HGV class 2 driver jobs in Coventry

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Coventry holds 2,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 5,000 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Coventry 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 8,265 employee jobs in Coventry, out of 162,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 520 freight transport by road workplaces in Coventry at the March 2025 reference date, 35 of them employing ten people or more. 485 of them, 93.3%, 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 Coventry, 400 are part time, 18.6% of the split. The middle across the West Midlands is 18.8%, so Coventry sits level with it, 8th of 14 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 Coventry picture: 1,015 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.63% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Coventry ranks 4th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 2,750, against 5,000 in Coventry. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Coventry in that order sit Birmingham at 7,000 and Stoke-on-Trent at 5,000.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Coventry ranks 6th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 28, against 35 in Coventry. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Coventry in that order sit Worcestershire at 45 and Shropshire at 30.

These are 2,250 jobs and 520 workplaces that exist in Coventry, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.