HGV and logistics driving in Scotland
HGV class 2 driver jobs in Aberdeen City
Aberdeen City has 1,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road, on the most recent business survey. Below are the published figures for the area, and every advert on this site for the role right now.
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Published figures for Aberdeen City
What the official data says about Aberdeen City
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Aberdeen City holds 1,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 800 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Aberdeen City than either number on its own. Warehousing sits below road freight here, which usually means more general haulage and less own-account distribution.
Freight, warehousing and courier work together come to 1,965 employee jobs in Aberdeen City, out of 158,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 80 freight transport by road workplaces in Aberdeen City at the March 2025 reference date, 20 of them employing ten people or more. 60 of them, 75%, employ under ten, well below the usual share. Rigid work shaped like this sits with distribution rather than general haulage: fixed starts, multi-drop, handball.
Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Aberdeen City, 225 are part time, 20% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 19.5%, so Aberdeen City sits level with it, 14th of 32 areas on this measure. A part-time share around this level usually means relief and weekend rounds counted alongside the permanent drivers.
Two further counts round out the Aberdeen City picture: 165 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.1% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Aberdeen City ranks 8th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 113, against 800 in Aberdeen City. Next to Aberdeen City in that order sit Renfrewshire at 1,000 and Aberdeenshire at 600.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Aberdeen City ranks 6th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 5, against 20 in Aberdeen City. Next to Aberdeen City in that order sit South Lanarkshire at 25 and Falkirk at 20.
These are 1,000 jobs and 80 workplaces that exist in Aberdeen City, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 1,000
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 800
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 158,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 80
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 60
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 225
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 1,965
The class 2 driver role
Class 2 is category C: a rigid over 7.5 tonnes, everything from a curtainsider to a tipper to a bin lorry. Most of the work is regional, multi-drop and hands on, and most drivers are home every night.
HGV class 2 driver jobs in Aberdeen City: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Aberdeen City?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Aberdeen City and 800 in warehousing and storage, spread across 290 freight, warehousing and courier workplaces on the 2025 business register. Those are jobs and workplaces that exist in the area, not jobs being advertised.
What does a class 2 driver earn in Aberdeen City?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Aberdeen City: earnings are not broken down by occupation at local authority level anywhere in the official statistics, so anybody quoting one has estimated it. What is published is the size of the trade here, 80 freight transport by road workplaces, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is class 2 driver work in Aberdeen City full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 20% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Aberdeen City, 225 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for hgv class 2 driver jobs in Aberdeen City?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Aberdeen City sets out what that employer asks for.