HGV and logistics driving in Wales
7.5 tonne driver jobs in Flintshire
Flintshire 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 Flintshire
What the official data says about Flintshire
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Flintshire has 235 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 Flintshire the courier side alone is 0.34% of the 70,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Flintshire, median full-time pay was £39,426 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 115 postal and courier activities workplaces in Flintshire at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 110 of them, 95.7%, 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 Flintshire, 55 are part time, 23.4% of the split. The middle across Wales is 23.1%, so Flintshire sits level with it, 8th of 17 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 Flintshire picture: 1,500 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 2,435 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Flintshire ranks 3rd of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 40, against 235 in Flintshire. Next to Flintshire in that order sit Bridgend at 300 and Swansea at 185.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Flintshire ranks 4th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 48, against 115 in Flintshire. Next to Flintshire in that order sit Newport at 140 and Rhondda Cynon Taf at 100.
Every figure here counts what exists in Flintshire: 235 courier jobs across 115 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
- 700
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £39,426
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 115
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 5
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 23.4%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.34%
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 Flintshire: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Flintshire?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 700 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Flintshire and 1,500 in warehousing and storage, spread across 270 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 Flintshire?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Flintshire: 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, 115 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 Flintshire full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 23.4% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Flintshire, 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 Flintshire?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Flintshire sets out what that employer asks for.