HGV class 2 driver jobs in Stockton-on-Tees

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Stockton-on-Tees holds 2,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 2,500 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Stockton-on-Tees 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 5,110 employee jobs in Stockton-on-Tees, out of 84,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 70 freight transport by road workplaces in Stockton-on-Tees at the March 2025 reference date, 20 of them employing ten people or more. 50 of them, 71.4%, employ under ten, well below the usual share. Rigid work shaped like this sits with distribution rather than general haulage: fixed starts, multi-drop, handball.

Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Stockton-on-Tees, 500 are part time, 22.2% of the split. The middle across the North East is 23%, so Stockton-on-Tees sits level with it, 7th of 12 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 Stockton-on-Tees picture: 360 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.43% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Stockton-on-Tees ranks 4th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 800, against 2,500 in Stockton-on-Tees. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Stockton-on-Tees in that order sit Gateshead at 3,000 and Sunderland at 2,500.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Stockton-on-Tees ranks 3rd of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 8, against 20 in Stockton-on-Tees. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Stockton-on-Tees in that order sit Northumberland at 25 and Sunderland at 20.

These are 2,250 jobs and 70 workplaces that exist in Stockton-on-Tees, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.