HGV class 1 driver jobs in Islington

Articulated work belongs to the freight transport by road industry. The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 150 employee jobs in it across Islington, 0.06% of the 265,000 employee jobs the survey records in the area.

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

Median full-time pay for a job based in Islington was £53,185 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 100 freight transport by road workplaces in Islington at the March 2025 reference date, 0 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 95 of them, 95%, employ under ten. Artic work here comes from small yards rather than network depots.

Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Islington, 30 are part time, 19.4% of the split. The middle across London is 20%, so Islington sits level with it, 24th 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 Islington picture: 100 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 375 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in freight transport by road, Islington ranks 24th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 250, against 150 in Islington. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 900. Next to Islington in that order sit Hackney at 175 and Southwark at 150.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces, Islington ranks 18th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 100, against 100 in Islington. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 200. Next to Islington in that order sit Greenwich at 100 and Haringey at 95.

None of this counts adverts. It counts 150 jobs and 100 workplaces that already exist in Islington, which is a different thing from what is open to apply for today.