HGV and logistics driving in Scotland
HGV class 2 driver jobs in Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders has 200 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 Scottish Borders
What the official data says about Scottish Borders
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Scottish Borders holds 200 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 75 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Scottish Borders 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 285 employee jobs in Scottish Borders, out of 43,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 55 freight transport by road workplaces in Scottish Borders at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 45 of them, 81.8%, employ under ten, below the usual share, so rigid work leans towards operators big enough for fixed rounds.
Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Scottish Borders, 45 are part time, 23.1% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 19.5%, so Scottish Borders sits above it, 13th of 32 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 Scottish Borders picture: 10 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, Scottish Borders ranks 19th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 113, against 75 in Scottish Borders. Next to Scottish Borders in that order sit Moray at 75 and Angus at 50.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Scottish Borders ranks 23rd of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 5, against 5 in Scottish Borders. Next to Scottish Borders in that order sit Perth and Kinross at 5 and Shetland Islands at 5.
These are 200 jobs and 55 workplaces that exist in Scottish Borders, 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
- 200
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 75
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 43,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 55
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 45
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 45
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 285
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 Scottish Borders: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Scottish Borders?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 200 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Scottish Borders and 75 in warehousing and storage, spread across 80 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 Scottish Borders?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Scottish Borders: 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, 55 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 Scottish Borders full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 23.1% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Scottish Borders, 45 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 Scottish Borders?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Scottish Borders sets out what that employer asks for.