HGV and logistics driving in Scotland
HGV class 2 driver jobs in Edinburgh
Edinburgh has 300 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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Published figures for Edinburgh
What the official data says about Edinburgh
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Edinburgh holds 300 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 600 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Edinburgh 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 1,505 employee jobs in Edinburgh, out of 368,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 65 freight transport by road workplaces in Edinburgh at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 55 of them, 84.6%, 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 Edinburgh, 50 are part time, 16.7% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 19.5%, so Edinburgh sits below it, 23rd of 32 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 Edinburgh picture: 605 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.16% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Edinburgh ranks 10th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 113, against 600 in Edinburgh. Next to Edinburgh in that order sit Aberdeenshire at 600 and Highland at 450.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Edinburgh ranks 18th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 5, against 5 in Edinburgh. Next to Edinburgh in that order sit East Lothian at 5 and Midlothian at 5.
These are 300 jobs and 65 workplaces that exist in Edinburgh, 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
- 300
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 600
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 368,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 65
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 55
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 50
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 1,505
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 Edinburgh: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Edinburgh?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 300 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Edinburgh and 600 in warehousing and storage, spread across 255 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 Edinburgh?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Edinburgh: 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, 65 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 Edinburgh full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 16.7% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Edinburgh, 50 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 Edinburgh?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Edinburgh sets out what that employer asks for.