7.5 tonne driver jobs in Merton

C1 rounds straddle two counts. Merton has 190 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 225 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 Merton the courier side alone is 0.24% of the 78,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in Merton, median full-time pay was £38,471 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 105 postal and courier activities workplaces in Merton at the March 2025 reference date. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten. C1 rounds run out of the few depots, not the long tail.

Of the postal and courier activities employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Merton, 25 are part time, 13.5% of the split. The middle across London is 13.5%, so Merton sits level with it, 17th of 33 areas on this measure. That is a full-time shape, with part-time hours sitting mostly in evening and weekend parcel work.

Two further counts round out the Merton picture: 700 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 1,115 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Merton ranks 15th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 155, against 190 in Merton. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Merton in that order sit Bexley at 205 and Barnet at 155.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Merton ranks 22nd of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 130, against 105 in Merton. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Merton in that order sit Southwark at 110 and Westminster at 85.

Every figure here counts what exists in Merton: 190 courier jobs across 105 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.