HGV class 2 driver jobs in East Renfrewshire

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. East Renfrewshire holds 150 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 5 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in East Renfrewshire 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 170 employee jobs in East Renfrewshire, out of 22,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 15 freight transport by road workplaces in East Renfrewshire at the March 2025 reference date, 0 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 10 of them, 66.7%, 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 East Renfrewshire, 20 are part time, 11.8% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 19.5%, so East Renfrewshire sits below it, 29th of 32 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 East Renfrewshire picture: 15 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.07% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, East Renfrewshire ranks 32nd of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 113, against 5 in East Renfrewshire. Next to East Renfrewshire in that order sit Orkney Islands at 10.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, East Renfrewshire ranks 29th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 5, against 0 in East Renfrewshire. Next to East Renfrewshire in that order sit East Dunbartonshire at 0 and Inverclyde at 0.

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