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HGV class 2 driver jobs in Barnsley
Barnsley has 800 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 Barnsley
What the official data says about Barnsley
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Barnsley holds 800 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 3,500 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Barnsley 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 4,475 employee jobs in Barnsley, out of 84,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 270 freight transport by road workplaces in Barnsley at the March 2025 reference date, 15 of them employing ten people or more. 255 of them, 94.4%, 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 Barnsley, 100 are part time, 12.5% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 13%, so Barnsley sits level with it, 9th of 15 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 Barnsley picture: 175 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.21% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Barnsley ranks 4th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 2,250, against 3,500 in Barnsley. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Barnsley in that order sit Leeds at 5,000 and Bradford at 3,000.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Barnsley ranks 12th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 25, against 15 in Barnsley. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Barnsley in that order sit Rotherham at 20 and Sheffield at 15.
These are 800 jobs and 270 workplaces that exist in Barnsley, 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
- 800
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 3,500
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 84,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 270
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 255
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 100
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 4,475
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 Barnsley: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Barnsley?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 800 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Barnsley and 3,500 in warehousing and storage, spread across 470 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 Barnsley?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Barnsley: 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, 270 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 Barnsley full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 12.5% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Barnsley, 100 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 Barnsley?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Barnsley sets out what that employer asks for.