HGV class 2 driver jobs in Dudley

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Dudley holds 1,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 700 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Dudley 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 1,800 employee jobs in Dudley, out of 106,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 280 freight transport by road workplaces in Dudley at the March 2025 reference date, 20 of them employing ten people or more. 260 of them, 92.9%, 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 Dudley, 225 are part time, 20% of the split. The middle across the West Midlands is 18.8%, so Dudley sits above it, 3rd 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 Dudley picture: 100 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.09% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Dudley ranks 13th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 2,750, against 700 in Dudley. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Dudley in that order sit Wolverhampton at 1,000 and Herefordshire, County of at 300.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Dudley ranks 11th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 28, against 20 in Dudley. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Dudley in that order sit Wolverhampton at 25 and Telford and Wrekin at 20.

These are 1,000 jobs and 280 workplaces that exist in Dudley, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.