HGV class 2 driver jobs in Sefton

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Sefton holds 450 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 300 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Sefton 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 925 employee jobs in Sefton, out of 89,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 115 freight transport by road workplaces in Sefton 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. 105 of them, 91.3%, 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 Sefton, 50 are part time, 12.5% of the split. The middle across the North West is 15.8%, so Sefton sits below it, 18th of 24 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 Sefton picture: 175 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.2% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Sefton ranks 20th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 1,375, against 300 in Sefton. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Sefton in that order sit Cumberland at 500 and Blackpool at 200.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Sefton ranks 21st of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 15, against 5 in Sefton. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Sefton in that order sit Salford at 5 and St. Helens at 5.

These are 450 jobs and 115 workplaces that exist in Sefton, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.