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Warehouse operative jobs in Sunderland
Sunderland has 2,500 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 Sunderland
What the official data says about Sunderland
Warehousing and storage in Sunderland is counted at 2,500 employee jobs, 2.14% of the 117,000 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 1,500 freight transport by road jobs in Sunderland are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 35 warehousing and storage sites in Sunderland at the March 2025 reference date, 20 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 20 of them, 57.1%, employ under ten, well below the usual share. Warehousing that shape is built on big sheds, and big sheds mean four on four off, twilights and nights.
Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Sunderland, 600 are part time, 23.1% of the split. The middle across the North East is 21.7%, so Sunderland sits above it, 5th of 12 areas on this measure. Warehousing carries real part-time hours in most areas, and a share at this level generally means twilight and weekend shifts alongside the core rota.
Two further counts round out the Sunderland picture: 175 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 4,175 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Sunderland ranks 5th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 1.79%, against 2.14% in Sunderland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Sunderland in that order sit Redcar and Cleveland at 2.25% and County Durham at 2.13%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Sunderland ranks 2nd of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 5, against 20 in Sunderland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Sunderland in that order sit County Durham at 30 and Gateshead at 15.
The figures describe 2,500 warehouse jobs across 35 sites that exist in Sunderland. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 2,500
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 2.14%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 1,500
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 35
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 20
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 600
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 117,000
The warehouse operative role
Warehouse work is picking, packing, loading and putting stock away, usually against a rate and usually on shifts. Voice picking, scanners and pick-to-light all measure what you do, and the rate is the job.
Warehouse operative jobs in Sunderland: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Sunderland?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Sunderland and 2,500 in warehousing and storage, spread across 340 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 warehouse operative earn in Sunderland?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Sunderland: 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, 35 warehousing and storage sites, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is warehouse operative work in Sunderland full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 23.1% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Sunderland, 600 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for warehouse operative jobs in Sunderland?
No formal qualifications needed to apply. Comfortable on your feet for a full shift. Some sites ask for a counterbalance or reach ticket, some train you. Each advert in Sunderland sets out what that employer asks for.