Forklift operator jobs in Bath and North East Somerset

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 100 employee jobs in Bath and North East Somerset, from 97,000 employee jobs across the area.

That count covers whole sites rather than truck types, so counterbalance on the bays, reach in the racking and VNA in the narrow aisles are all inside it, together with the picking most operators also do. Freight, warehousing and courier work together make up 0.47% of employment in Bath and North East Somerset.

Median full-time pay in Bath and North East Somerset was £38,040 a year in 2025 across all occupations combined. Forklift work is not published separately at this level, so treat that as area context and read the rate on the advert.

UK Business Counts recorded 15 warehousing and storage sites in Bath and North East Somerset at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 10 of them, 66.7%, employ under ten, well below the usual share. Large sites use the full range of truck types, so a ticket beyond counterbalance is worth more here.

Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Bath and North East Somerset, 25 are part time, 25% of the split. The middle across the South West is 16.3%, so Bath and North East Somerset sits above it, 3rd of 14 areas on this measure. A part-time share at this level usually means twilight and weekend shifts running alongside the main rota.

Two further counts round out the Bath and North East Somerset picture: 350 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 5 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Bath and North East Somerset ranks 13th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 2,955, against 455 in Bath and North East Somerset. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Bath and North East Somerset in that order sit Plymouth at 870 and Torbay at 155.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Bath and North East Somerset ranks 13th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 45, against 15 in Bath and North East Somerset. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Bath and North East Somerset in that order sit Plymouth at 20 and Torbay at 5.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 100 jobs across 15 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Bath and North East Somerset, and the live list above is what is open now.