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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Derby
Derby has 60 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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What the official data says about Derby
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Derby has 60 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 600 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 Derby the courier side alone is 0.04% of the 138,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Derby, median full-time pay was £41,924 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 155 postal and courier activities workplaces in Derby at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 150 of them, 96.8%, 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 Derby, 5 are part time, 7.7% of the split. The middle across the East Midlands is 8.5%, so Derby sits level with it, 6th of 9 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 Derby picture: 1,000 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 1,660 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Derby ranks 9th of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 400, against 60 in Derby. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Derby in that order sit Nottingham at 240 and Rutland at 0.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Derby ranks 9th of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 273, against 155 in Derby. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Derby in that order sit Nottingham at 195 and Rutland at 5.
Every figure here counts what exists in Derby: 60 courier jobs across 155 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 60
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 600
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £41,924
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 155
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 5
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 7.7%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.04%
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 Derby: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Derby?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 600 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Derby and 1,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 430 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 Derby?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Derby: 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, 155 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 Derby full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 7.7% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Derby, 5 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 Derby?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Derby sets out what that employer asks for.