Warehouse Operative salary in the United Kingdom
£38,413
average advertised per year · most adverts fall between £33,000 and £40,000
From 162 live warehouse operative listings with advertised pay · newest 16 Oct 2026
What warehouse operatives are offered
Every advertised salary in the sample, from lowest to highest.
- Lower quartile
- £33,000
- a quarter pay less
- Median
- £35,568
- the typical advert
- Upper quartile
- £40,000
- a quarter pay more
Warehouse Operative salary by seniority
Median advertised pay at each level, with the middle half of adverts beside it. The step between levels is usually the number worth negotiating over.
How to read a warehouse operative salary range
The middle half of warehouse operative adverts sits between £33,000 and £40,000 — the top of that band is 1.2× the bottom. Where you land inside it is decided less by the job title than by three things: the level the role is pitched at, the employer's size and the city. On this board Bradford pays most for the role at £54,950 on average.
An advert quoting a wide range is usually a level range in disguise: the bottom is what they would pay someone they have to train, the top is what they would pay someone who can run the work unsupervised. Ask which end the role is really budgeted at before you anchor on the top figure.
The figures on this page are advertised pay, which runs a little ahead of what people in post earn. If an offer sits below the median here for the level, that is a fair thing to raise; if it sits above the 75th percentile, it is a good offer for this market.
Highest paying cities for warehouse operatives
Cities with a single listing are shown but move easily — read them with the count beside them.
Highest paying employers for warehouse operatives
Live warehouse operative roles
Forklift Engineer
First Military RecruitmentWarehouse OperativeviaReedTauntonPermanent£30,000 - £37,500 per annumNewProduct Development Assistant
Strive Supply ChainWarehouse OperativeviaReedLondonPermanentHybrid£45,000 per annumNewForklift Engineer
Bennett & Game RecruitmentWarehouse OperativeviaReedTelfordPermanent£35,000 - £42,000 per annumNewAdministrator
Michael Page Business SupportWarehouse OperativeviaReedLondonPermanent£32,000 - £35,000 per annumNewWarehouse Admin Day
Brook StreetWarehouse OperativeviaReedNorthamptonPermanent£31,000 per annumNewWarehouse Admin Day Shift
Brook StreetWarehouse OperativeviaReedNorthamptonPermanent£31,000 per annumNewWarehouse Operative salary: common questions
- How much does a warehouse operative earn in the United Kingdom?
- The median advertised warehouse operative salary is £35,568 a year, from 162 live listings on BOQQS. Most adverts fall between £33,000 and £40,000. These are salaries employers are offering, which runs a little ahead of what people are actually paid.
- What is the salary range for a warehouse operative?
- Advertised pay in the current sample runs from £30,000 to £94,900. The middle half sits between £33,000 and £40,000 — the ends are real adverts, but they are not typical ones.
- Which cities pay warehouse operatives the most?
- Bradford leads at £54,950 on average, against £38,413 across the whole sample. Canterbury follows at £53,623.
- What is a warehouse operative salary per hour?
- About £19.70 an hour, or £147.74 a day, converting the annual figure at 37.5 hours a week and 260 working days.
- Which employers pay warehouse operatives the most?
- From current listings, Forward Role advertises the highest at £94,900 on average. This reflects what is advertised now, not a long-run ranking.
Similar roles
Figures are medians and averages of salaries advertised on BOQQS, not a survey of what people are paid — advertised pay leads actual pay. Day and hourly rates are annualised at 260 working days and 37.5 hours a week. Nothing below £28,000 a year is carried on this board, so these figures describe the specialist market rather than all jobs in the UK. How the figures are worked out