HGV class 2 driver jobs in Shropshire

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Shropshire holds 1,250 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 Shropshire 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 2,920 employee jobs in Shropshire, out of 130,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 245 freight transport by road workplaces in Shropshire at the March 2025 reference date, 30 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 220 of them, 89.8%, 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 Shropshire, 250 are part time, 20% of the split. The middle across the West Midlands is 18.8%, so Shropshire sits above it, 4th 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 Shropshire picture: 170 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.13% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Shropshire ranks 11th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 2,750, against 1,500 in Shropshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Shropshire in that order sit Walsall at 2,000 and Wolverhampton at 1,000.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Shropshire ranks 7th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 28, against 30 in Shropshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Shropshire in that order sit Coventry at 35 and Stoke-on-Trent at 25.

These are 1,250 jobs and 245 workplaces that exist in Shropshire, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.