HGV and logistics driving in Yorkshire and The Humber
7.5 tonne driver jobs in East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire has 235 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 East Riding of Yorkshire
What the official data says about East Riding of Yorkshire
C1 rounds straddle two counts. East Riding of Yorkshire has 235 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 1,750 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 East Riding of Yorkshire the courier side alone is 0.18% of the 131,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in East Riding of Yorkshire, median full-time pay was £35,020 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 135 postal and courier activities workplaces in East Riding of Yorkshire at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 130 of them, 96.3%, employ 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 East Riding of Yorkshire, 55 are part time, 26.2% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 26.2%, so East Riding of Yorkshire sits level with it, 8th of 15 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 East Riding of Yorkshire picture: 2,250 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 4,235 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, East Riding of Yorkshire ranks 6th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 190, against 235 in East Riding of Yorkshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to East Riding of Yorkshire in that order sit Kirklees at 370 and Doncaster at 200.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, East Riding of Yorkshire ranks 11th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 180, against 135 in East Riding of Yorkshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to East Riding of Yorkshire in that order sit North Lincolnshire at 140 and North Yorkshire at 105.
Every figure here counts what exists in East Riding of Yorkshire: 235 courier jobs across 135 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 235
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 1,750
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £35,020
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 135
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 5
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 26.2%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.18%
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 East Riding of Yorkshire: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in East Riding of Yorkshire?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,750 employee jobs in freight transport by road in East Riding of Yorkshire and 2,250 in warehousing and storage, spread across 505 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 East Riding of Yorkshire?
There is no published pay figure for this role in East Riding of Yorkshire: 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, 135 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 East Riding of Yorkshire full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 26.2% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in East Riding of Yorkshire, 55 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 East Riding of Yorkshire?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in East Riding of Yorkshire sets out what that employer asks for.