Forklift operator salary in the UK (2026)
What does a Forklift operator earn?
What employers advertise across the UK.
£28,000 per year, median
the midpoint of 1,705 advertised salaries from 398 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 20 Oct 2026
about £2,300 a month
- Low
- £25,600
- Median
- £28,000
- Average
- £29,000
- High
- £33,700
Median
Average
Low £25,600
High £33,700
Half of the adverts fall between £26,300 and £30,000. “Low” and “high” are the bottom and top tenth of what is advertised, not the single cheapest and dearest advert — one unusual posting should not decide either end.
How this figure was worked out
- 1,705 advertised salaries, from 398 different employers.
- Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 20 Oct 2026.
- Stated in the advert as an hourly rate (1,505), a yearly figure (200). Hourly and monthly figures are converted to a year at 1,950 hours, so they can be compared with the ones stated annually.
- Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Adverts offering part-time only are left out, because a part-time figure is not comparable with a full-time one.
These are advertised salaries, read from the text of employers’ own job adverts. They are not verified with the employer, they are not what anyone is necessarily paid, and they are not a pay survey.
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from 15 £/hrFull-time
VNA Forklift Driver
from 14 £/hrFull-time
Forklift Driver
from 30k £/yrFull-time
VNA Forklift Driver
from 14 £/hrFull-time
Counterbalance Forklift Driver
from 14 £/hrFull-time
Forklift Driver
from 30k £/yrFull-time
Forklift Driver
from 15 £/hrFull-time
Forklift Driver
from 13 £/hrFull-time
Forklift Driver Counterbalance
14–14 £/hrFull-time
VNA Forklift Driver - Nights
from 15 £/hrFull-time
Forklift Driver
from 16 £/hrFull-time
Telehandler Forklift Operator
Full-time
Canning line Operative/Counterbalance Forklift Driver
Full-time
Forklift Driver
from 14 £/hrFull-time
Forklift Driver
from 14 £/hrPart-time
Bendi Forklift Operator
Full-time
Counterbalance Forklift Driver
Forklift Driver
Full-time
Forklift Driver Warehouse Operative
from 13 £/hrFull-time
Forklift Driver
Full-time