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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Lewisham

Lewisham has 120 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 Lewisham

What the official data says about Lewisham

C1 rounds straddle two counts. Lewisham has 120 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 100 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 Lewisham the courier side alone is 0.17% of the 69,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in Lewisham, median full-time pay was £42,962 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 145 postal and courier activities workplaces in Lewisham 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. 140 of them, 96.6%, 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 Lewisham, 20 are part time, 18.2% of the split. The middle across London is 13.5%, so Lewisham sits above it, 6th 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 Lewisham picture: 100 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 320 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Lewisham ranks 21st of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 155, against 120 in Lewisham. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Lewisham in that order sit Havering at 125 and Redbridge at 115.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Lewisham ranks 13th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 130, against 145 in Lewisham. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Lewisham in that order sit Harrow at 165 and Waltham Forest at 135.

Every figure here counts what exists in Lewisham: 120 courier jobs across 145 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.

Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
120
Employee jobs in freight transport by road
100
Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
£42,962
Postal and courier workplaces
145
Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
0
Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
18.2%
Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
0.17%

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 Lewisham: common questions

How big is the logistics sector in Lewisham?

The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 100 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Lewisham and 100 in warehousing and storage, spread across 215 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 Lewisham?

There is no published pay figure for this role in Lewisham: 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, 145 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 Lewisham full time or part time?

Part-time hours account for 18.2% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Lewisham, 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 Lewisham?

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