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Warehouse operative jobs in Kirklees
Kirklees has 2,000 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 Kirklees
What the official data says about Kirklees
Warehousing and storage in Kirklees is counted at 2,000 employee jobs, 1.23% of the 162,000 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 Kirklees are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 45 warehousing and storage sites in Kirklees at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. 35 of them, 77.8%, 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 Kirklees, 100 are part time, 4.8% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 14.3%, so Kirklees sits below it, 15th of 15 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 Kirklees picture: 370 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 3,620 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Kirklees ranks 8th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 1.23%, against 1.23% in Kirklees. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Kirklees in that order sit Bradford at 1.51% and Leeds at 0.99%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Kirklees ranks 10th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 15, against 10 in Kirklees. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Kirklees in that order sit Barnsley at 10 and North East Lincolnshire at 10.
The figures describe 2,000 warehouse jobs across 45 sites that exist in Kirklees. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 2,000
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 1.23%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 1,250
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 45
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 10
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 100
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 162,000
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 Kirklees: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Kirklees?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Kirklees and 2,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 535 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 Kirklees?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Kirklees: 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, 45 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 Kirklees full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 4.8% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Kirklees, 100 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 Kirklees?
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 Kirklees sets out what that employer asks for.