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Warehouse operative jobs in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf has 900 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf
What the official data says about Rhondda Cynon Taf
Warehousing and storage in Rhondda Cynon Taf is counted at 900 employee jobs, 1.13% of the 80,000 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 20 warehousing and storage sites in Rhondda Cynon Taf at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf, 300 are part time, 33.3% of the split. The middle across Wales is 14.5%, so Rhondda Cynon Taf sits above it, 1st of 22 areas on this measure. A part-time share this size usually means a lot of twilight, weekend and peak-season shifts in the local mix.
Two further counts round out the Rhondda Cynon Taf picture: 85 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 1,785 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Rhondda Cynon Taf ranks 7th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 0.38%, against 1.13% in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Next to Rhondda Cynon Taf in that order sit Bridgend at 1.25% and Caerphilly at 0.74%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Rhondda Cynon Taf ranks 4th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 5, against 10 in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Next to Rhondda Cynon Taf in that order sit Newport at 10 and Swansea at 10.
The figures describe 900 warehouse jobs across 20 sites that exist in Rhondda Cynon Taf. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 900
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 1.13%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 800
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 20
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 10
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 300
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 80,000
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 Rhondda Cynon Taf: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Rhondda Cynon Taf?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 800 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Rhondda Cynon Taf and 900 in warehousing and storage, spread across 205 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Rhondda Cynon Taf: 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, 20 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 33.3% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 300 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf?
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 Rhondda Cynon Taf sets out what that employer asks for.