HGV and logistics driving in Yorkshire and The Humber
7.5 tonne driver jobs in Sheffield
Sheffield has 425 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 Sheffield
What the official data says about Sheffield
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Sheffield has 425 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 800 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 Sheffield the courier side alone is 0.16% of the 267,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Sheffield, median full-time pay was £37,074 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 320 postal and courier activities workplaces in Sheffield at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 315 of them, 98.4%, 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 Sheffield, 85 are part time, 21.3% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 26.2%, so Sheffield sits below it, 9th of 15 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 Sheffield picture: 2,250 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 3,475 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Sheffield ranks 4th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 190, against 425 in Sheffield. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Sheffield in that order sit Wakefield at 525 and Kirklees at 370.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Sheffield ranks 3rd of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 180, against 320 in Sheffield. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Sheffield in that order sit Doncaster at 415 and Wakefield at 240.
Every figure here counts what exists in Sheffield: 425 courier jobs across 320 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 425
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 800
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £37,074
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 320
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 5
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 21.3%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.16%
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 Sheffield: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Sheffield?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 800 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Sheffield and 2,250 in warehousing and storage, spread across 615 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 Sheffield?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Sheffield: 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, 320 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 Sheffield full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 21.3% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Sheffield, 85 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 Sheffield?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Sheffield sets out what that employer asks for.