7.5 tonne driver jobs in North Tyneside

C1 rounds straddle two counts. North Tyneside has 85 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 500 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 North Tyneside the courier side alone is 0.1% of the 88,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in North Tyneside, median full-time pay was £37,005 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 100 postal and courier activities workplaces in North Tyneside 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 North Tyneside, 85 are part time, 100% of the split. The middle across the North East is 71.8%, so North Tyneside sits above it, 2nd of 12 areas on this measure. More of the split is part time than full time. That is a real feature of parcel work in some areas, so read the hours on the advert rather than assuming a full week.

Two further counts round out the North Tyneside picture: 400 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 985 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, North Tyneside ranks 8th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 100, against 85 in North Tyneside. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to North Tyneside in that order sit Newcastle upon Tyne at 95 and Northumberland at 55.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, North Tyneside ranks 6th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 93, against 100 in North Tyneside. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to North Tyneside in that order sit South Tyneside at 110 and Northumberland at 85.

Every figure here counts what exists in North Tyneside: 85 courier jobs across 100 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.