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Forklift operator jobs in Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot has 2,000 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 Neath Port Talbot
What the official data says about Neath Port Talbot
Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 2,000 employee jobs in Neath Port Talbot, from 48,000 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 5.01% of employment in Neath Port Talbot.
Median full-time pay in Neath Port Talbot was £37,417 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 Neath Port Talbot at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 5 of them, 33.3%, 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 Neath Port Talbot, 400 are part time, 21.1% of the split. The middle across Wales is 14.5%, so Neath Port Talbot sits above it, 6th of 22 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 Neath Port Talbot picture: 300 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 105 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.
Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Neath Port Talbot ranks 3rd of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 690, against 2,405 in Neath Port Talbot. Next to Neath Port Talbot in that order sit Flintshire at 2,435 and Rhondda Cynon Taf at 1,785.
On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Neath Port Talbot ranks 12th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 15, against 15 in Neath Port Talbot. Next to Neath Port Talbot in that order sit Carmarthenshire at 15 and Vale of Glamorgan at 15.
None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 2,000 jobs across 15 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Neath Port Talbot, and the live list above is what is open now.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 2,000
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 48,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £37,417
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 15
- Warehousing sites employing under 10
- 5
- Part-time share of warehousing and storage jobs
- 21.1%
- Freight, warehousing and courier work, share of all employee jobs
- 5.01%
The forklift operator role
Forklift work is moving pallets safely in a building full of people doing other things. Counterbalance in the yard and on loading bays, reach truck in the racking, VNA in narrow aisles at height.
Forklift operator jobs in Neath Port Talbot: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Neath Port Talbot?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 300 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Neath Port Talbot and 2,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 155 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 forklift operator earn in Neath Port Talbot?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Neath Port Talbot: 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, 15 warehousing and storage sites, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is forklift operator work in Neath Port Talbot full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 21.1% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Neath Port Talbot, 400 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for forklift operator jobs in Neath Port Talbot?
A current forklift certificate for the truck type, such as counterbalance or reach. Employers often accept RTITB or ITSSAR accredited training. No formal school qualifications needed. Each advert in Neath Port Talbot sets out what that employer asks for.