HGV class 2 driver jobs in Gloucestershire

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Gloucestershire holds 1,750 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 1,500 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Gloucestershire than either number on its own. Warehousing sits below road freight here, which usually means more general haulage and less own-account distribution.

Freight, warehousing and courier work together come to 3,610 employee jobs in Gloucestershire, out of 306,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 340 freight transport by road workplaces in Gloucestershire at the March 2025 reference date, 40 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 305 of them, 89.7%, 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 Gloucestershire, 600 are part time, 32.4% of the split. The middle across the South West is 24.4%, so Gloucestershire sits above it, 4th of 14 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 Gloucestershire picture: 360 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.12% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Gloucestershire ranks 7th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 1,500, against 1,500 in Gloucestershire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Gloucestershire in that order sit Devon at 2,250 and North Somerset at 1,500.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Gloucestershire ranks 3rd of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 20, against 40 in Gloucestershire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Gloucestershire in that order sit Somerset at 45 and Cornwall at 35.

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