HGV class 2 driver jobs in Calderdale

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Calderdale holds 450 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 450 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Calderdale 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 1,000 employee jobs in Calderdale, out of 90,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 130 freight transport by road workplaces in Calderdale at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. 120 of them, 92.3%, 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 Calderdale, 75 are part time, 17.6% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 13%, so Calderdale sits above it, 1st of 15 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 Calderdale picture: 100 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.11% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Calderdale ranks 14th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 2,250, against 450 in Calderdale. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Calderdale in that order sit North East Lincolnshire at 600 and York at 30.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Calderdale ranks 14th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 25, against 10 in Calderdale. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Calderdale in that order sit Sheffield at 15 and York at 5.

These are 450 jobs and 130 workplaces that exist in Calderdale, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.