HGV and logistics driving in Yorkshire and The Humber
7.5 tonne driver jobs in Bradford
Bradford has 165 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 Bradford
What the official data says about Bradford
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Bradford has 165 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 1,250 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 Bradford the courier side alone is 0.08% of the 199,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Bradford, median full-time pay was £35,213 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 220 postal and courier activities workplaces in Bradford at the March 2025 reference date, 0 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 215 of them, 97.7%, employ 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 Bradford, 60 are part time, 37.5% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 26.2%, so Bradford sits above it, 3rd of 15 areas on this measure. A part-time share this size is common in parcel work, where rounds are built to cover peaks rather than to fill a working week.
Two further counts round out the Bradford picture: 3,000 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 4,415 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Bradford ranks 10th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 190, against 165 in Bradford. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Bradford in that order sit Barnsley at 175 and Hull at 115.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Bradford ranks 5th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 180, against 220 in Bradford. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Bradford in that order sit Wakefield at 240 and Kirklees at 215.
Every figure here counts what exists in Bradford: 165 courier jobs across 220 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 165
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 1,250
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £35,213
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 220
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 0
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 37.5%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.08%
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 Bradford: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Bradford?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Bradford and 3,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 585 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 Bradford?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Bradford: 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, 220 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 Bradford full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 37.5% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Bradford, 60 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 Bradford?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Bradford sets out what that employer asks for.