7.5 tonne driver jobs in Sandwell

C1 rounds straddle two counts. Sandwell has 3,075 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 3,000 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 Sandwell the courier side alone is 2.46% of the 125,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in Sandwell, median full-time pay was £33,636 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 350 postal and courier activities workplaces in Sandwell at the March 2025 reference date, 15 of them employing ten people or more. 335 of them, 95.7%, 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 Sandwell, 305 are part time, 9% of the split. The middle across the West Midlands is 8.9%, so Sandwell sits level with it, 7th of 14 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 Sandwell picture: 2,000 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 8,075 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Sandwell ranks 2nd of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 615, against 3,075 in Sandwell. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Sandwell in that order sit Warwickshire at 4,520 and Staffordshire at 1,260.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Sandwell ranks 2nd of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 230, against 350 in Sandwell. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Sandwell in that order sit Birmingham at 740 and Coventry at 310.

Every figure here counts what exists in Sandwell: 3,075 courier jobs across 350 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.