Warehouse operative jobs in Lewisham

Warehousing and storage in Lewisham is counted at 100 employee jobs, 0.14% of the 69,000 employee jobs the survey records in the area.

Picking and packing sit inside that count, along with goods in, stock control and shift management, because the survey counts sites rather than tasks. The 100 freight transport by road jobs in Lewisham are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

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: small stores and yards rather than distribution centres.

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. The split is almost entirely full time, which usually points to sites running fixed shift patterns rather than flexible cover.

Two further counts round out the Lewisham picture: 120 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 320 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Lewisham ranks 19th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 0.29%, against 0.14% in Lewisham. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Lewisham in that order sit Tower Hamlets at 0.26% and Southwark at 0.14%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Lewisham ranks 30th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 5, against 0 in Lewisham. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Lewisham in that order sit Kingston upon Thames at 0 and Redbridge at 0.

The figures describe 100 warehouse jobs across 15 sites that exist in Lewisham. How many are open this week is the live list above.