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Forklift operator jobs in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf has 900 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf
What the official data says about Rhondda Cynon Taf
Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 900 employee jobs in Rhondda Cynon Taf, from 80,000 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 2.23% of employment in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Median full-time pay in Rhondda Cynon Taf was £33,976 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 20 warehousing and storage sites in Rhondda Cynon Taf at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 15 of them, 75%, 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf, 300 are part time, 33.3% of the split. The middle across Wales is 14.5%, so Rhondda Cynon Taf sits above it, 1st of 22 areas on this measure. A high part-time share generally means peak and weekend shifts make up a large part of the local warehouse rota.
Two further counts round out the Rhondda Cynon Taf picture: 800 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 85 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.
Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Rhondda Cynon Taf ranks 4th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 690, against 1,785 in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Next to Rhondda Cynon Taf in that order sit Neath Port Talbot at 2,405 and Bridgend at 1,450.
On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Rhondda Cynon Taf ranks 8th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 15, against 20 in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Next to Rhondda Cynon Taf in that order sit Pembrokeshire at 20 and Wrexham at 20.
None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 900 jobs across 20 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Rhondda Cynon Taf, and the live list above is what is open now.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 900
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 80,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £33,976
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 20
- Warehousing sites employing under 10
- 15
- Part-time share of warehousing and storage jobs
- 33.3%
- Freight, warehousing and courier work, share of all employee jobs
- 2.23%
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 Rhondda Cynon Taf: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Rhondda Cynon Taf?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 800 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Rhondda Cynon Taf and 900 in warehousing and storage, spread across 205 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Rhondda Cynon Taf: 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, 20 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 33.3% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 300 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf?
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 Rhondda Cynon Taf sets out what that employer asks for.