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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Kirklees
Kirklees has 370 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 Kirklees
What the official data says about Kirklees
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Kirklees has 370 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 1,250 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 Kirklees the courier side alone is 0.23% of the 162,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Kirklees, median full-time pay was £33,613 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 215 postal and courier activities workplaces in Kirklees at the March 2025 reference date, 0 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 210 of them, 97.7%, 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 Kirklees, 55 are part time, 15.1% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 26.2%, so Kirklees sits below it, 14th of 15 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 Kirklees picture: 2,000 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 3,620 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Kirklees ranks 5th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 190, against 370 in Kirklees. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Kirklees in that order sit Sheffield at 425 and East Riding of Yorkshire at 235.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Kirklees ranks 6th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 180, against 215 in Kirklees. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Kirklees in that order sit Bradford at 220 and Hull at 195.
Every figure here counts what exists in Kirklees: 370 courier jobs across 215 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 370
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 1,250
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £33,613
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 215
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 0
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 15.1%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.23%
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 Kirklees: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Kirklees?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Kirklees and 2,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 535 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 Kirklees?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Kirklees: 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, 215 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 Kirklees full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 15.1% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Kirklees, 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 Kirklees?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Kirklees sets out what that employer asks for.