HGV class 2 driver jobs in Warwickshire

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Warwickshire holds 5,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 12,000 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Warwickshire 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 21,520 employee jobs in Warwickshire, out of 329,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 810 freight transport by road workplaces in Warwickshire at the March 2025 reference date, 65 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 740 of them, 91.4%, 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 Warwickshire, 800 are part time, 15.1% of the split. The middle across the West Midlands is 18.8%, so Warwickshire sits below it, 12th of 14 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 Warwickshire picture: 4,520 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 1.37% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Warwickshire ranks 2nd of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 2,750, against 12,000 in Warwickshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Warwickshire in that order sit Staffordshire at 13,000 and Birmingham at 7,000.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Warwickshire ranks 2nd of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 28, against 65 in Warwickshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Warwickshire in that order sit Staffordshire at 105 and Birmingham at 45.

These are 5,000 jobs and 810 workplaces that exist in Warwickshire, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.