HGV class 2 driver jobs in South Lanarkshire

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

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in South Lanarkshire 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 2,775 employee jobs in South Lanarkshire, out of 117,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 165 freight transport by road workplaces in South Lanarkshire 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. 135 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 South Lanarkshire, 250 are part time, 20% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 19.5%, so South Lanarkshire sits level with it, 16th 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 South Lanarkshire picture: 275 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.24% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, South Lanarkshire ranks 5th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 113, against 1,250 in South Lanarkshire. Next to South Lanarkshire in that order sit Falkirk at 1,500 and Glasgow City at 1,000.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, South Lanarkshire ranks 5th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 5, against 25 in South Lanarkshire. Next to South Lanarkshire in that order sit Highland at 25 and Aberdeen City at 20.

These are 1,250 jobs and 165 workplaces that exist in South Lanarkshire, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.