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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Hackney
Hackney has 125 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 Hackney
What the official data says about Hackney
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Hackney has 125 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 175 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 Hackney the courier side alone is 0.07% of the 168,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Hackney, median full-time pay was £48,724 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 Hackney 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 Hackney, 15 are part time, 10.7% of the split. The middle across London is 13.5%, so Hackney sits below it, 21st of 33 areas on this measure. That is a full-time shape, with part-time hours sitting mostly in evening and weekend parcel work.
Two further counts round out the Hackney picture: 1,250 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 1,550 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Hackney ranks 19th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 155, against 125 in Hackney. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Hackney in that order sit Waltham Forest at 150 and Havering at 125.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Hackney ranks 20th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 130, against 115 in Hackney. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Hackney in that order sit Bexley at 120 and Southwark at 110.
Every figure here counts what exists in Hackney: 125 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
- 125
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 175
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £48,724
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 115
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 0
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 10.7%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.07%
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 Hackney: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Hackney?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 175 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Hackney and 1,250 in warehousing and storage, spread across 255 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 Hackney?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Hackney: 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 Hackney full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 10.7% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Hackney, 15 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 Hackney?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Hackney sets out what that employer asks for.