Warehouse operative jobs in Southend-on-Sea

Warehousing and storage in Southend-on-Sea is counted at 40 employee jobs, 0.06% of the 64,000 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 200 freight transport by road jobs in Southend-on-Sea are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 10 warehousing and storage sites in Southend-on-Sea 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 Southend-on-Sea, 5 are part time, 12.5% of the split. The middle across the East of England is 12.2%, so Southend-on-Sea sits level with it, 5th of 11 areas on this measure. That is a full-time shift picture, with part-time hours around weekend and peak cover.

Two further counts round out the Southend-on-Sea picture: 20 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 260 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Southend-on-Sea ranks 11th of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 1.07%, against 0.06% in Southend-on-Sea. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Southend-on-Sea in that order sit Luton at 0.23%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Southend-on-Sea ranks 11th of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 35, against 0 in Southend-on-Sea. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Southend-on-Sea in that order sit Luton at 5.

The figures describe 40 warehouse jobs across 10 sites that exist in Southend-on-Sea. How many are open this week is the live list above.