7.5 tonne driver jobs in North Northamptonshire

C1 rounds straddle two counts. North Northamptonshire has 425 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 2,500 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 North Northamptonshire the courier side alone is 0.28% of the 150,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in North Northamptonshire, median full-time pay was £35,745 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 285 postal and courier activities workplaces in North Northamptonshire at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. 275 of them, 96.5%, 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 North Northamptonshire, 25 are part time, 5.6% of the split. The middle across the East Midlands is 8.5%, so North Northamptonshire sits below it, 8th of 9 areas on this measure. Almost all of it is full time, which for C1 work usually means a fixed round rather than relief cover.

Two further counts round out the North Northamptonshire picture: 7,000 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 9,925 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, North Northamptonshire ranks 5th of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 400, against 425 in North Northamptonshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to North Northamptonshire in that order sit Leicester at 575 and Derbyshire at 375.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, North Northamptonshire ranks 5th of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 273, against 285 in North Northamptonshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to North Northamptonshire in that order sit Nottinghamshire at 290 and Lincolnshire at 260.

Every figure here counts what exists in North Northamptonshire: 425 courier jobs across 285 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.