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HGV class 2 driver jobs in Wigan
Wigan has 1,500 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 Wigan
What the official data says about Wigan
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Wigan holds 1,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 1,250 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Wigan 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 3,475 employee jobs in Wigan, out of 110,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 260 freight transport by road workplaces in Wigan at the March 2025 reference date, 25 of them employing ten people or more. 235 of them, 90.4%, 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 Wigan, 225 are part time, 15.3% of the split. The middle across the North West is 15.8%, so Wigan sits level with it, 14th of 24 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 Wigan picture: 725 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.66% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Wigan ranks 13th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 1,375, against 1,250 in Wigan. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Wigan in that order sit Cheshire West and Chester at 1,500 and Oldham at 800.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Wigan ranks 7th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 15, against 25 in Wigan. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Wigan in that order sit Trafford at 30 and Bolton at 20.
These are 1,500 jobs and 260 workplaces that exist in Wigan, 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
- 1,500
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 1,250
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 110,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 260
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 235
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 225
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 3,475
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 Wigan: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Wigan?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Wigan and 1,250 in warehousing and storage, spread across 525 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 Wigan?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Wigan: 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, 260 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 Wigan full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 15.3% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Wigan, 225 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 Wigan?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Wigan sets out what that employer asks for.