HGV class 2 driver jobs in North Somerset

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. North Somerset holds 1,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 1,500 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in North Somerset 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 2,540 employee jobs in North Somerset, out of 92,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 200 freight transport by road workplaces in North Somerset at the March 2025 reference date, 15 of them employing ten people or more. 185 of them, 92.5%, 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 North Somerset, 250 are part time, 23.8% of the split. The middle across the South West is 24.4%, so North Somerset sits level with it, 8th of 14 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 North Somerset picture: 40 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.04% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, North Somerset ranks 8th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 1,500, against 1,500 in North Somerset. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to North Somerset in that order sit Gloucestershire at 1,500 and Cornwall at 1,000.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, North Somerset ranks 9th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 20, against 15 in North Somerset. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to North Somerset in that order sit Dorset at 20 and Swindon at 10.

These are 1,000 jobs and 200 workplaces that exist in North Somerset, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.