HGV class 2 driver jobs in Slough

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Slough holds 1,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 225 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Slough 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 5,050 employee jobs in Slough, out of 79,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 335 freight transport by road workplaces in Slough at the March 2025 reference date, 25 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 315 of them, 94%, 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 Slough, 300 are part time, 25% of the split. The middle across the South East is 23.1%, so Slough sits above it, 8th of 19 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 Slough picture: 3,575 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 4.53% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Slough ranks 15th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 1,000, against 225 in Slough. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Slough in that order sit Wokingham at 250 and Brighton and Hove at 150.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Slough ranks 6th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 10, against 25 in Slough. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Slough in that order sit Oxfordshire at 30 and Buckinghamshire at 20.

These are 1,250 jobs and 335 workplaces that exist in Slough, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.