HGV class 2 driver jobs in Caerphilly

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Caerphilly holds 350 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 400 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Caerphilly 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 765 employee jobs in Caerphilly, out of 54,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 80 freight transport by road workplaces in Caerphilly 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. 70 of them, 87.5%, 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 Caerphilly, 100 are part time, 30.8% of the split. The middle across Wales is 35.7%, so Caerphilly sits below it, 15th of 22 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 Caerphilly picture: 15 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.03% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Caerphilly ranks 7th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 200, against 400 in Caerphilly. Next to Caerphilly in that order sit Bridgend at 700 and Cardiff at 400.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Caerphilly ranks 12th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 8, against 5 in Caerphilly. Next to Caerphilly in that order sit Swansea at 10 and Denbighshire at 5.

These are 350 jobs and 80 workplaces that exist in Caerphilly, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.