Warehouse operative jobs in Edinburgh

Warehousing and storage in Edinburgh is counted at 600 employee jobs, 0.16% of the 368,000 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 300 freight transport by road jobs in Edinburgh are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 50 warehousing and storage sites in Edinburgh at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. 40 of them, 80%, employ under ten, a lower share than most areas, so medium and large sites have a real presence here.

Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Edinburgh, 125 are part time, 21.7% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 14.3%, so Edinburgh sits above it, 5th of 31 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 Edinburgh picture: 605 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 1,505 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Edinburgh ranks 18th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 0.18%, against 0.16% in Edinburgh. Next to Edinburgh in that order sit Scottish Borders at 0.17% and Midlothian at 0.15%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Edinburgh ranks 8th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 0, against 10 in Edinburgh. Next to Edinburgh in that order sit Aberdeenshire at 10 and Falkirk at 10.

The figures describe 600 warehouse jobs across 50 sites that exist in Edinburgh. How many are open this week is the live list above.