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HGV class 2 driver jobs in Essex
Essex has 4,500 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 Essex
What the official data says about Essex
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Essex holds 4,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 6,000 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Essex 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 12,325 employee jobs in Essex, out of 616,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 1,080 freight transport by road workplaces in Essex at the March 2025 reference date, 100 of them employing ten people or more. 980 of them, 90.7%, employ under ten. Small yards take newly passed drivers; the larger ones set the shift patterns.
Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Essex, 1,250 are part time, 26.3% of the split. The middle across the East of England is 25%, so Essex sits above it, 3rd of 11 areas on this measure. A part-time share around this level usually means relief and weekend rounds counted alongside the permanent drivers.
Two further counts round out the Essex picture: 1,825 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.3% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Essex ranks 4th of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 4,000, against 6,000 in Essex. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Essex in that order sit Hertfordshire at 7,000 and Peterborough at 5,000.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Essex ranks 1st of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 50, against 100 in Essex. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Essex in that order sit Suffolk at 100.
These are 4,500 jobs and 1,080 workplaces that exist in Essex, 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
- 4,500
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 6,000
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 616,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 1,080
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 980
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 1,250
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 12,325
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 Essex: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Essex?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 4,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Essex and 6,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 1,800 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 Essex?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Essex: 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, 1,080 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 Essex full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 26.3% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Essex, 1,250 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 Essex?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Essex sets out what that employer asks for.