HGV class 2 driver jobs in Bath and North East Somerset

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Bath and North East Somerset holds 350 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 100 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Bath and North East Somerset 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 455 employee jobs in Bath and North East Somerset, out of 97,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 60 freight transport by road workplaces in Bath and North East Somerset at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 55 of them, 91.7%, 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 Bath and North East Somerset, 150 are part time, 42.9% of the split. The middle across the South West is 24.4%, so Bath and North East Somerset sits above it, 1st of 14 areas on this measure. That is a high part-time share for road freight, which in an area this size usually reflects relief and seasonal rounds rather than a different kind of employer.

Two further counts round out the Bath and North East Somerset picture: 5 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.01% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Bath and North East Somerset ranks 13th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 1,500, against 100 in Bath and North East Somerset. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Bath and North East Somerset in that order sit Dorset at 450 and Torbay at 75.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Bath and North East Somerset ranks 11th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 20, against 5 in Bath and North East Somerset. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Bath and North East Somerset in that order sit Swindon at 10 and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 5.

These are 350 jobs and 60 workplaces that exist in Bath and North East Somerset, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.