HGV and logistics driving in Scotland
HGV class 2 driver jobs in Shetland Islands
Shetland Islands has 150 employee jobs in freight transport by road, 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 Shetland Islands
What the official data says about Shetland Islands
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Shetland Islands holds 150 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 200 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Shetland Islands 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 350 employee jobs in Shetland Islands, out of 13,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 15 freight transport by road workplaces in Shetland Islands at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 10 of them, 66.7%, employ under ten, well below the usual share. Rigid work shaped like this sits with distribution rather than general haulage: fixed starts, multi-drop, handball.
Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Shetland Islands, 45 are part time, 26.5% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 19.5%, so Shetland Islands sits above it, 9th 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 Shetland Islands picture: 0 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Shetland Islands ranks 15th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 113, against 200 in Shetland Islands. Next to Shetland Islands in that order sit North Ayrshire at 225 and East Ayrshire at 150.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Shetland Islands ranks 24th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 5, against 5 in Shetland Islands. Next to Shetland Islands in that order sit Scottish Borders at 5 and South Ayrshire at 5.
These are 150 jobs and 15 workplaces that exist in Shetland Islands, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 150
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 200
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 13,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 15
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 10
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 45
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 350
The class 2 driver role
Class 2 is category C: a rigid over 7.5 tonnes, everything from a curtainsider to a tipper to a bin lorry. Most of the work is regional, multi-drop and hands on, and most drivers are home every night.
HGV class 2 driver jobs in Shetland Islands: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Shetland Islands?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 150 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Shetland Islands and 200 in warehousing and storage, spread across 20 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 class 2 driver earn in Shetland Islands?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Shetland Islands: 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, 15 freight transport by road workplaces, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is class 2 driver work in Shetland Islands full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 26.5% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Shetland Islands, 45 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for hgv class 2 driver jobs in Shetland Islands?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Shetland Islands sets out what that employer asks for.