HGV class 1 driver jobs in City of London

Articulated work belongs to the freight transport by road industry. The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 100 employee jobs in it across City of London, 0.02% of the 657,000 employee jobs the survey records in the area.

Trunking and tramping routes are planned around operating centres rather than around towns, so the City of London figure describes where the vehicles are based, not where the drivers live. The survey also counts 125 warehousing and storage jobs in City of London, which is what sits at one end of most class 1 runs.

Median full-time pay for a job based in City of London was £68,663 a year in 2025, across every occupation in the area together. It is not a driving figure, and no local driving figure is published anywhere, because earnings are not broken down by occupation at this level.

UK Business Counts recorded 25 freight transport by road workplaces in City of London at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 20 of them, 80%, employ under ten, a lower share than most areas, so more artic work sits with medium fleets running planned trunks.

Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in City of London, 20 are part time, 21.1% of the split. The middle across London is 20%, so City of London sits above it, 8th of 33 areas on this measure. A part-time share that size usually reflects weekend trunking and relief cover counted alongside the permanent fleet.

Two further counts round out the City of London picture: 30 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 255 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in freight transport by road, City of London ranks 26th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 250, against 100 in City of London. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 900. Next to City of London in that order sit Southwark at 150 and Kingston upon Thames at 100.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces, City of London ranks 32nd of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 100, against 25 in City of London. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 200. Next to City of London in that order sit Hammersmith and Fulham at 35 and Kensington and Chelsea at 15.

None of this counts adverts. It counts 100 jobs and 25 workplaces that already exist in City of London, which is a different thing from what is open to apply for today.