7.5 tonne driver jobs in Sunderland

C1 rounds straddle two counts. Sunderland has 175 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 Sunderland the courier side alone is 0.15% of the 117,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in Sunderland, median full-time pay was £32,015 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 210 postal and courier activities workplaces in Sunderland at the March 2025 reference date, 0 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 205 of them, 97.6%, 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 Sunderland, 75 are part time, 42.9% of the split. The middle across the North East is 71.8%, so Sunderland sits below it, 9th of 12 areas on this measure. A part-time share this size is common in parcel work, where rounds are built to cover peaks rather than to fill a working week.

Two further counts round out the Sunderland picture: 2,500 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 4,175 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Sunderland ranks 5th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 100, against 175 in Sunderland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Sunderland in that order sit Stockton-on-Tees at 360 and Darlington at 105.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Sunderland ranks 2nd of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 93, against 210 in Sunderland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Sunderland in that order sit County Durham at 260 and Newcastle upon Tyne at 135.

Every figure here counts what exists in Sunderland: 175 courier jobs across 210 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.