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Warehouse operative jobs in South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire has 1,250 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 South Lanarkshire
What the official data says about South Lanarkshire
Warehousing and storage in South Lanarkshire is counted at 1,250 employee jobs, 1.07% of the 117,000 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 South Lanarkshire are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.
UK Business Counts recorded 35 warehousing and storage sites in South Lanarkshire at the March 2025 reference date, 15 of them employing ten people or more. 20 of them, 57.1%, 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 South Lanarkshire, 100 are part time, 9.1% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 14.3%, so South Lanarkshire sits below it, 26th 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 South Lanarkshire picture: 275 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 2,775 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, South Lanarkshire ranks 8th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 0.18%, against 1.07% in South Lanarkshire. Next to South Lanarkshire in that order sit Renfrewshire at 1.18% and Aberdeenshire at 0.59%.
On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, South Lanarkshire ranks 6th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 0, against 15 in South Lanarkshire. Next to South Lanarkshire in that order sit Renfrewshire at 20 and Aberdeenshire at 10.
The figures describe 1,250 warehouse jobs across 35 sites that exist in South Lanarkshire. How many are open this week is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 1,250
- Warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs
- 1.07%
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 1,250
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 35
- Warehousing sites employing 10 or more
- 15
- Part-time employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 100
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 117,000
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 South Lanarkshire: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in South Lanarkshire?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road in South Lanarkshire and 1,250 in warehousing and storage, spread across 405 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 South Lanarkshire?
There is no published pay figure for this role in South Lanarkshire: 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, 35 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 South Lanarkshire full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 9.1% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in South Lanarkshire, 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 South Lanarkshire?
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 South Lanarkshire sets out what that employer asks for.