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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire has 635 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 Nottinghamshire

What the official data says about Nottinghamshire

C1 rounds straddle two counts. Nottinghamshire has 635 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 4,000 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 Nottinghamshire the courier side alone is 0.2% of the 324,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in Nottinghamshire, median full-time pay was £33,751 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 290 postal and courier activities workplaces in Nottinghamshire at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. 280 of them, 96.6%, 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 Nottinghamshire, 75 are part time, 12.4% of the split. The middle across the East Midlands is 8.5%, so Nottinghamshire sits above it, 2nd of 9 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 Nottinghamshire picture: 10,000 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 14,635 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Nottinghamshire ranks 3rd of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 400, against 635 in Nottinghamshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Nottinghamshire in that order sit West Northamptonshire at 1,275 and Leicester at 575.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Nottinghamshire ranks 4th of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 273, against 290 in Nottinghamshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Nottinghamshire in that order sit Leicester at 300 and North Northamptonshire at 285.

Every figure here counts what exists in Nottinghamshire: 635 courier jobs across 290 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.

Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
635
Employee jobs in freight transport by road
4,000
Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
£33,751
Postal and courier workplaces
290
Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
10
Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
12.4%
Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
0.2%

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.

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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Nottinghamshire: common questions

How big is the logistics sector in Nottinghamshire?

The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 4,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Nottinghamshire and 10,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 1,035 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 Nottinghamshire?

There is no published pay figure for this role in Nottinghamshire: 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, 290 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 Nottinghamshire full time or part time?

Part-time hours account for 12.4% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Nottinghamshire, 75 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 Nottinghamshire?

Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Nottinghamshire sets out what that employer asks for.