HGV and logistics driving in Wales
HGV class 2 driver jobs in Gwynedd
Gwynedd has 125 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 Gwynedd
What the official data says about Gwynedd
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Gwynedd holds 125 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 Gwynedd 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 195 employee jobs in Gwynedd, out of 56,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 45 freight transport by road workplaces in Gwynedd at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 40 of them, 88.9%, 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 Gwynedd, 50 are part time, 40% of the split. The middle across Wales is 35.7%, so Gwynedd sits above it, 7th of 22 areas on this measure. That is a high part-time share for road freight, which in an area this size usually reflects relief and seasonal rounds rather than a different kind of employer.
Two further counts round out the Gwynedd picture: 50 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, Gwynedd ranks 21st of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 200, against 20 in Gwynedd. Next to Gwynedd in that order sit Isle of Anglesey at 30 and Ceredigion at 10.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Gwynedd ranks 14th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 8, against 5 in Gwynedd. Next to Gwynedd in that order sit Denbighshire at 5 and Neath Port Talbot at 5.
These are 125 jobs and 45 workplaces that exist in Gwynedd, 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
- 125
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 20
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 56,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 45
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 40
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 50
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 195
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 Gwynedd: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Gwynedd?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 125 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Gwynedd and 20 in warehousing and storage, spread across 70 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 Gwynedd?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Gwynedd: 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, 45 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 Gwynedd full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 40% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Gwynedd, 50 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 Gwynedd?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Gwynedd sets out what that employer asks for.