7.5 tonne driver jobs in Blackburn with Darwen

C1 rounds straddle two counts. Blackburn with Darwen has 175 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 450 in freight transport by road, and 7.5 tonne work is run out of both.

Parcel and wholesale operations are where most C1 rounds sit. In Blackburn with Darwen the courier side alone is 0.24% of the 72,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in Blackburn with Darwen, median full-time pay was £36,223 a year in 2025. That is the whole local labour market rather than this job, and there is no published local figure for this job to set beside it.

UK Business Counts recorded 85 postal and courier activities workplaces in Blackburn with Darwen at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten. C1 rounds run out of the few depots, not the long tail.

Of the postal and courier activities employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Blackburn with Darwen, 45 are part time, 25.7% of the split. The middle across the North West is 7.1%, so Blackburn with Darwen sits above it, 2nd of 24 areas on this measure. Courier work carries more part-time hours than haulage, and a share around this level is the ordinary result of evening and weekend rounds.

Two further counts round out the Blackburn with Darwen picture: 600 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 1,225 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Blackburn with Darwen ranks 18th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 398, against 175 in Blackburn with Darwen. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Blackburn with Darwen in that order sit Halton at 245 and Sefton at 175.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Blackburn with Darwen ranks 19th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 115, against 85 in Blackburn with Darwen. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Blackburn with Darwen in that order sit Halton at 90 and Trafford at 85.

Every figure here counts what exists in Blackburn with Darwen: 175 courier jobs across 85 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.