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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Knowsley
Knowsley has 420 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 Knowsley
What the official data says about Knowsley
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Knowsley has 420 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 900 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 Knowsley the courier side alone is 0.64% of the 66,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Knowsley, median full-time pay was £39,064 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 105 postal and courier activities workplaces in Knowsley 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. 100 of them, 95.2%, 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 Knowsley, 20 are part time, 4.5% of the split. The middle across the North West is 7.1%, so Knowsley sits below it, 18th of 24 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 Knowsley picture: 3,000 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 4,320 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Knowsley ranks 12th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 398, against 420 in Knowsley. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Knowsley in that order sit Cheshire West and Chester at 525 and Rochdale at 375.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Knowsley ranks 16th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 115, against 105 in Knowsley. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Knowsley in that order sit Wirral at 110 and Sefton at 100.
Every figure here counts what exists in Knowsley: 420 courier jobs across 105 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 420
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 900
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £39,064
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 105
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 0
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 4.5%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.64%
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 Knowsley: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Knowsley?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 900 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Knowsley and 3,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 245 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 Knowsley?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Knowsley: 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, 105 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 Knowsley full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 4.5% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Knowsley, 20 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 Knowsley?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Knowsley sets out what that employer asks for.