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HGV class 2 driver jobs in Wakefield
Wakefield has 2,000 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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What the official data says about Wakefield
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Wakefield holds 2,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 13,000 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Wakefield 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 15,525 employee jobs in Wakefield, out of 164,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 355 freight transport by road workplaces in Wakefield at the March 2025 reference date, 40 of them employing ten people or more. 315 of them, 88.7%, 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 Wakefield, 300 are part time, 14.6% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 13%, so Wakefield sits above it, 6th of 15 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 Wakefield picture: 525 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.32% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Wakefield ranks 1st of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 2,250, against 13,000 in Wakefield. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Wakefield in that order sit Doncaster at 10,000.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Wakefield ranks 5th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 25, against 40 in Wakefield. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Wakefield in that order sit North Lincolnshire at 40 and North East Lincolnshire at 35.
These are 2,000 jobs and 355 workplaces that exist in Wakefield, 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
- 2,000
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 13,000
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 164,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 355
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 315
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 300
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 15,525
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 Wakefield: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Wakefield?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 2,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Wakefield and 13,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 670 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 Wakefield?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Wakefield: 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, 355 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 Wakefield full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 14.6% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Wakefield, 300 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 Wakefield?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Wakefield sets out what that employer asks for.