operator work in Barking and Dagenham full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 11.1% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Barking and Dagenham, 125 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for forklift operator jobs in Barking and Dagenham?
A current forklift certificate for the truck type, such as counterbalance or reach. Employers often accept RTITB or ITSSAR accredited training. No formal school qualifications needed. Each advert in Barking and Dagenham sets out what that employer asks for.