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HGV class 2 driver jobs in Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets has 225 employee jobs in freight transport by road, on the most recent business survey. Below are the published figures for the area, and every advert on this site for the role right now.
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Published figures for Tower Hamlets
What the official data says about Tower Hamlets
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Tower Hamlets holds 225 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 900 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Tower Hamlets 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 1,635 employee jobs in Tower Hamlets, out of 344,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 65 freight transport by road workplaces in Tower Hamlets at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten. Small yards are where most newly passed class 2 drivers get a first year.
Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Tower Hamlets, 45 are part time, 20.5% of the split. The middle across London is 20%, so Tower Hamlets sits level with it, 16th of 33 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 Tower Hamlets picture: 510 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.15% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Tower Hamlets ranks 11th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 500, against 900 in Tower Hamlets. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Tower Hamlets in that order sit Croydon at 1,000 and Merton at 700.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Tower Hamlets ranks 32nd of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 5, against 0 in Tower Hamlets. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Tower Hamlets in that order sit Redbridge at 0 and Wandsworth at 0.
These are 225 jobs and 65 workplaces that exist in Tower Hamlets, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 225
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 900
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 344,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 65
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 65
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 45
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 1,635
The class 2 driver role
Class 2 is category C: a rigid over 7.5 tonnes, everything from a curtainsider to a tipper to a bin lorry. Most of the work is regional, multi-drop and hands on, and most drivers are home every night.
HGV class 2 driver jobs in Tower Hamlets: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Tower Hamlets?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 225 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Tower Hamlets and 900 in warehousing and storage, spread across 155 freight, warehousing and courier workplaces on the 2025 business register. Those are jobs and workplaces that exist in the area, not jobs being advertised.
What does a class 2 driver earn in Tower Hamlets?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Tower Hamlets: earnings are not broken down by occupation at local authority level anywhere in the official statistics, so anybody quoting one has estimated it. What is published is the size of the trade here, 65 freight transport by road workplaces, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is class 2 driver work in Tower Hamlets full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 20.5% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Tower Hamlets, 45 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for hgv class 2 driver jobs in Tower Hamlets?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Tower Hamlets sets out what that employer asks for.