Warehouse operative jobs in North Ayrshire

Warehousing and storage in North Ayrshire is counted at 225 employee jobs, 0.55% of the 41,000 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 125 freight transport by road jobs in North Ayrshire are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 15 warehousing and storage sites in North Ayrshire 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 North Ayrshire, 20 are part time, 9.1% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 14.3%, so North Ayrshire sits below it, 25th of 31 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 North Ayrshire picture: 45 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 395 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, North Ayrshire ranks 10th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 0.18%, against 0.55% in North Ayrshire. Next to North Ayrshire in that order sit Aberdeenshire at 0.59% and Aberdeen City at 0.51%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, North Ayrshire ranks 14th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 0, against 5 in North Ayrshire. Next to North Ayrshire in that order sit Dundee City at 5 and Angus at 0.

The figures describe 225 warehouse jobs across 15 sites that exist in North Ayrshire. How many are open this week is the live list above.