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HGV class 2 driver jobs in Kent
Kent has 6,000 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 Kent
What the official data says about Kent
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Kent holds 6,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 12,000 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Kent 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 21,400 employee jobs in Kent, out of 650,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 1,305 freight transport by road workplaces in Kent at the March 2025 reference date, 115 of them employing ten people or more. 1,190 of them, 91.2%, 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 Kent, 1,250 are part time, 21.7% of the split. The middle across the South East is 23.1%, so Kent sits below it, 12th of 19 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 Kent picture: 3,400 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.52% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Kent ranks 1st of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 1,000, against 12,000 in Kent. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Kent in that order sit Milton Keynes at 10,000.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Kent ranks 1st of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 10, against 115 in Kent. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Kent in that order sit Hampshire at 70.
These are 6,000 jobs and 1,305 workplaces that exist in Kent, 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
- 6,000
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 12,000
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 650,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 1,305
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 1,190
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 1,250
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 21,400
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 Kent: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Kent?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 6,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Kent and 12,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 2,155 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 Kent?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Kent: 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, 1,305 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 Kent full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 21.7% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Kent, 1,250 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 Kent?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Kent sets out what that employer asks for.