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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Midlothian
Midlothian has 45 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 Midlothian
What the official data says about Midlothian
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Midlothian has 45 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 200 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 Midlothian the courier side alone is 0.14% of the 33,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Midlothian, median full-time pay was £41,161 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 35 postal and courier activities workplaces in Midlothian 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 Midlothian, 10 are part time, 22.2% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 18.9%, so Midlothian sits above it, 11th of 28 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 Midlothian picture: 50 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 295 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Midlothian ranks 18th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 50, against 45 in Midlothian. Next to Midlothian in that order sit Perth and Kinross at 50 and North Ayrshire at 45.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Midlothian ranks 18th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 38, against 35 in Midlothian. Next to Midlothian in that order sit East Dunbartonshire at 35 and East Ayrshire at 30.
Every figure here counts what exists in Midlothian: 45 courier jobs across 35 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 45
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 200
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £41,161
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 35
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 0
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 22.2%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.14%
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 Midlothian: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Midlothian?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 200 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Midlothian and 50 in warehousing and storage, spread across 65 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 Midlothian?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Midlothian: 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, 35 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 Midlothian full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 22.2% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Midlothian, 10 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 Midlothian?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Midlothian sets out what that employer asks for.