Warehouse operative jobs in Scottish Borders

Warehousing and storage in Scottish Borders is counted at 75 employee jobs, 0.17% of the 43,000 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 200 freight transport by road jobs in Scottish Borders are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 10 warehousing and storage sites in Scottish Borders at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten: small stores and yards rather than distribution centres.

Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Scottish Borders, 10 are part time, 11.8% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 14.3%, so Scottish Borders sits below it, 21st of 31 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 Scottish Borders picture: 10 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 285 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Scottish Borders ranks 17th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 0.18%, against 0.17% in Scottish Borders. Next to Scottish Borders in that order sit Moray at 0.2% and Edinburgh at 0.16%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Scottish Borders ranks 28th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 0, against 0 in Scottish Borders. Next to Scottish Borders in that order sit Perth and Kinross at 0 and Shetland Islands at 0.

The figures describe 75 warehouse jobs across 10 sites that exist in Scottish Borders. How many are open this week is the live list above.