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HGV class 2 driver jobs in Leeds
Leeds has 1,500 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 Leeds
What the official data says about Leeds
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Leeds holds 1,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 5,000 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Leeds 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 8,050 employee jobs in Leeds, out of 503,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 510 freight transport by road workplaces in Leeds at the March 2025 reference date, 40 of them employing ten people or more. 470 of them, 92.2%, 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 Leeds, 225 are part time, 15.3% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 13%, so Leeds sits above it, 4th of 15 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 Leeds picture: 1,550 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.31% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Leeds ranks 3rd of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 2,250, against 5,000 in Leeds. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Leeds in that order sit Doncaster at 10,000 and Barnsley at 3,500.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Leeds ranks 3rd of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 25, against 40 in Leeds. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Leeds in that order sit East Riding of Yorkshire at 45 and North Lincolnshire at 40.
These are 1,500 jobs and 510 workplaces that exist in Leeds, 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
- 1,500
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 5,000
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 503,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 510
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 470
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 225
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 8,050
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 Leeds: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Leeds?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Leeds and 5,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 1,100 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 Leeds?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Leeds: 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, 510 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 Leeds full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 15.3% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Leeds, 225 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 Leeds?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Leeds sets out what that employer asks for.