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HGV class 2 driver jobs in Blaenau Gwent
Blaenau Gwent has 45 employee jobs in freight transport by road, 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 Blaenau Gwent
What the official data says about Blaenau Gwent
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Blaenau Gwent holds 45 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 225 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Blaenau Gwent than either number on its own. Warehousing outweighs road freight here, which usually means more distribution running out of large sites.
Freight, warehousing and courier work together come to 280 employee jobs in Blaenau Gwent, out of 18,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 25 freight transport by road workplaces in Blaenau Gwent at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten. Small yards are where most newly passed class 2 drivers get a first year.
Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Blaenau Gwent, 20 are part time, 44.4% of the split. The middle across Wales is 35.7%, so Blaenau Gwent sits above it, 3rd of 22 areas on this measure. That is a high part-time share for road freight, which in an area this size usually reflects relief and seasonal rounds rather than a different kind of employer.
Two further counts round out the Blaenau Gwent picture: 10 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.06% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Blaenau Gwent ranks 11th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 200, against 225 in Blaenau Gwent. Next to Blaenau Gwent in that order sit Wrexham at 250 and Torfaen at 175.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Blaenau Gwent ranks 18th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 8, against 0 in Blaenau Gwent. Next to Blaenau Gwent in that order sit Vale of Glamorgan at 5 and Ceredigion at 0.
These are 45 jobs and 25 workplaces that exist in Blaenau Gwent, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 45
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 225
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 18,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 25
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 25
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 20
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 280
The class 2 driver role
Class 2 is category C: a rigid over 7.5 tonnes, everything from a curtainsider to a tipper to a bin lorry. Most of the work is regional, multi-drop and hands on, and most drivers are home every night.
HGV class 2 driver jobs in Blaenau Gwent: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Blaenau Gwent?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 45 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Blaenau Gwent and 225 in warehousing and storage, spread across 70 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 class 2 driver earn in Blaenau Gwent?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Blaenau Gwent: 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, 25 freight transport by road workplaces, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is class 2 driver work in Blaenau Gwent full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 44.4% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Blaenau Gwent, 20 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for hgv class 2 driver jobs in Blaenau Gwent?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Blaenau Gwent sets out what that employer asks for.