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Warehouse Recruitment Agency for Businesses That Can't Afford Empty Shifts
Pickers, packers, FLT drivers, goods-in and despatch staff on site in as little as 2 hours. Vetted, briefed and ready to work, from one worker to a full night shift.
Temping Agency is a UK temp agency and warehouse staffing specialist. We answer the phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, because warehouses don't stop at 5pm.
Need staff for tonight?
Ring our 24/7 line and speak to a recruiter, not a voicemail.
+44 333 2422 711 info@temping-agency.com- ✅ Same-day placement, staff in 2 to 24 hours
- ✅ Right to work checked before every first shift
- ✅ Free replacement within 48 hours
- ✅ One clear hourly rate, no joining fees
⚡ Same-Day Placement
Staff ready in 2 to 24 hours
👷 60,000+ Workers
Pre-vetted across the UK
🔄 Guaranteed Quality
Replacement within 48 hours
🌙 24/7 Support
A real person, day or night
What Can We Help You With Today?
Most of the people who call us run a warehouse. Some are looking for work in one. Pick the one that fits you.
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Short notice cover, peak season teams, weekend shifts or long-term temp staffing for your distribution centre.
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Temporary, part-time and temp to perm warehouse work with weekly pay. Days, lates, nights and weekends.
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Licensed & Skilled Roles
Counterbalance, reach and VNA drivers, team leaders, stock controllers and goods-in clerks who know a WMS.
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Client Satisfaction
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Worker Retention
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Welcome to Temping Agency
A Warehouse Agency Built Around the Way Warehouses Actually Run
Warehouse work is unpredictable. A retailer moves a promotion forward. A container lands two days early. Three people ring in sick on a Monday night. Your volumes don't care about a hiring process that takes a fortnight.
That's the gap we fill. Temping Agency is a temporary staff agency with a dedicated warehouse staffing desk. We keep a live pool of people who have already been interviewed, had their right to work checked and been asked the questions that matter on a warehouse floor. Can you do a 10 hour night? Have you used a handheld scanner? Which trucks are on your licence? So when you call, we're matching, not starting from scratch.
We work with 3PLs, e-commerce fulfilment centres, grocery and chilled distribution, parcel hubs, builders' merchants and manufacturers with their own stores. Some book us for one picker on a Saturday. Others hand us their whole peak season. Both get the same recruiter, the same phone number and the same promise: if someone isn't right, we replace them.
Alongside warehouse recruitment we run general staffing services across industrial, hospitality and events, including our catering staff agency team, so one account can cover your site canteen as well as your loading bay.
The Hiring Problems Warehouse Managers Tell Us About
You're not imagining it. In UKWA's December 2025 skills survey, 87% of warehousing employers said they struggled to recruit. Here's what that looks like on the ground, and what we do about each one.
"Half the temps didn't turn up on day one."
No-shows wreck a shift plan before it starts. We confirm every worker the evening before and again on the morning, and we over-book slightly on big starts so you're not short when one person's bus doesn't come.
Fix: double confirmation and a standby list for every booking.
"Peak hits and we can't find 40 people in a week."
Black Friday, Christmas and the January returns spike all land at once, and every warehouse in your area is hiring the same people. We start building your peak team weeks ahead and keep them warm with early shifts.
Fix: peak plans booked in advance, scaled up or down weekly.
"They said they could drive a reach truck. They couldn't."
A licence that's ten years old, or one that doesn't cover the truck you run, is a safety risk. We check the certificate, the truck categories and recent hours on that truck before anyone gets near your racking.
Fix: licence and experience verified before booking.
"I'm worried about right to work fines."
Illegal working penalties fall on the business, and a busy shift manager isn't the person to be checking documents at 6am. We carry out right to work checks before the first shift and keep the records.
Fix: every worker checked, every record kept.
"We train people and they leave after a week."
Churn costs you induction time, supervisor hours and pick accuracy. We place people who want the hours you're offering, we ask why they left their last job, and we send the same faces back to you wherever we can.
Fix: repeat workers who already know your site.
"The invoice never matches the quote."
