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Warehouse operative jobs in Somerset
Somerset has 3,000 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 Somerset
What the official data says about Somerset
Warehousing and storage in Somerset is counted at 3,000 employee jobs, 1.23% of the 244,000 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 3,000 freight transport by road jobs in Somerset are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 90 warehousing and storage sites in Somerset 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. 60 of them, 66.7%, 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 Somerset, 500 are part time, 16.7% of the split. The middle across the South West is 16.3%, so Somerset sits level with it, 7th of 14 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 Somerset picture: 305 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 6,305 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Somerset ranks 5th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 0.49%, against 1.23% in Somerset. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Somerset in that order sit North Somerset at 1.63% and Wiltshire at 1.18%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Somerset ranks 6th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 20, against 25 in Somerset. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Somerset in that order sit Swindon at 30 and Wiltshire at 25.
The figures describe 3,000 warehouse jobs across 90 sites that exist in Somerset. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 3,000
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 1.23%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 3,000
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 90
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 25
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 500
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 244,000
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 Somerset: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Somerset?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 3,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Somerset and 3,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 635 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 Somerset?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Somerset: 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, 90 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 Somerset full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 16.7% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Somerset, 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 Somerset?
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 Somerset sets out what that employer asks for.