HGV class 2 driver jobs in East Lothian

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. East Lothian holds 100 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 20 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in East Lothian 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 130 employee jobs in East Lothian, out of 33,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 15 freight transport by road workplaces in East Lothian at the March 2025 reference date. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten. Small yards are where most newly passed class 2 drivers get a first year.

Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in East Lothian, 15 are part time, 16.7% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 19.5%, so East Lothian sits below it, 22nd 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 East Lothian picture: 10 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.03% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, East Lothian ranks 28th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 113, against 20 in East Lothian. Next to East Lothian in that order sit West Dunbartonshire at 30 and East Dunbartonshire at 10.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, East Lothian ranks 17th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 5, against 5 in East Lothian. Next to East Lothian in that order sit East Ayrshire at 5 and Edinburgh at 5.

These are 100 jobs and 15 workplaces that exist in East Lothian, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.