HGV and logistics driving in Scotland
HGV class 2 driver jobs in Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway has 1,250 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 Dumfries and Galloway
What the official data says about Dumfries and Galloway
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Dumfries and Galloway holds 1,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 75 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Dumfries and Galloway 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 1,380 employee jobs in Dumfries and Galloway, out of 59,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 130 freight transport by road workplaces in Dumfries and Galloway at the March 2025 reference date, 30 of them employing ten people or more. 100 of them, 76.9%, 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 Dumfries and Galloway, 200 are part time, 16.7% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 19.5%, so Dumfries and Galloway sits below it, 21st 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 Dumfries and Galloway picture: 55 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, Dumfries and Galloway ranks 17th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 113, against 75 in Dumfries and Galloway. Next to Dumfries and Galloway in that order sit East Ayrshire at 150 and Moray at 75.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Dumfries and Galloway ranks 2nd of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 5, against 30 in Dumfries and Galloway. Next to Dumfries and Galloway in that order sit North Lanarkshire at 45 and Aberdeenshire at 25.
These are 1,250 jobs and 130 workplaces that exist in Dumfries and Galloway, 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
- 1,250
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 75
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 59,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 130
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 100
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 200
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 1,380
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 Dumfries and Galloway: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Dumfries and Galloway?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Dumfries and Galloway and 75 in warehousing and storage, spread across 205 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 Dumfries and Galloway?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Dumfries and Galloway: 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, 130 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 Dumfries and Galloway full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 16.7% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Dumfries and Galloway, 200 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 Dumfries and Galloway?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Dumfries and Galloway sets out what that employer asks for.