HGV class 2 driver jobs in Powys

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Powys holds 500 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 75 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Powys 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 615 employee jobs in Powys, out of 49,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 130 freight transport by road workplaces in Powys at the March 2025 reference date, 15 of them employing ten people or more. 115 of them, 88.5%, 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 Powys, 150 are part time, 27.3% of the split. The middle across Wales is 35.7%, so Powys sits below it, 17th of 22 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 Powys picture: 40 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.08% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Powys ranks 19th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 200, against 75 in Powys. Next to Powys in that order sit Merthyr Tydfil at 75 and Isle of Anglesey at 30.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Powys ranks 3rd of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 8, against 15 in Powys. Next to Powys in that order sit Newport at 20 and Wrexham at 15.

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