HGV class 2 driver jobs in Bolton

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Bolton holds 900 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 3,500 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Bolton than either number on its own. Warehousing outweighs road freight here, which usually means more distribution running out of large sites.

Freight, warehousing and courier work together come to 5,725 employee jobs in Bolton, out of 117,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 230 freight transport by road workplaces in Bolton at the March 2025 reference date, 20 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 215 of them, 93.5%, employ under ten. Small yards take newly passed drivers; the larger ones set the shift patterns.

Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Bolton, 200 are part time, 22.2% of the split. The middle across the North West is 15.8%, so Bolton sits above it, 2nd of 24 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 Bolton picture: 1,325 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 1.13% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Bolton ranks 5th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 1,375, against 3,500 in Bolton. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Bolton in that order sit Liverpool at 4,000 and St. Helens at 3,500.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Bolton ranks 8th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 15, against 20 in Bolton. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Bolton in that order sit Wigan at 25 and Cheshire West and Chester at 20.

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