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Warehouse operative jobs in Devon
Devon has 2,250 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 Devon
What the official data says about Devon
Warehousing and storage in Devon is counted at 2,250 employee jobs, 0.64% of the 350,000 employee jobs the survey records in the area.
Picking and packing sit inside that count, along with goods in, stock control and shift management, because the survey counts sites rather than tasks. The 3,500 freight transport by road jobs in Devon are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 105 warehousing and storage sites in Devon at the March 2025 reference date, 30 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 70 of them, 66.7%, employ under ten, well below the usual share. Warehousing that shape is built on big sheds, and big sheds mean four on four off, twilights and nights.
Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Devon, 350 are part time, 16.7% of the split. The middle across the South West is 16.3%, so Devon sits level with it, 6th of 14 areas on this measure. Warehousing carries real part-time hours in most areas, and a share at this level generally means twilight and weekend shifts alongside the core rota.
Two further counts round out the Devon picture: 705 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 6,455 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Devon ranks 7th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 0.49%, against 0.64% in Devon. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Devon in that order sit Wiltshire at 1.18% and Gloucestershire at 0.49%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Devon ranks 3rd of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 20, against 30 in Devon. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Devon in that order sit Bristol, City of at 30 and Gloucestershire at 30.
The figures describe 2,250 warehouse jobs across 105 sites that exist in Devon. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 2,250
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 0.64%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 3,500
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 105
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 30
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 350
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 350,000
The warehouse operative role
Warehouse work is picking, packing, loading and putting stock away, usually against a rate and usually on shifts. Voice picking, scanners and pick-to-light all measure what you do, and the rate is the job.
Warehouse operative jobs in Devon: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Devon?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 3,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Devon and 2,250 in warehousing and storage, spread across 845 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 warehouse operative earn in Devon?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Devon: 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, 105 warehousing and storage sites, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is warehouse operative work in Devon full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 16.7% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Devon, 350 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for warehouse operative jobs in Devon?
No formal qualifications needed to apply. Comfortable on your feet for a full shift. Some sites ask for a counterbalance or reach ticket, some train you. Each advert in Devon sets out what that employer asks for.