HGV and logistics driving in North West
Warehouse operative jobs in Manchester
Manchester has 2,500 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.
Search the adverts
Starts from warehouse operative jobs in Manchester. You can widen it on the next page.
Live adverts
Warehouse operative jobs in Manchester
Loading the current adverts.
Open adverts for Warehouse operative jobs in Manchester, as a plain list
Published figures for Manchester
What the official data says about Manchester
Warehousing and storage in Manchester is counted at 2,500 employee jobs, 0.55% of the 453,000 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 800 freight transport by road jobs in Manchester are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 55 warehousing and storage sites in Manchester at the March 2025 reference date, 25 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 35 of them, 63.6%, 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 Manchester, 500 are part time, 20% of the split. The middle across the North West is 14.3%, so Manchester sits above it, 7th of 24 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 Manchester picture: 825 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 4,125 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Manchester ranks 17th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 0.84%, against 0.55% in Manchester. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Manchester in that order sit Wirral at 0.68% and Salford at 0.46%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Manchester ranks 6th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 15, against 25 in Manchester. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Manchester in that order sit Liverpool at 25 and St. Helens at 25.
The figures describe 2,500 warehouse jobs across 55 sites that exist in Manchester. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 2,500
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 0.55%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 800
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 55
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 25
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 500
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 453,000
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 Manchester: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Manchester?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 800 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Manchester and 2,500 in warehousing and storage, spread across 550 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 Manchester?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Manchester: 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, 55 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 Manchester full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 20% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Manchester, 500 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 Manchester?
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 Manchester sets out what that employer asks for.