Hidden extras for nights, short-notice bookings or admin are a common complaint about agencies. You get one hourly charge rate per role in writing, with premiums agreed up front.
Fix: one rate, written down, no joining fees.
"Nobody answers when I need cover at 2am."
Night shift problems happen at night. Our 24/7 line is staffed by people who can actually book a worker, not just take a message for the morning.
Fix: 0333 2422 711, any hour.
"I don't know where we stand at 12 weeks."
Under the Agency Worker Regulations, temps who stay 12 weeks in the same role earn equal treatment rights. We track that date for every worker and talk you through the options before it arrives.
Fix: AWR tracked and flagged early.
Warehouse Staff We Supply
From the first pallet off the trailer to the last parcel out of the door.
📦 Pickers & Packers
Pick to light, voice picking and RF scanner order picking, packing, labelling and returns processing.
🚛 Goods-In Operatives
Tipping containers, checking deliveries against POs, booking stock in and putaway. Goods-in recruitment in Edinburgh.
🚜 FLT Drivers
Counterbalance, reach, VNA, pallet stackers and LLOP drivers with checked licences and recent hours.
📤 Despatch & Loaders
Marshalling, wrapping, load checks, van and trailer loading, and keeping despatch paperwork right.
❄️ Chilled & Frozen
Cold store operatives who are used to working in ambient, chilled and frozen chambers.
📋 Stock & Inventory
Stock controllers, cycle counters and WMS administrators for stocktakes and audits.
🧑🏭 Team Leaders
Shift leads and supervisors who can run a temp team and hit pick rates without you standing over them.
🕒 Part-Time Staff
Twilight and weekend shifts for busy periods. See our part-time warehouse jobs in Epping Green.
How Booking Warehouse Staff Works
01
Tell us the shift
Roles, numbers, start time, PPE and any licences needed. A phone call is fine.
02
Agree one rate
You get a written hourly charge rate for each role before anyone is booked.
03
We match and confirm
Checked workers are briefed on your site, shift and dress code, then confirmed twice.
04
They start, we follow up
We call after the first shift. Anyone not right is replaced within 48 hours.
Free resource
UK Warehouse Staffing Facts & Statistics 2026
The numbers behind the hiring squeeze, pulled from industry bodies and official pay data. Feel free to use this table in your own reports. Just link back to this page.
| Statistic | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| People working in UK warehousing | Around 760,000 | UKWA analysis, 2026 |
| Warehouse workers in official ONS figures | About 440,000 | ONS, via UKWA |
| Growth in warehouse jobs since 2011 | +40% (vs +14% for all UK jobs) | ONS estimate, reported by UKWA |
| Warehousing employers struggling to recruit | 87% | UKWA Skills Survey, Dec 2025 |
| Growth in warehouse footprint, past decade | 61%+ | UKWA, 2026 |
| Rise in 1m+ sq ft warehouse development | 345% | Savills / UKWA Report 2024 |
| National Living Wage, 21 and over (from 1 April 2026) | £12.71 an hour | GOV.UK |
| Minimum wage, ages 18 to 20 | £10.85 an hour | GOV.UK |
| Real Living Wage (voluntary) | £14.80 London / £13.45 rest of UK | Living Wage Foundation |
| Warehouse operative full-time median pay | £27,832 a year | ONS ASHE 2025 (provisional) |
| Warehouse staff basic hourly rate, national median | £13.00 (average £13.34) | RHA Pay Report 2026 |
Sources: UKWA, ONS, GOV.UK minimum wage rates, Living Wage Foundation, Road Haulage Association. Figures checked November 2026.
Employer guide
What's Inside a Warehouse Temp's Hourly Charge Rate?
