7.5 tonne driver jobs in Peterborough

C1 rounds straddle two counts. Peterborough has 425 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 Peterborough the courier side alone is 0.36% of the 118,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in Peterborough, median full-time pay was £36,050 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 445 postal and courier activities workplaces in Peterborough 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 Peterborough, 25 are part time, 6.3% of the split. The middle across the East of England is 10.3%, so Peterborough sits below it, 9th of 11 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 Peterborough picture: 5,000 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 6,925 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Peterborough ranks 7th of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 425, against 425 in Peterborough. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Peterborough in that order sit Luton at 425 and Cambridgeshire at 370.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Peterborough ranks 3rd of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 295, against 445 in Peterborough. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Peterborough in that order sit Norfolk at 445 and Hertfordshire at 435.

Every figure here counts what exists in Peterborough: 425 courier jobs across 445 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.