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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire has 105 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, 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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Published figures for Carmarthenshire
What the official data says about Carmarthenshire
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Carmarthenshire has 105 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 700 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 Carmarthenshire the courier side alone is 0.15% of the 71,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Carmarthenshire, median full-time pay was £32,982 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 75 postal and courier activities workplaces in Carmarthenshire at the March 2025 reference date. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 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 Carmarthenshire, 40 are part time, 44.4% of the split. The middle across Wales is 23.1%, so Carmarthenshire sits above it, 4th of 17 areas on this measure. A part-time share this size is common in parcel work, where rounds are built to cover peaks rather than to fill a working week.
Two further counts round out the Carmarthenshire picture: 150 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 955 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Carmarthenshire ranks 7th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 40, against 105 in Carmarthenshire. Next to Carmarthenshire in that order sit Conwy at 130 and Neath Port Talbot at 105.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Carmarthenshire ranks 9th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 48, against 75 in Carmarthenshire. Next to Carmarthenshire in that order sit Caerphilly at 85 and Torfaen at 55.
Every figure here counts what exists in Carmarthenshire: 105 courier jobs across 75 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 105
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 700
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £32,982
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 75
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 5
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 44.4%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.15%
The 7.5 tonne driver role
A 7.5 tonne rigid on category C1 is the bridge between a van and a lorry. The rounds are local, the drop counts are high and the vehicle is small enough to get down streets an artic could not attempt.
7.5 tonne driver jobs in Carmarthenshire: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Carmarthenshire?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 700 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Carmarthenshire and 150 in warehousing and storage, spread across 205 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 7.5 tonne driver earn in Carmarthenshire?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Carmarthenshire: 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, 75 postal and courier activities workplaces, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is 7.5 tonne driver work in Carmarthenshire full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 44.4% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Carmarthenshire, 40 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for 7.5 tonne driver jobs in Carmarthenshire?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Carmarthenshire sets out what that employer asks for.