Warehouse operative jobs in Merthyr Tydfil

Warehousing and storage in Merthyr Tydfil is counted at 75 employee jobs, 0.33% of the 23,000 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 50 freight transport by road jobs in Merthyr Tydfil are counted separately, and they are the vehicles those sites load.

UK Business Counts recorded 10 warehousing and storage sites in Merthyr Tydfil at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 5 of them, 50%, 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 Merthyr Tydfil, 10 are part time, 11.8% of the split. The middle across Wales is 14.5%, so Merthyr Tydfil sits below it, 14th of 22 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 Merthyr Tydfil picture: 10 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 135 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on warehousing and storage, share of all employee jobs, Merthyr Tydfil ranks 12th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 0.38%, against 0.33% in Merthyr Tydfil. Next to Merthyr Tydfil in that order sit Wrexham at 0.42% and Swansea at 0.32%.

On the separate business register count of warehousing sites employing 10 or more, Merthyr Tydfil ranks 10th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 5, against 5 in Merthyr Tydfil. Next to Merthyr Tydfil in that order sit Conwy at 5 and Neath Port Talbot at 5.

The figures describe 75 warehouse jobs across 10 sites that exist in Merthyr Tydfil. How many are open this week is the live list above.