HGV class 2 driver jobs in Stockport

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Stockport holds 600 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 150 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Stockport 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 1,010 employee jobs in Stockport, out of 136,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 85 freight transport by road workplaces in Stockport at the March 2025 reference date, 15 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 75 of them, 88.2%, 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 Stockport, 100 are part time, 18.2% of the split. The middle across the North West is 15.8%, so Stockport sits above it, 7th 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 Stockport picture: 260 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.19% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Stockport ranks 23rd of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 1,375, against 150 in Stockport. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Stockport in that order sit Tameside at 200 and Westmorland and Furness at 150.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Stockport ranks 16th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 15, against 15 in Stockport. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Stockport in that order sit Oldham at 15 and Blackburn with Darwen at 10.

These are 600 jobs and 85 workplaces that exist in Stockport, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.