Agency rates can look high next to the hourly wage. Most of the gap is cost you would pay anyway if you employed the person directly. Here's a worked example for a warehouse operative aged 21+ on the National Living Wage, working 40 hours a week.
| Cost item | How it's worked out | Per hour (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Basic pay | National Living Wage from April 2026 | £12.71 |
| Holiday pay | 12.07% of hours worked | £1.53 |
| Employer National Insurance | 15% on weekly earnings above £96 | £1.78 |
| Pension (auto-enrolment) | 3% employer share on qualifying earnings above £120 a week | £0.34 |
| Cost before agency margin | What a direct hire also costs you | £16.36 |
| Agency margin | Recruitment, vetting, payroll, 24/7 cover, replacements | Quoted per booking |
Worked example only, rounded to the nearest penny, using 2026/27 thresholds. Night, weekend, chilled and licensed roles pay more. Check figures with your payroll team.
Planning tool
Peak Season Headcount Planner
A quick sum we use with clients to work out how many pickers a shift needs. Swap in your own pick rate and volumes.
| Daily order lines | Pick rate (lines/hr) | Shift length | Pickers | With 10% buffer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | 100 | 8 hrs | 13 | 14 |
| 30,000 | 120 | 8 hrs | 32 | 35 |
| 60,000 | 120 | 10 hrs | 50 | 55 |
| 100,000 | 150 | 10 hrs | 67 | 74 |
Figures rounded up. New starters usually pick slower in their first few shifts, so allow for that in week one.
Greater Manchester
Warehouse Recruitment Agency in Manchester
Manchester is one of the busiest warehouse markets in the North West. Trafford Park, the Airport City area, Heywood, Middleton and the M60 ring all compete for the same pickers and drivers, and in November that competition gets fierce.
We supply warehouse staffing in Manchester for days, lates and nights, with workers who live close enough to get to your site without three buses. Need cover at short notice? Call us and we'll tell you honestly how many people we can get to you and by when.
| Area | Postcode | Typical warehouse work |
|---|---|---|
| Trafford Park | M17 | 3PL, e-commerce, food distribution |
| Manchester Airport | M90 / M22 | Air freight, parcel sortation |
| Heywood | OL10 | Large retail distribution centres |
| Salford | M5 / M50 | Despatch, light industrial |
| Stockport | SK1 to SK7 | Builders' merchants, FLT work |
Latest Warehouse Jobs
New shifts go live every day. Pay is weekly and most roles start within days of registering.
| Job title | Location | Pay | Shift | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warehouse Operative | Manchester Piccadilly, M1 | £12.71 to £13.50/hr | Days / Nights | Temporary | Apply |
| Picker Packer (Peak) | Trafford Park, M17 | £12.71 to £13.20/hr | Days / Backs / Nights | Temporary | Apply |
| Counterbalance FLT Driver | Stockport, SK1 | £13.80 to £14.50/hr | Days | Temp to perm | Apply |
| Reach Truck Driver | Heywood, OL10 | £14.50 to £15.25/hr | Nights | Temp to perm | Apply |
| Despatch Operative | Salford, M5 | £12.71 to £13.40/hr | Earlies / Lates | Temporary | Apply |
| Goods-In Operative | Edinburgh | £12.71 to £13.60/hr | Days | Temporary | Apply |
| Warehouse Operatives | Winchmore Hill, N21 | £13.00 to £14.00/hr | Days | Temporary | Apply |
| Part-Time Warehouse Assistant | Epping Green | £12.71 to £13.20/hr | Flexible | Part-time | Apply |
For jobseekers
Looking for Warehouse Work?
Whether you want a few extra shifts before Christmas or a steady job that could turn permanent, a good temping agency should make it easy. Register once, tell us when you can work and how far you'll travel, and we'll ring you when something fits.
Lots of our warehouse temps had never set foot in a warehouse before their first shift. Others are FLT drivers with twenty years behind them. There's work for both.
Experienced in hospitality instead? Our catering staff agency team has kitchen and front of house shifts too.
Register for Work💷 Weekly pay
Paid every week through PAYE, with holiday pay built in.
🕐 Shifts that fit
Days, lates, nights, weekends or part-time hours.
📈 Temp to perm
Plenty of clients hire their best temps on a permanent contract.
🪪 What to bring
Right to work proof, NI number, bank details and safety boots.
Why Businesses Choose Our Warehouse Agency
We're not trying to be the biggest staffing agency in the country. We're trying to be the one you ring first.
