HGV class 2 driver jobs in North Northamptonshire

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. North Northamptonshire holds 2,500 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 North Northamptonshire 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 9,925 employee jobs in North Northamptonshire, out of 150,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 575 freight transport by road workplaces in North Northamptonshire at the March 2025 reference date, 55 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 525 of them, 91.3%, 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 North Northamptonshire, 400 are part time, 15.1% of the split. The middle across the East Midlands is 20.3%, so North Northamptonshire sits below it, 10th of 10 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 North Northamptonshire picture: 425 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, North Northamptonshire ranks 5th of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 4,125, against 7,000 in North Northamptonshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to North Northamptonshire in that order sit Nottinghamshire at 10,000 and Lincolnshire at 1,250.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, North Northamptonshire ranks 5th of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 53, against 55 in North Northamptonshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to North Northamptonshire in that order sit Nottinghamshire at 65 and West Northamptonshire at 50.

These are 2,500 jobs and 575 workplaces that exist in North Northamptonshire, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.