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Forklift operator jobs in Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders has 75 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 Scottish Borders
What the official data says about Scottish Borders
Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 75 employee jobs in Scottish Borders, from 43,000 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 0.66% of employment in Scottish Borders.
Median full-time pay in Scottish Borders was £32,164 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 10 warehousing and storage sites in Scottish Borders 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 Scottish Borders, 10 are part time, 11.8% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 14.3%, so Scottish Borders sits below it, 21st of 31 areas on this measure. That is a full-time shift pattern with part-time hours around the edges of it.
Two further counts round out the Scottish Borders picture: 200 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 10 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.
Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Scottish Borders ranks 24th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 430, against 285 in Scottish Borders. Next to Scottish Borders in that order sit Midlothian at 295 and South Ayrshire at 240.
On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Scottish Borders ranks 18th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 10, against 10 in Scottish Borders. Next to Scottish Borders in that order sit Midlothian at 10 and South Ayrshire at 10.
None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 75 jobs across 10 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Scottish Borders, and the live list above is what is open now.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 75
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 43,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £32,164
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 10
- Warehousing sites employing under 10
- 10
- Part-time share of warehousing and storage jobs
- 11.8%
- Freight, warehousing and courier work, share of all employee jobs
- 0.66%
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 Scottish Borders: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Scottish Borders?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 200 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Scottish Borders and 75 in warehousing and storage, spread across 80 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 Scottish Borders?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Scottish Borders: 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, 10 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 Scottish Borders full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 11.8% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Scottish Borders, 10 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 Scottish Borders?
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 Scottish Borders sets out what that employer asks for.