Forklift operator jobs in Shetland Islands

Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 200 employee jobs in Shetland Islands, from 13,000 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 2.69% of employment in Shetland Islands.

Median full-time pay in Shetland Islands was £46,290 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 5 warehousing and storage sites in Shetland Islands at the March 2025 reference date, 0 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 0 of them, 0%, 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 Shetland Islands, 0 are part time, 0% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 14.3%, so Shetland Islands sits below it, 31st of 31 areas on this measure. Nearly all of the split is full time, which on forklift work generally means a fixed shift rather than cover.

Two further counts round out the Shetland Islands picture: 150 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 0 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.

Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Shetland Islands ranks 22nd of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 430, against 350 in Shetland Islands. Next to Shetland Islands in that order sit Perth and Kinross at 350 and Midlothian at 295.

On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Shetland Islands ranks 28th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 10, against 5 in Shetland Islands. Next to Shetland Islands in that order sit Moray at 5 and West Dunbartonshire at 5.

None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 200 jobs across 5 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Shetland Islands, and the live list above is what is open now.