Forklift operator jobs in Lewisham

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 100 employee jobs in Lewisham, from 69,000 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 0.46% of employment in Lewisham.

Median full-time pay in Lewisham was £42,962 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 Lewisham at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten. A site that small runs a truck or two and the operator picks for most of the shift.

Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Lewisham, 5 are part time, 4.8% of the split. The middle across London is 16.7%, so Lewisham sits below it, 32nd of 33 areas on this measure. Nearly all of the split is full time, which on forklift work generally means a fixed shift rather than cover.

Two further counts round out the Lewisham picture: 100 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 120 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Lewisham ranks 28th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 1,115, against 320 in Lewisham. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Lewisham in that order sit Wandsworth at 340 and Lambeth at 310.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Lewisham ranks 23rd of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 20, against 15 in Lewisham. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Lewisham in that order sit Hammersmith and Fulham at 15 and Redbridge at 15.

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