7.5 tonne driver jobs in Rochdale

C1 rounds straddle two counts. Rochdale has 375 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 1,750 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 Rochdale the courier side alone is 0.43% of the 87,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in Rochdale, median full-time pay was £33,558 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 125 postal and courier activities workplaces in Rochdale at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 120 of them, 96%, 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 Rochdale, 30 are part time, 7.4% of the split. The middle across the North West is 7.1%, so Rochdale sits level with it, 12th 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 Rochdale picture: 3,000 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 5,125 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Rochdale ranks 13th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 398, against 375 in Rochdale. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Rochdale in that order sit Knowsley at 420 and Trafford at 360.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Rochdale ranks 11th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 115, against 125 in Rochdale. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Rochdale in that order sit Oldham at 130 and Cheshire West and Chester at 120.

Every figure here counts what exists in Rochdale: 375 courier jobs across 125 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.