Forklift operator jobs in Salford

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 800 employee jobs in Salford, from 173,000 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 1.68% of employment in Salford.

Median full-time pay in Salford was £38,492 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 40 warehousing and storage sites in Salford at the March 2025 reference date, 20 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 25 of them, 62.5%, 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 Salford, 75 are part time, 8.6% of the split. The middle across the North West is 14.3%, so Salford sits below it, 22nd of 24 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 Salford picture: 900 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 1,200 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Salford ranks 15th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 3,450, against 2,900 in Salford. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Salford in that order sit Cheshire West and Chester at 3,025 and Oldham at 2,135.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Salford ranks 11th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 38, against 40 in Salford. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Salford in that order sit Oldham at 40 and St. Helens at 40.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 800 jobs across 40 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Salford, and the live list above is what is open now.