Forklift operator jobs in North Somerset

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 1,500 employee jobs in North Somerset, from 92,000 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 2.76% of employment in North Somerset.

Median full-time pay in North Somerset was £34,838 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 45 warehousing and storage sites in North Somerset at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. 35 of them, 77.8%, 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 North Somerset, 125 are part time, 9.1% of the split. The middle across the South West is 16.3%, so North Somerset sits below it, 14th of 14 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 North Somerset picture: 1,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 40 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, North Somerset ranks 9th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 2,955, against 2,540 in North Somerset. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to North Somerset in that order sit Cornwall at 2,955 and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 1,780.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, North Somerset ranks 9th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 45, against 45 in North Somerset. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to North Somerset in that order sit Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 45 and Swindon at 45.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 1,500 jobs across 45 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in North Somerset, and the live list above is what is open now.