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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees has 360 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 Stockton-on-Tees
What the official data says about Stockton-on-Tees
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Stockton-on-Tees has 360 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 2,250 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 Stockton-on-Tees the courier side alone is 0.43% of the 84,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Stockton-on-Tees, median full-time pay was £36,599 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 55 postal and courier activities workplaces in Stockton-on-Tees at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 50 of them, 90.9%, employ under ten. The handful that do not are where C1 rounds are loaded and dispatched.
Of the postal and courier activities employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Stockton-on-Tees, 210 are part time, 62.7% of the split. The middle across the North East is 71.8%, so Stockton-on-Tees sits below it, 8th 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 Stockton-on-Tees picture: 2,500 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 5,110 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Stockton-on-Tees ranks 4th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 100, against 360 in Stockton-on-Tees. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Stockton-on-Tees in that order sit South Tyneside at 410 and Sunderland at 175.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Stockton-on-Tees ranks 8th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 93, against 55 in Stockton-on-Tees. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Stockton-on-Tees in that order sit Northumberland at 85 and Middlesbrough at 40.
Every figure here counts what exists in Stockton-on-Tees: 360 courier jobs across 55 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 360
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 2,250
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £36,599
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 55
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 5
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 62.7%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.43%
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 Stockton-on-Tees: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Stockton-on-Tees?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 2,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Stockton-on-Tees and 2,500 in warehousing and storage, spread across 155 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 Stockton-on-Tees?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Stockton-on-Tees: 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, 55 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 Stockton-on-Tees full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 62.7% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Stockton-on-Tees, 210 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 Stockton-on-Tees?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Stockton-on-Tees sets out what that employer asks for.