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Warehouse operative jobs in Leicestershire
Leicestershire has 17,000 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 Leicestershire
What the official data says about Leicestershire
Warehousing and storage in Leicestershire is counted at 17,000 employee jobs, 4.93% of the 345,000 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 4,500 freight transport by road jobs in Leicestershire are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 160 warehousing and storage sites in Leicestershire at the March 2025 reference date, 80 of them employing ten people or more. 80 of them, 50%, 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 Leicestershire, 1,750 are part time, 10.4% of the split. The middle across the East Midlands is 10.8%, so Leicestershire sits level with it, 6th of 10 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 Leicestershire picture: 5,050 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 26,550 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Leicestershire ranks 2nd of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 1.9%, against 4.93% in Leicestershire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Leicestershire in that order sit West Northamptonshire at 6.48% and North Northamptonshire at 4.67%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Leicestershire ranks 1st of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 40, against 80 in Leicestershire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Leicestershire in that order sit West Northamptonshire at 80.
The figures describe 17,000 warehouse jobs across 160 sites that exist in Leicestershire. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 17,000
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 4.93%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 4,500
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 160
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 80
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 1,750
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 345,000
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 Leicestershire: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Leicestershire?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 4,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Leicestershire and 17,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 1,240 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 Leicestershire?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Leicestershire: 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, 160 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 Leicestershire full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 10.4% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Leicestershire, 1,750 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 Leicestershire?
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 Leicestershire sets out what that employer asks for.