HGV class 2 driver jobs in Staffordshire

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Staffordshire holds 7,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 13,000 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Staffordshire 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 21,260 employee jobs in Staffordshire, out of 356,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 810 freight transport by road workplaces in Staffordshire at the March 2025 reference date, 105 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 710 of them, 87.7%, employ under ten, below the usual share, so rigid work leans towards operators big enough for fixed rounds.

Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Staffordshire, 900 are part time, 13% of the split. The middle across the West Midlands is 18.8%, so Staffordshire sits below it, 14th of 14 areas on this measure. That is a normal full-time shape for rigid work, with part-time hours mostly in weekend and relief cover.

Two further counts round out the Staffordshire picture: 1,260 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.35% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Staffordshire ranks 1st of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 2,750, against 13,000 in Staffordshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Staffordshire in that order sit Warwickshire at 12,000.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Staffordshire ranks 1st of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 28, against 105 in Staffordshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Staffordshire in that order sit Warwickshire at 65.

These are 7,000 jobs and 810 workplaces that exist in Staffordshire, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.