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Warehouse operative jobs in Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin 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 Telford and Wrekin
What the official data says about Telford and Wrekin
Warehousing and storage in Telford and Wrekin is counted at 2,500 employee jobs, 2.75% of the 91,000 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 1,250 freight transport by road jobs in Telford and Wrekin are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 20 warehousing and storage sites in Telford and Wrekin at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 15 of them, 75%, 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 Telford and Wrekin, 75 are part time, 2.9% of the split. The middle across the West Midlands is 12.4%, so Telford and Wrekin sits below it, 14th of 14 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 Telford and Wrekin picture: 105 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 3,855 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Telford and Wrekin ranks 5th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 1.82%, against 2.75% in Telford and Wrekin. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Telford and Wrekin in that order sit Coventry at 3.09% and Solihull at 2.07%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Telford and Wrekin ranks 14th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 18, against 5 in Telford and Wrekin. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Telford and Wrekin in that order sit Herefordshire, County of at 5.
The figures describe 2,500 warehouse jobs across 20 sites that exist in Telford and Wrekin. 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
- 2.75%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 1,250
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 20
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 5
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 75
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 91,000
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 Telford and Wrekin: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Telford and Wrekin?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Telford and Wrekin and 2,500 in warehousing and storage, spread across 275 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 Telford and Wrekin?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Telford and Wrekin: 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 warehouse operative work in Telford and Wrekin full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 2.9% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Telford and Wrekin, 75 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 Telford and Wrekin?
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 Telford and Wrekin sets out what that employer asks for.