HGV and logistics driving in West Midlands
HGV class 2 driver jobs in Solihull
Solihull has 1,750 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 Solihull
What the official data says about Solihull
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Solihull holds 1,750 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 3,000 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Solihull 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 4,950 employee jobs in Solihull, out of 145,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 95 freight transport by road workplaces in Solihull at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 80 of them, 84.2%, 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 Solihull, 225 are part time, 13% of the split. The middle across the West Midlands is 18.8%, so Solihull sits below it, 13th of 14 areas on this measure. That is a normal full-time shape for rigid work, with part-time hours mostly in weekend and relief cover.
Two further counts round out the Solihull picture: 200 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.14% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Solihull ranks 7th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 2,750, against 3,000 in Solihull. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Solihull in that order sit Worcestershire at 3,500 and Telford and Wrekin at 2,500.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Solihull ranks 14th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 28, against 10 in Solihull. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Solihull in that order sit Herefordshire, County of at 10.
These are 1,750 jobs and 95 workplaces that exist in Solihull, 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
- 1,750
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 3,000
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 145,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 95
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 80
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 225
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 4,950
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 Solihull: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Solihull?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,750 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Solihull and 3,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 200 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 Solihull?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Solihull: 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, 95 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 Solihull full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 13% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Solihull, 225 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 Solihull?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Solihull sets out what that employer asks for.