⚡ Rapid temp staffing
Our worker pool is already vetted, so short-notice cover is a matching job, not a recruitment drive.
🔍 Proper screening
Interviews, right to work, references and licence checks. DBS checks arranged where a client asks for them.
📈 Scale as needed
Book 1 or 100. Ramp up for peak, then scale back the week after without penalty.
🧾 Payroll handled
We pay workers, handle holiday pay, PAYE, NI and pension. You get one invoice.
🏆 Temp to perm
Try someone on real shifts first. Transfer terms are clear from day one.
🌙 24/7 support
If a night shift falls apart at 1am, someone here picks up and sorts it.
Warehouse Staffing Across Every Major UK City
Local workers, national reach. If your site is near a motorway junction, we've probably supplied staff near it.
📍 London
Warehouse operatives Winchmore Hill📍 Manchester
Warehouse operative jobs M1📍 Birmingham
Temporary workers Birmingham📍 Leeds
Temp staffing Leeds📍 Edinburgh
Goods-in operatives Edinburgh📍 Slough
Warehouse jobs Slough📍 Milton Keynes
Temporary jobs Milton Keynes📍 Bristol
Temporary jobs Bristol📍 Sheffield
Temporary jobs Sheffield📍 Coventry
Temporary jobs Coventry📍 Stockport
Temporary jobs Stockport📍 Oxford
Temporary jobs OxfordWe also cover Liverpool, Glasgow, Cardiff, Newcastle, Nottingham, Leicester, Northampton, Daventry, Peterborough, Doncaster, Wakefield, Bradford, Warrington, Southampton, Reading, Brighton and Belfast. Tell us where your site is.
What Our Clients Say
Real feedback from businesses and workers across the UK.
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Warehouse Recruitment FAQs
How quickly can a warehouse recruitment agency send staff?
For general warehouse roles such as pickers, packers and loaders we can usually have people on site the same day, often within 2 to 24 hours of your call. Licensed roles like FLT and reach truck drivers can take a little longer because we check the licence and recent experience first.
What does it cost to use a warehouse staffing agency?
You pay one hourly charge rate per worker. It covers the worker's pay, holiday pay, employer National Insurance, pension contributions and our margin. There are no joining fees and no charge if a worker doesn't turn up. Call 0333 2422 711 for a quote based on your shift pattern and location.
Do you check right to work and FLT licences?
Yes. Every worker has a right to work check before their first shift. For forklift roles we see the licence or certificate, note the truck types covered and check recent experience with a previous employer.
What happens if a temp doesn't turn up or isn't right for the job?
Tell us and we send a replacement. For no-shows we work to fill the gap within hours, and if someone isn't the right fit we replace them within 48 hours at no extra cost.
Can I keep a temp warehouse worker permanently?
Yes. Many of our workers want permanent jobs. Temp to perm lets you see someone work real shifts before offering a contract. Any transfer terms are set out clearly in your agreement before the first booking.
Which UK cities do you cover for warehouse staffing?
We supply warehouse staff across the UK, including London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Bristol, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Newcastle, Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Peterborough, Doncaster and Belfast.
How much do warehouse temp jobs pay?
General warehouse roles pay at least the National Living Wage of £12.71 an hour for workers aged 21 and over from 1 April 2026. Night shifts, chilled work and licensed roles such as FLT and reach truck driving usually pay more. Pay is weekly.
Do I need experience to get a warehouse job through Temping Agency?
Not for most entry roles. Picking, packing and loading jobs come with an induction on site. You'll need proof of your right to work in the UK, safety boots and a bank account. Experience with RF scanners or a forklift licence opens up better paid shifts.
How do the Agency Worker Regulations affect warehouse temps?
After 12 weeks in the same role with the same hirer, an agency worker is entitled to the same basic pay and working conditions as a comparable permanent employee. We track the 12 week point for every booking and talk to you before it arrives, so there are no surprises on your invoice.
Short on Warehouse Staff This Week?
Tell us the shift and we'll tell you straight how fast we can fill it. Hiring or looking for work, we're here 24/7.
✓ Instant response • ✓ No hidden fees • ✓ Replacement within 48 hours