Forklift operator jobs in Tower Hamlets

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 900 employee jobs in Tower Hamlets, from 344,000 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 0.48% of employment in Tower Hamlets.

Median full-time pay in Tower Hamlets was £66,686 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 15 warehousing and storage sites in Tower Hamlets at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten. A site that small runs a truck or two and the operator picks for most of the shift.

Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Tower Hamlets, 150 are part time, 17.6% of the split. The middle across London is 16.7%, so Tower Hamlets sits level with it, 15th of 33 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 Tower Hamlets picture: 225 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 510 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Tower Hamlets ranks 10th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 1,115, against 1,635 in Tower Hamlets. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Tower Hamlets in that order sit Camden at 1,715 and Newham at 1,620.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Tower Hamlets ranks 26th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 20, against 15 in Tower Hamlets. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Tower Hamlets in that order sit Sutton at 15 and Waltham Forest at 15.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 900 jobs across 15 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Tower Hamlets, and the live list above is what is open now.