HGV class 2 driver jobs in Aberdeenshire

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Aberdeenshire holds 700 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 600 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Aberdeenshire than either number on its own. Warehousing sits below road freight here, which usually means more general haulage and less own-account distribution.

Freight, warehousing and courier work together come to 1,405 employee jobs in Aberdeenshire, out of 102,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 150 freight transport by road workplaces in Aberdeenshire at the March 2025 reference date, 25 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 120 of them, 80%, employ under ten, below the usual share, so rigid work leans towards operators big enough for fixed rounds.

Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Aberdeenshire, 150 are part time, 20% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 19.5%, so Aberdeenshire sits level with it, 15th of 32 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 Aberdeenshire picture: 105 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.1% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Aberdeenshire ranks 9th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 113, against 600 in Aberdeenshire. Next to Aberdeenshire in that order sit Aberdeen City at 800 and Edinburgh at 600.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Aberdeenshire ranks 3rd of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 5, against 25 in Aberdeenshire. Next to Aberdeenshire in that order sit Dumfries and Galloway at 30 and Highland at 25.

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