HGV class 2 driver jobs in Lancashire

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Lancashire holds 5,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 4,000 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Lancashire 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 10,250 employee jobs in Lancashire, out of 528,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 760 freight transport by road workplaces in Lancashire at the March 2025 reference date, 95 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 670 of them, 88.2%, 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 Lancashire, 900 are part time, 16.7% of the split. The middle across the North West is 15.8%, so Lancashire sits level with it, 10th of 24 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 Lancashire picture: 1,250 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.24% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Lancashire ranks 3rd of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 1,375, against 4,000 in Lancashire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Lancashire in that order sit Cheshire East at 4,000 and Liverpool at 4,000.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Lancashire ranks 1st of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 15, against 95 in Lancashire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Lancashire in that order sit Westmorland and Furness at 35.

These are 5,000 jobs and 760 workplaces that exist in Lancashire, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.