HGV class 2 driver jobs in Sandwell

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Sandwell holds 3,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 2,000 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Sandwell 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 8,075 employee jobs in Sandwell, out of 125,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 765 freight transport by road workplaces in Sandwell at the March 2025 reference date, 45 of them employing ten people or more. 720 of them, 94.1%, 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 Sandwell, 500 are part time, 18.2% of the split. The middle across the West Midlands is 18.8%, so Sandwell sits level with it, 11th of 14 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 Sandwell picture: 3,075 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 2.46% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Sandwell ranks 9th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 2,750, against 2,000 in Sandwell. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Sandwell in that order sit Telford and Wrekin at 2,500 and Walsall at 2,000.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Sandwell ranks 4th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 28, against 45 in Sandwell. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Sandwell in that order sit Birmingham at 45 and Worcestershire at 45.

These are 3,000 jobs and 765 workplaces that exist in Sandwell, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.