Warehouse operative jobs in Bridgend

Warehousing and storage in Bridgend is counted at 700 employee jobs, 1.25% of the 56,000 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 Bridgend are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 15 warehousing and storage sites in Bridgend at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 10 of them, 66.7%, 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 Bridgend, 75 are part time, 11.1% of the split. The middle across Wales is 14.5%, so Bridgend sits below it, 17th of 22 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 Bridgend picture: 300 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 1,450 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Bridgend ranks 6th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 0.38%, against 1.25% in Bridgend. Next to Bridgend in that order sit Blaenau Gwent at 1.25% and Rhondda Cynon Taf at 1.13%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Bridgend ranks 7th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 5, against 5 in Bridgend. Next to Bridgend in that order sit Blaenau Gwent at 5 and Caerphilly at 5.

The figures describe 700 warehouse jobs across 15 sites that exist in Bridgend. How many are open this week is the live list above.