HGV class 2 driver jobs in Plymouth

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Plymouth holds 350 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 500 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Plymouth 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 870 employee jobs in Plymouth, out of 118,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 45 freight transport by road workplaces in Plymouth 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 Plymouth, 50 are part time, 14.3% of the split. The middle across the South West is 24.4%, so Plymouth sits below it, 14th of 14 areas on this measure. That is a normal full-time shape for rigid work, with part-time hours mostly in weekend and relief cover.

Two further counts round out the Plymouth picture: 20 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.02% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Plymouth ranks 11th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 1,500, against 500 in Plymouth. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Plymouth in that order sit Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 900 and Dorset at 450.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Plymouth ranks 13th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 20, against 5 in Plymouth. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Plymouth in that order sit Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 5 and Isles of Scilly at 0.

These are 350 jobs and 45 workplaces that exist in Plymouth, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.