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Warehouse operative 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
Warehousing and storage in Blackburn with Darwen is counted at 600 employee jobs, 0.83% of the 72,000 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 450 freight transport by road jobs in Blackburn with Darwen are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
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. 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 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 picture, with part-time hours around weekend and peak cover.
Two further counts round out the Blackburn with Darwen picture: 175 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 1,225 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Blackburn with Darwen ranks 13th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 0.84%, against 0.83% in Blackburn with Darwen. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Blackburn with Darwen in that order sit Cheshire West and Chester at 0.85% and Lancashire at 0.76%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Blackburn with Darwen ranks 12th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 15, against 15 in Blackburn with Darwen. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Blackburn with Darwen in that order sit Salford at 20 and Bolton at 15.
The figures describe 600 warehouse jobs across 25 sites that exist in Blackburn with Darwen. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 600
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 0.83%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 450
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 25
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 15
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 75
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 72,000
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 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 warehouse operative 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 warehouse operative 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 warehouse operative jobs in Blackburn with Darwen?
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 Blackburn with Darwen sets out what that employer asks for.