HGV class 2 driver jobs in St. Helens

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. St. Helens holds 450 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 3,500 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in St. Helens 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 4,110 employee jobs in St. Helens, out of 63,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 145 freight transport by road workplaces in St. Helens at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 135 of them, 93.1%, 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 St. Helens, 75 are part time, 17.6% of the split. The middle across the North West is 15.8%, so St. Helens sits above it, 8th of 24 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 St. Helens picture: 160 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.25% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, St. Helens ranks 6th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 1,375, against 3,500 in St. Helens. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to St. Helens in that order sit Bolton at 3,500 and Knowsley at 3,000.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, St. Helens ranks 22nd of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 15, against 5 in St. Helens. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to St. Helens in that order sit Sefton at 5 and Blackpool at 0.

These are 450 jobs and 145 workplaces that exist in St. Helens, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.