HGV class 2 driver jobs in Buckinghamshire

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Buckinghamshire holds 1,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 1,750 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Buckinghamshire 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 3,700 employee jobs in Buckinghamshire, out of 239,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 290 freight transport by road workplaces in Buckinghamshire at the March 2025 reference date, 20 of them employing ten people or more. 270 of them, 93.1%, 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 Buckinghamshire, 300 are part time, 27.3% of the split. The middle across the South East is 23.1%, so Buckinghamshire sits above it, 4th of 19 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 Buckinghamshire picture: 950 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.4% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Buckinghamshire ranks 8th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 1,000, against 1,750 in Buckinghamshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Buckinghamshire in that order sit Reading at 2,250 and West Berkshire at 1,250.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Buckinghamshire ranks 7th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 10, against 20 in Buckinghamshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Buckinghamshire in that order sit Slough at 25 and Milton Keynes at 20.

These are 1,000 jobs and 290 workplaces that exist in Buckinghamshire, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.