HGV class 2 driver jobs in Derbyshire

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Derbyshire holds 4,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 10,000 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Derbyshire 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 14,375 employee jobs in Derbyshire, out of 304,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 640 freight transport by road workplaces in Derbyshire at the March 2025 reference date, 80 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 555 of them, 86.7%, 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 Derbyshire, 800 are part time, 21.1% of the split. The middle across the East Midlands is 20.3%, so Derbyshire sits level with it, 2nd 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 Derbyshire picture: 375 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.12% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Derbyshire ranks 3rd of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 4,125, against 10,000 in Derbyshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Derbyshire in that order sit West Northamptonshire at 14,000 and Nottinghamshire at 10,000.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Derbyshire ranks 3rd of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 53, against 80 in Derbyshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Derbyshire in that order sit Leicestershire at 90 and Nottinghamshire at 65.

These are 4,000 jobs and 640 workplaces that exist in Derbyshire, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.