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Forklift operator jobs in Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen has 600 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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What the official data says about Blackburn with Darwen
Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 600 employee jobs in Blackburn with Darwen, from 72,000 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 1.7% of employment in Blackburn with Darwen.
Median full-time pay in Blackburn with Darwen was £36,223 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 25 warehousing and storage sites in Blackburn with Darwen at the March 2025 reference date, 15 of them employing ten people or more. 10 of them, 40%, employ under ten, well below the usual share. Large sites use the full range of truck types, so a ticket beyond counterbalance is worth more here.
Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Blackburn with Darwen, 75 are part time, 11.1% of the split. The middle across the North West is 14.3%, so Blackburn with Darwen sits below it, 18th of 24 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 Blackburn with Darwen picture: 450 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 175 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.
Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Blackburn with Darwen ranks 19th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 3,450, against 1,225 in Blackburn with Darwen. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Blackburn with Darwen in that order sit Bury at 1,275 and Wirral at 1,120.
On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Blackburn with Darwen ranks 18th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 38, against 25 in Blackburn with Darwen. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Blackburn with Darwen in that order sit Wirral at 30 and Bury at 25.
None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 600 jobs across 25 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Blackburn with Darwen, and the live list above is what is open now.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 600
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 72,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £36,223
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 25
- Warehousing sites employing under 10
- 10
- Part-time share of warehousing and storage jobs
- 11.1%
- Freight, warehousing and courier work, share of all employee jobs
- 1.7%
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 Blackburn with Darwen: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Blackburn with Darwen?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 450 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Blackburn with Darwen and 600 in warehousing and storage, spread across 170 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 Blackburn with Darwen?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Blackburn with Darwen: 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, 25 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 Blackburn with Darwen full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 11.1% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Blackburn with Darwen, 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 forklift operator jobs in Blackburn with Darwen?
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 Blackburn with Darwen sets out what that employer asks for.