Forklift operator jobs in East Riding of Yorkshire

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 2,250 employee jobs in East Riding of Yorkshire, from 131,000 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 3.23% of employment in East Riding of Yorkshire.

Median full-time pay in East Riding of Yorkshire was £35,020 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 55 warehousing and storage sites in East Riding of Yorkshire at the March 2025 reference date, 20 of them employing ten people or more. 35 of them, 63.6%, 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 East Riding of Yorkshire, 400 are part time, 16.7% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 14.3%, so East Riding of Yorkshire sits above it, 5th of 15 areas on this measure. A part-time share at this level usually means twilight and weekend shifts running alongside the main rota.

Two further counts round out the East Riding of Yorkshire picture: 1,750 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 235 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, East Riding of Yorkshire ranks 7th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 3,620, against 4,235 in East Riding of Yorkshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to East Riding of Yorkshire in that order sit Bradford at 4,415 and Kirklees at 3,620.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, East Riding of Yorkshire ranks 6th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 45, against 55 in East Riding of Yorkshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to East Riding of Yorkshire in that order sit Bradford at 70 and Hull at 45.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 2,250 jobs across 55 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in East Riding of Yorkshire, and the live list above is what is open now.