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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Westminster
Westminster has 240 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, 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 Westminster
What the official data says about Westminster
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Westminster has 240 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 250 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 Westminster the courier side alone is 0.03% of the 814,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Westminster, median full-time pay was £53,923 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 85 postal and courier activities workplaces in Westminster at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 75 of them, 88.2%, employ under ten. The handful that do not are where C1 rounds are loaded and dispatched.
Of the postal and courier activities employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Westminster, 35 are part time, 14.3% of the split. The middle across London is 13.5%, so Westminster sits level with it, 14th 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 Westminster picture: 700 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 1,190 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Westminster ranks 12th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 155, against 240 in Westminster. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Westminster in that order sit Sutton at 310 and Croydon at 215.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Westminster ranks 23rd of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 130, against 85 in Westminster. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Westminster in that order sit Merton at 105 and Islington at 80.
Every figure here counts what exists in Westminster: 240 courier jobs across 85 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 240
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 250
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £53,923
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 85
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 5
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 14.3%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.03%
The 7.5 tonne driver role
A 7.5 tonne rigid on category C1 is the bridge between a van and a lorry. The rounds are local, the drop counts are high and the vehicle is small enough to get down streets an artic could not attempt.
7.5 tonne driver jobs in Westminster: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Westminster?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 250 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Westminster and 700 in warehousing and storage, spread across 230 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 7.5 tonne driver earn in Westminster?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Westminster: 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, 85 postal and courier activities workplaces, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is 7.5 tonne driver work in Westminster full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 14.3% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Westminster, 35 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for 7.5 tonne driver jobs in Westminster?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Westminster sets out what that employer asks for.