HGV class 2 driver jobs in Leicestershire

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Leicestershire holds 4,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 17,000 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Leicestershire 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 26,550 employee jobs in Leicestershire, out of 345,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 720 freight transport by road workplaces in Leicestershire at the March 2025 reference date, 90 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 625 of them, 86.8%, 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 Leicestershire, 900 are part time, 20.5% of the split. The middle across the East Midlands is 20.3%, so Leicestershire sits level with it, 5th of 10 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 Leicestershire picture: 5,050 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 1.46% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Leicestershire ranks 1st of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 4,125, against 17,000 in Leicestershire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Leicestershire in that order sit West Northamptonshire at 14,000.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Leicestershire ranks 2nd of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 53, against 90 in Leicestershire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Leicestershire in that order sit Lincolnshire at 95 and Derbyshire at 80.

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