HGV class 2 driver jobs in Telford and Wrekin

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Telford and Wrekin holds 1,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 2,500 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Telford and Wrekin 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 3,855 employee jobs in Telford and Wrekin, out of 91,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 180 freight transport by road workplaces in Telford and Wrekin at the March 2025 reference date, 20 of them employing ten people or more. 160 of them, 88.9%, 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 Telford and Wrekin, 225 are part time, 18.4% of the split. The middle across the West Midlands is 18.8%, so Telford and Wrekin sits level with it, 9th 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 Telford and Wrekin picture: 105 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.12% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Telford and Wrekin ranks 8th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 2,750, against 2,500 in Telford and Wrekin. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Telford and Wrekin in that order sit Solihull at 3,000 and Sandwell at 2,000.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Telford and Wrekin ranks 12th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 28, against 20 in Telford and Wrekin. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Telford and Wrekin in that order sit Dudley at 20 and Herefordshire, County of at 10.

These are 1,250 jobs and 180 workplaces that exist in Telford and Wrekin, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.