HGV class 2 driver jobs in North Yorkshire

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. North Yorkshire holds 3,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 2,500 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in North Yorkshire 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 5,690 employee jobs in North Yorkshire, out of 282,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 395 freight transport by road workplaces in North Yorkshire at the March 2025 reference date, 70 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 320 of them, 81%, employ under ten, below the usual share, so rigid work leans towards operators big enough for fixed rounds.

Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in North Yorkshire, 300 are part time, 9.1% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 13%, so North Yorkshire sits below it, 15th of 15 areas on this measure. That is a normal full-time shape for rigid work, with part-time hours mostly in weekend and relief cover.

Two further counts round out the North Yorkshire picture: 190 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.07% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, North Yorkshire ranks 6th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 2,250, against 2,500 in North Yorkshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to North Yorkshire in that order sit Bradford at 3,000 and East Riding of Yorkshire at 2,250.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, North Yorkshire ranks 1st of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 25, against 70 in North Yorkshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to North Yorkshire in that order sit East Riding of Yorkshire at 45.

These are 3,000 jobs and 395 workplaces that exist in North Yorkshire, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.