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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes has 750 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 Milton Keynes

What the official data says about Milton Keynes

C1 rounds straddle two counts. Milton Keynes has 750 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 1,250 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 Milton Keynes the courier side alone is 0.39% of the 190,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in Milton Keynes, median full-time pay was £41,516 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 180 postal and courier activities workplaces in Milton Keynes at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 175 of them, 97.2%, 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 Milton Keynes, 110 are part time, 14.6% of the split. The middle across the South East is 14.6%, so Milton Keynes sits level with it, 10th of 19 areas on this measure. That is a full-time shape, with part-time hours sitting mostly in evening and weekend parcel work.

Two further counts round out the Milton Keynes picture: 10,000 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 12,000 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Milton Keynes ranks 8th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 625, against 750 in Milton Keynes. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Milton Keynes in that order sit Buckinghamshire at 950 and Southampton at 650.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Milton Keynes ranks 9th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 165, against 180 in Milton Keynes. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Milton Keynes in that order sit Medway at 190 and Buckinghamshire at 165.

Every figure here counts what exists in Milton Keynes: 750 courier jobs across 180 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.

Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
750
Employee jobs in freight transport by road
1,250
Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
£41,516
Postal and courier workplaces
180
Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
5
Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
14.6%
Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
0.39%

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 Milton Keynes: common questions

How big is the logistics sector in Milton Keynes?

The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Milton Keynes and 10,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 545 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 Milton Keynes?

There is no published pay figure for this role in Milton Keynes: 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, 180 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 Milton Keynes full time or part time?

Part-time hours account for 14.6% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Milton Keynes, 110 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 Milton Keynes?

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