HGV class 2 driver jobs in Peterborough

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Peterborough 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 Peterborough 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 6,925 employee jobs in Peterborough, out of 118,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 575 freight transport by road workplaces in Peterborough at the March 2025 reference date, 15 of them employing ten people or more. 560 of them, 97.4%, employ under ten. Small yards are where most newly passed class 2 drivers get a first year.

Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Peterborough, 350 are part time, 25.9% of the split. The middle across the East of England is 25%, so Peterborough sits level with it, 4th 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 Peterborough picture: 425 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.36% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Peterborough ranks 5th of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 4,000, against 5,000 in Peterborough. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Peterborough in that order sit Essex at 6,000 and Suffolk at 4,000.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Peterborough ranks 9th of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 50, against 15 in Peterborough. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Peterborough in that order sit Luton at 25 and Bedford at 10.

These are 1,500 jobs and 575 workplaces that exist in Peterborough, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.