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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Bath and North East Somerset
Bath and North East Somerset has 5 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, 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 Bath and North East Somerset
What the official data says about Bath and North East Somerset
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Bath and North East Somerset has 5 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 350 in freight transport by road, and 7.5 tonne work is run out of both.
Parcel and wholesale operations are where most C1 rounds sit. In Bath and North East Somerset the courier side alone is 0.01% of the 97,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Bath and North East Somerset, median full-time pay was £38,040 a year in 2025. That is the whole local labour market rather than this job, and there is no published local figure for this job to set beside it.
UK Business Counts recorded 40 postal and courier activities workplaces in Bath and North East Somerset at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten. C1 rounds run out of the few depots, not the long tail.
Of the postal and courier activities employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Bath and North East Somerset, 0 are part time, 0% of the split. The middle across the South West is 9.1%, so Bath and North East Somerset sits below it, 12th of 15 areas on this measure. Almost all of it is full time, which for C1 work usually means a fixed round rather than relief cover.
Two further counts round out the Bath and North East Somerset picture: 100 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 455 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Bath and North East Somerset ranks 14th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 130, against 5 in Bath and North East Somerset. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Bath and North East Somerset in that order sit Isles of Scilly at 10 and Torbay at 5.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Bath and North East Somerset ranks 14th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 160, against 40 in Bath and North East Somerset. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Bath and North East Somerset in that order sit Torbay at 60 and Isles of Scilly at 0.
Every figure here counts what exists in Bath and North East Somerset: 5 courier jobs across 40 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 5
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 350
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £38,040
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 40
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 0
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 0%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.01%
The 7.5 tonne driver role
A 7.5 tonne rigid on category C1 is the bridge between a van and a lorry. The rounds are local, the drop counts are high and the vehicle is small enough to get down streets an artic could not attempt.
7.5 tonne driver jobs in Bath and North East Somerset: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Bath and North East Somerset?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 350 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Bath and North East Somerset and 100 in warehousing and storage, spread across 115 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 7.5 tonne driver earn in Bath and North East Somerset?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Bath and North East Somerset: 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, 40 postal and courier activities workplaces, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is 7.5 tonne driver work in Bath and North East Somerset full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 0% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Bath and North East Somerset, 0 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for 7.5 tonne driver jobs in Bath and North East Somerset?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Bath and North East Somerset sets out what that employer asks for.