HGV and logistics driving in Yorkshire and The Humber
7.5 tonne driver jobs in Leeds
Leeds has 1,550 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 Leeds
What the official data says about Leeds
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Leeds has 1,550 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 1,500 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 Leeds the courier side alone is 0.31% of the 503,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Leeds, median full-time pay was £37,821 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 475 postal and courier activities workplaces in Leeds at the March 2025 reference date, 20 of them employing ten people or more. 455 of them, 95.8%, 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 Leeds, 245 are part time, 16.1% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 26.2%, so Leeds sits below it, 11th 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 Leeds picture: 5,000 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 8,050 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Leeds ranks 1st of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 190, against 1,550 in Leeds. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Leeds in that order sit Rotherham at 635.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Leeds ranks 1st of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 180, against 475 in Leeds. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Leeds in that order sit Doncaster at 415.
Every figure here counts what exists in Leeds: 1,550 courier jobs across 475 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 1,550
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 1,500
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £37,821
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 475
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 20
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 16.1%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.31%
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 Leeds: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Leeds?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Leeds and 5,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 1,100 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 Leeds?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Leeds: 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, 475 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 Leeds full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 16.1% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Leeds, 245 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 Leeds?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Leeds sets out what that employer asks for.