Warehouse operative jobs in Plymouth

Warehousing and storage in Plymouth is counted at 500 employee jobs, 0.42% of the 118,000 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 350 freight transport by road jobs in Plymouth are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 20 warehousing and storage sites in Plymouth at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 15 of them, 75%, 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 Plymouth, 50 are part time, 10% of the split. The middle across the South West is 16.3%, so Plymouth sits below it, 13th of 14 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 Plymouth picture: 20 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 870 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Plymouth ranks 11th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 0.49%, against 0.42% in Plymouth. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Plymouth in that order sit Cornwall at 0.43% and Dorset at 0.3%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Plymouth ranks 13th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 20, against 5 in Plymouth. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Plymouth in that order sit Dorset at 5 and Isles of Scilly at 0.

The figures describe 500 warehouse jobs across 20 sites that exist in Plymouth. How many are open this week is the live list above.