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Warehouse operative jobs in Hampshire
Hampshire has 7,000 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 Hampshire
What the official data says about Hampshire
Warehousing and storage in Hampshire is counted at 7,000 employee jobs, 1.14% of the 616,000 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 Hampshire are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 215 warehousing and storage sites in Hampshire at the March 2025 reference date, 70 of them employing ten people or more. 145 of them, 67.4%, 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 Hampshire, 1,000 are part time, 14.3% of the split. The middle across the South East is 13%, so Hampshire sits above it, 7th of 19 areas on this measure. That is a full-time shift picture, with part-time hours around weekend and peak cover.
Two further counts round out the Hampshire picture: 1,925 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 12,425 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Hampshire ranks 6th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 0.73%, against 1.14% in Hampshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Hampshire in that order sit West Berkshire at 1.2% and Portsmouth at 0.96%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Hampshire ranks 2nd of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 10, against 70 in Hampshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Hampshire in that order sit Kent at 80 and Milton Keynes at 50.
The figures describe 7,000 warehouse jobs across 215 sites that exist in Hampshire. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 7,000
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 1.14%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 3,500
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 215
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 70
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 1,000
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 616,000
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 Hampshire: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Hampshire?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 3,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Hampshire and 7,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 1,330 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 Hampshire?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Hampshire: 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, 215 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 Hampshire full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 14.3% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Hampshire, 1,000 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 Hampshire?
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 Hampshire sets out what that employer asks for.