Warehouse operative jobs in Northumberland

Warehousing and storage in Northumberland is counted at 700 employee jobs, 0.63% of the 111,000 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 1,500 freight transport by road jobs in Northumberland are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 25 warehousing and storage sites in Northumberland at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 20 of them, 80%, employ under ten, a lower share than most areas, so medium and large sites have a real presence here.

Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Northumberland, 175 are part time, 25.9% of the split. The middle across the North East is 21.7%, so Northumberland sits above it, 3rd of 12 areas on this measure. Warehousing carries real part-time hours in most areas, and a share at this level generally means twilight and weekend shifts alongside the core rota.

Two further counts round out the Northumberland picture: 55 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 2,255 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Northumberland ranks 9th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 1.79%, against 0.63% in Northumberland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.87%. Next to Northumberland in that order sit South Tyneside at 1.1% and North Tyneside at 0.45%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Northumberland ranks 5th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 5, against 10 in Northumberland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 10. Next to Northumberland in that order sit Stockton-on-Tees at 15 and Darlington at 5.

The figures describe 700 warehouse jobs across 25 sites that exist in Northumberland. How many are open this week is the live list above.