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Forklift operator jobs in Thurrock
Thurrock has 10,000 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 Thurrock
What the official data says about Thurrock
Forklift work is counted inside warehousing and storage, which comes to 10,000 employee jobs in Thurrock, from 79,000 employee jobs across the area.
That count covers whole sites rather than truck types, so counterbalance on the bays, reach in the racking and VNA in the narrow aisles are all inside it, together with the picking most operators also do. Freight, warehousing and courier work together make up 18.3% of employment in Thurrock.
Median full-time pay in Thurrock was £40,623 a year in 2025 across all occupations combined. Forklift work is not published separately at this level, so treat that as area context and read the rate on the advert.
UK Business Counts recorded 65 warehousing and storage sites in Thurrock at the March 2025 reference date, 35 of them employing ten people or more. 30 of them, 46.2%, employ under ten, well below the usual share. Large sites use the full range of truck types, so a ticket beyond counterbalance is worth more here.
Of the warehousing and storage employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Thurrock, 1,250 are part time, 12.2% of the split. The middle across the East of England is 12.2%, so Thurrock sits level with it, 6th of 11 areas on this measure. That is a full-time shift pattern with part-time hours around the edges of it.
Two further counts round out the Thurrock picture: 4,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road, and 475 employee jobs in postal and courier activities.
Measured on employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work, Thurrock ranks 1st of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 6,925, against 14,475 in Thurrock. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 2,975. Next to Thurrock in that order sit Essex at 12,325.
On the separate business register count of warehousing and storage sites, Thurrock ranks 6th of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 65, against 65 in Thurrock. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 35. Next to Thurrock in that order sit Norfolk at 105 and Central Bedfordshire at 60.
None of these counts is a vacancy figure. They describe 10,000 jobs across 65 warehousing sites as the surveys found them in Thurrock, and the live list above is what is open now.
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 10,000
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 79,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £40,623
- Warehousing and storage sites
- 65
- Warehousing sites employing under 10
- 30
- Part-time share of warehousing and storage jobs
- 12.2%
- Freight, warehousing and courier work, share of all employee jobs
- 18.3%
The forklift operator role
Forklift work is moving pallets safely in a building full of people doing other things. Counterbalance in the yard and on loading bays, reach truck in the racking, VNA in narrow aisles at height.
Forklift operator jobs in Thurrock: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Thurrock?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 4,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Thurrock and 10,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 975 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 forklift operator earn in Thurrock?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Thurrock: 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, 65 warehousing and storage sites, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is forklift operator work in Thurrock full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 12.2% of the warehousing and storage jobs counted either way in Thurrock, 1,250 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for forklift operator jobs in Thurrock?
A current forklift certificate for the truck type, such as counterbalance or reach. Employers often accept RTITB or ITSSAR accredited training. No formal school qualifications needed. Each advert in Thurrock sets out what that employer asks for.