HGV class 2 driver jobs in Norfolk

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Norfolk holds 3,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 1,500 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Norfolk 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 5,275 employee jobs in Norfolk, out of 378,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 500 freight transport by road workplaces in Norfolk at the March 2025 reference date, 65 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 440 of them, 88%, 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 Norfolk, 900 are part time, 28.6% of the split. The middle across the East of England is 25%, so Norfolk sits above it, 2nd of 11 areas on this measure. That is a high part-time share for road freight, which in an area this size usually reflects relief and seasonal rounds rather than a different kind of employer.

Two further counts round out the Norfolk picture: 775 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.21% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Norfolk ranks 9th of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 4,000, against 1,500 in Norfolk. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Norfolk in that order sit Cambridgeshire at 2,500 and Luton at 250.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Norfolk ranks 3rd of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 50, against 65 in Norfolk. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Norfolk in that order sit Suffolk at 100 and Thurrock at 65.

These are 3,000 jobs and 500 workplaces that exist in Norfolk, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.