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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Kensington and Chelsea

Kensington and Chelsea has 25 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 Kensington and Chelsea

What the official data says about Kensington and Chelsea

C1 rounds straddle two counts. Kensington and Chelsea has 25 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 50 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 Kensington and Chelsea the courier side alone is 0.02% of the 124,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in Kensington and Chelsea, median full-time pay was £45,600 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 25 postal and courier activities workplaces in Kensington and Chelsea 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 Kensington and Chelsea, 5 are part time, 20% of the split. The middle across London is 13.5%, so Kensington and Chelsea sits above it, 2nd of 33 areas on this measure. Courier work carries more part-time hours than haulage, and a share around this level is the ordinary result of evening and weekend rounds.

Two further counts round out the Kensington and Chelsea picture: 50 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 125 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Kensington and Chelsea ranks 32nd of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 155, against 25 in Kensington and Chelsea. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Kensington and Chelsea in that order sit City of London at 30 and Richmond upon Thames at 25.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Kensington and Chelsea ranks 32nd of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 130, against 25 in Kensington and Chelsea. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Kensington and Chelsea in that order sit Richmond upon Thames at 30 and City of London at 0.

Every figure here counts what exists in Kensington and Chelsea: 25 courier jobs across 25 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.

Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
25
Employee jobs in freight transport by road
50
Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
£45,600
Postal and courier workplaces
25
Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
0
Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
20%
Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
0.02%

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.

Full guide to 7.5 tonne driver jobs

7.5 tonne driver jobs in Kensington and Chelsea: common questions

How big is the logistics sector in Kensington and Chelsea?

The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 50 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Kensington and Chelsea and 50 in warehousing and storage, spread across 50 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 Kensington and Chelsea?

There is no published pay figure for this role in Kensington and Chelsea: 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, 25 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 Kensington and Chelsea full time or part time?

Part-time hours account for 20% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Kensington and Chelsea, 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 Kensington and Chelsea?

Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Kensington and Chelsea sets out what that employer asks for.