HGV and logistics driving in West Midlands
HGV class 2 driver jobs in Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent has 4,000 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 Stoke-on-Trent
What the official data says about Stoke-on-Trent
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Stoke-on-Trent holds 4,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 5,000 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Stoke-on-Trent 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 9,615 employee jobs in Stoke-on-Trent, out of 124,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 285 freight transport by road workplaces in Stoke-on-Trent at the March 2025 reference date, 25 of them employing ten people or more. 260 of them, 91.2%, 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 Stoke-on-Trent, 3,000 are part time, 66.7% of the split. The middle across the West Midlands is 18.8%, so Stoke-on-Trent sits above it, 1st of 14 areas on this measure. Part-time hours dominate the split. In a local industry this small, a few jobs either way move that proportion a long way.
Two further counts round out the Stoke-on-Trent picture: 615 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.5% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Stoke-on-Trent ranks 5th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 2,750, against 5,000 in Stoke-on-Trent. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Stoke-on-Trent in that order sit Coventry at 5,000 and Worcestershire at 3,500.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Stoke-on-Trent ranks 8th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 28, against 25 in Stoke-on-Trent. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Stoke-on-Trent in that order sit Shropshire at 30 and Walsall at 25.
These are 4,000 jobs and 285 workplaces that exist in Stoke-on-Trent, 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
- 4,000
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 5,000
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 124,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 285
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 260
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 3,000
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 9,615
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 Stoke-on-Trent: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Stoke-on-Trent?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 4,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Stoke-on-Trent and 5,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 645 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 Stoke-on-Trent?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Stoke-on-Trent: 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, 285 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 Stoke-on-Trent full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 66.7% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Stoke-on-Trent, 3,000 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 Stoke-on-Trent?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Stoke-on-Trent sets out what that employer asks for.