HGV class 2 driver jobs in Cumberland

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Cumberland holds 2,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 500 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Cumberland 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 3,425 employee jobs in Cumberland, out of 130,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 155 freight transport by road workplaces in Cumberland at the March 2025 reference date, 30 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 120 of them, 77.4%, 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 Cumberland, 250 are part time, 11.1% of the split. The middle across the North West is 15.8%, so Cumberland sits below it, 21st of 24 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 Cumberland picture: 675 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.52% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Cumberland ranks 19th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 1,375, against 500 in Cumberland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Cumberland in that order sit Bury at 500 and Sefton at 300.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Cumberland ranks 4th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 15, against 30 in Cumberland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Cumberland in that order sit Cheshire East at 30 and Halton at 30.

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