7.5 tonne driver jobs in Southend-on-Sea

C1 rounds straddle two counts. Southend-on-Sea has 20 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 200 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 Southend-on-Sea the courier side alone is 0.03% of the 64,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in Southend-on-Sea, median full-time pay was £31,748 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 60 postal and courier activities workplaces in Southend-on-Sea 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 Southend-on-Sea, 0 are part time, 0% of the split. The middle across the East of England is 10.3%, so Southend-on-Sea sits below it, 11th 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 Southend-on-Sea picture: 40 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 260 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Southend-on-Sea ranks 11th of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 425, against 20 in Southend-on-Sea. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Southend-on-Sea in that order sit Bedford at 130.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Southend-on-Sea ranks 11th of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 295, against 60 in Southend-on-Sea. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Southend-on-Sea in that order sit Bedford at 60.

Every figure here counts what exists in Southend-on-Sea: 20 courier jobs across 60 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.