HGV class 2 driver jobs in West Berkshire

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. West Berkshire holds 350 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 1,250 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in West Berkshire 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 2,100 employee jobs in West Berkshire, out of 104,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 85 freight transport by road workplaces in West Berkshire at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 75 of them, 88.2%, 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 West Berkshire, 75 are part time, 23.1% of the split. The middle across the South East is 23.1%, so West Berkshire sits level with it, 10th 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 West Berkshire picture: 500 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.48% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, West Berkshire ranks 9th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 1,000, against 1,250 in West Berkshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to West Berkshire in that order sit Buckinghamshire at 1,750 and Portsmouth at 1,000.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, West Berkshire ranks 15th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 10, against 5 in West Berkshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to West Berkshire in that order sit Portsmouth at 5 and Windsor and Maidenhead at 5.

These are 350 jobs and 85 workplaces that exist in West Berkshire, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.