HGV class 2 driver jobs in West Northamptonshire

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. West Northamptonshire holds 3,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 14,000 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in West Northamptonshire 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 18,775 employee jobs in West Northamptonshire, out of 216,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 770 freight transport by road workplaces in West Northamptonshire at the March 2025 reference date, 50 of them employing ten people or more. 720 of them, 93.5%, 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 West Northamptonshire, 600 are part time, 16.7% of the split. The middle across the East Midlands is 20.3%, so West Northamptonshire sits below it, 9th of 10 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 West Northamptonshire picture: 1,275 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.59% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, West Northamptonshire ranks 2nd of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 4,125, against 14,000 in West Northamptonshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to West Northamptonshire in that order sit Leicestershire at 17,000 and Derbyshire at 10,000.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, West Northamptonshire ranks 6th of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 53, against 50 in West Northamptonshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to West Northamptonshire in that order sit North Northamptonshire at 55 and Leicester at 20.

These are 3,500 jobs and 770 workplaces that exist in West Northamptonshire, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.