7.5 tonne driver jobs in Blackpool

C1 rounds straddle two counts. Blackpool has 70 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 75 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 Blackpool the courier side alone is 0.11% of the 63,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in Blackpool, median full-time pay was £32,553 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 60 postal and courier activities workplaces in Blackpool 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 Blackpool, 0 are part time, 0% of the split. The middle across the North West is 7.1%, so Blackpool sits below it, 23rd of 24 areas on this measure. Almost all of it is full time, which for C1 work usually means a fixed round rather than relief cover.

Two further counts round out the Blackpool picture: 200 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 345 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Blackpool ranks 23rd of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 398, against 70 in Blackpool. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Blackpool in that order sit Tameside at 85 and Wirral at 70.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Blackpool ranks 23rd of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 115, against 60 in Blackpool. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Blackpool in that order sit Stockport at 65 and Westmorland and Furness at 25.

Every figure here counts what exists in Blackpool: 70 courier jobs across 60 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.