HGV class 2 driver jobs in Hertfordshire

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Hertfordshire holds 3,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 7,000 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Hertfordshire 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 12,300 employee jobs in Hertfordshire, out of 652,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 695 freight transport by road workplaces in Hertfordshire at the March 2025 reference date, 50 of them employing ten people or more. 645 of them, 92.8%, employ under ten. Small yards take newly passed drivers; the larger ones set the shift patterns.

Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Hertfordshire, 800 are part time, 21.1% of the split. The middle across the East of England is 25%, so Hertfordshire sits below it, 9th of 11 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 Hertfordshire picture: 1,800 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.28% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Hertfordshire ranks 3rd of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 4,000, against 7,000 in Hertfordshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Hertfordshire in that order sit Central Bedfordshire at 7,000 and Essex at 6,000.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Hertfordshire ranks 6th of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 50, against 50 in Hertfordshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Hertfordshire in that order sit Cambridgeshire at 50 and Central Bedfordshire at 30.

These are 3,500 jobs and 695 workplaces that exist in Hertfordshire, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.