7.5 tonne driver jobs in Darlington

C1 rounds straddle two counts. Darlington has 105 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 600 in freight transport by road, and 7.5 tonne work is run out of both.

Parcel and wholesale operations are where most C1 rounds sit. In Darlington the courier side alone is 0.19% of the 55,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in Darlington, median full-time pay was £33,840 a year in 2025. That is the whole local labour market rather than this job, and there is no published local figure for this job to set beside it.

UK Business Counts recorded 35 postal and courier activities workplaces in Darlington at the March 2025 reference date, 0 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 30 of them, 85.7%, employ under ten, below the usual courier share, so Darlington carries more depot-sized operations running 7.5 tonne vehicles rather than vans.

Of the postal and courier activities employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Darlington, 80 are part time, 80% of the split. The middle across the North East is 71.8%, so Darlington sits above it, 6th of 12 areas on this measure. More of the split is part time than full time. That is a real feature of parcel work in some areas, so read the hours on the advert rather than assuming a full week.

Two further counts round out the Darlington picture: 3,000 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 3,705 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Darlington ranks 6th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 100, against 105 in Darlington. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Darlington in that order sit Sunderland at 175 and Newcastle upon Tyne at 95.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Darlington ranks 10th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 93, against 35 in Darlington. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Darlington in that order sit Middlesbrough at 40 and Hartlepool at 35.

Every figure here counts what exists in Darlington: 105 courier jobs across 35 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.