HGV class 2 driver jobs in Argyll and Bute

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Argyll and Bute holds 400 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 30 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Argyll and Bute than either number on its own. Warehousing sits below road freight here, which usually means more general haulage and less own-account distribution.

Freight, warehousing and courier work together come to 480 employee jobs in Argyll and Bute, out of 36,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 35 freight transport by road workplaces in Argyll and Bute 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. 20 of them, 57.1%, 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 Argyll and Bute, 100 are part time, 25% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 19.5%, so Argyll and Bute sits above it, 10th 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 Argyll and Bute picture: 50 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, Argyll and Bute ranks 26th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 113, against 30 in Argyll and Bute. Next to Argyll and Bute in that order sit Inverclyde at 35 and West Dunbartonshire at 30.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Argyll and Bute ranks 12th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 5, against 10 in Argyll and Bute. Next to Argyll and Bute in that order sit Angus at 10 and Moray at 10.

These are 400 jobs and 35 workplaces that exist in Argyll and Bute, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.