HGV and logistics driving in East Midlands
HGV class 2 driver jobs in Derby
Derby has 600 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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What the official data says about Derby
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Derby holds 600 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 1,000 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Derby 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 1,660 employee jobs in Derby, out of 138,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 250 freight transport by road workplaces in Derby at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. 240 of them, 96%, employ under ten. Small yards are where most newly passed class 2 drivers get a first year.
Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Derby, 150 are part time, 25% of the split. The middle across the East Midlands is 20.3%, so Derby sits above it, 1st of 10 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 Derby picture: 60 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.04% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Derby ranks 7th of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 4,125, against 1,000 in Derby. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Derby in that order sit Lincolnshire at 1,250 and Leicester at 1,000.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Derby ranks 8th of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 53, against 10 in Derby. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Derby in that order sit Leicester at 20 and Nottingham at 5.
These are 600 jobs and 250 workplaces that exist in Derby, 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
- 600
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 1,000
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 138,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 250
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 240
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 150
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 1,660
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 Derby: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Derby?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 600 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Derby and 1,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 430 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 Derby?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Derby: 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, 250 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 Derby full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 25% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Derby, 150 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 Derby?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Derby sets out what that employer asks for.