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Warehouse operative jobs in Wakefield
Wakefield has 13,000 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 Wakefield
What the official data says about Wakefield
Warehousing and storage in Wakefield is counted at 13,000 employee jobs, 7.93% of the 164,000 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 2,000 freight transport by road jobs in Wakefield are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 75 warehousing and storage sites in Wakefield at the March 2025 reference date, 40 of them employing ten people or more. 35 of them, 46.7%, 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 Wakefield, 2,500 are part time, 20% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 14.3%, so Wakefield sits above it, 3rd of 15 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 Wakefield picture: 525 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 15,525 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Wakefield ranks 1st of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 1.23%, against 7.93% in Wakefield. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Wakefield in that order sit Doncaster at 7.63%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Wakefield ranks 3rd of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 15, against 40 in Wakefield. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Wakefield in that order sit Leeds at 40 and North Yorkshire at 25.
The figures describe 13,000 warehouse jobs across 75 sites that exist in Wakefield. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 13,000
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 7.93%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 2,000
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 75
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 40
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 2,500
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 164,000
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 Wakefield: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Wakefield?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 2,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Wakefield and 13,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 670 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 Wakefield?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Wakefield: 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, 75 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 Wakefield full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 20% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Wakefield, 2,500 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 Wakefield?
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 Wakefield sets out what that employer asks for.