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Forklift operator jobs in Stockport
Stockport has 150 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 Stockport
What the official data says about Stockport
Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 150 employee jobs in Stockport, from 136,000 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 0.74% of employment in Stockport.
Median full-time pay in Stockport was £35,406 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 35 warehousing and storage sites in Stockport at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 30 of them, 85.7%, employ under ten, below the usual share, so there is more reach, VNA and bendi work here than a small-site area carries.
Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Stockport, 30 are part time, 19.4% of the split. The middle across the North West is 14.3%, so Stockport sits above it, 9th of 24 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 Stockport picture: 600 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 260 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.
Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Stockport ranks 21st of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 3,450, against 1,010 in Stockport. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Stockport in that order sit Wirral at 1,120 and Sefton at 925.
On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Stockport ranks 15th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 38, against 35 in Stockport. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Stockport in that order sit Halton at 35 and Cumberland at 30.
None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 150 jobs across 35 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Stockport, and the live list above is what is open now.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 150
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 136,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £35,406
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 35
- Warehousing sites employing under 10
- 30
- Part-time share of warehousing and storage jobs
- 19.4%
- Freight, warehousing and courier work, share of all employee jobs
- 0.74%
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 Stockport: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Stockport?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 600 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Stockport and 150 in warehousing and storage, spread across 185 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 Stockport?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Stockport: 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, 35 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 Stockport full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 19.4% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Stockport, 30 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 Stockport?
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 Stockport sets out what that employer asks for.