HGV class 2 driver jobs in Lewisham

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Lewisham holds 100 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 100 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Lewisham 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 320 employee jobs in Lewisham, out of 69,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 55 freight transport by road workplaces in Lewisham 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. 50 of them, 90.9%, 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 Lewisham, 20 are part time, 21.1% of the split. The middle across London is 20%, so Lewisham sits above it, 12th of 33 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 Lewisham picture: 120 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.17% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Lewisham ranks 27th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 500, against 100 in Lewisham. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Lewisham in that order sit Haringey at 100 and Barnet at 75.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Lewisham ranks 30th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 5, against 0 in Lewisham. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Lewisham in that order sit Lambeth at 0 and Redbridge at 0.

These are 100 jobs and 55 workplaces that exist in Lewisham, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.