HGV and logistics driving in West Midlands
7.5 tonne driver jobs in Telford and Wrekin
Telford and Wrekin has 105 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 Telford and Wrekin
What the official data says about Telford and Wrekin
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Telford and Wrekin has 105 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 1,250 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 Telford and Wrekin the courier side alone is 0.12% of the 91,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Telford and Wrekin, median full-time pay was £36,532 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 75 postal and courier activities workplaces in Telford and Wrekin at the March 2025 reference date, 0 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 70 of them, 93.3%, 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 Telford and Wrekin, 10 are part time, 8.7% of the split. The middle across the West Midlands is 8.9%, so Telford and Wrekin sits level with it, 8th 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 Telford and Wrekin picture: 2,500 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 3,855 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Telford and Wrekin ranks 13th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 615, against 105 in Telford and Wrekin. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Telford and Wrekin in that order sit Herefordshire, County of at 110 and Dudley at 100.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Telford and Wrekin ranks 12th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 230, against 75 in Telford and Wrekin. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Telford and Wrekin in that order sit Solihull at 80 and Herefordshire, County of at 45.
Every figure here counts what exists in Telford and Wrekin: 105 courier jobs across 75 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 105
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 1,250
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £36,532
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 75
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 0
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 8.7%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.12%
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 Telford and Wrekin: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Telford and Wrekin?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,250 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Telford and Wrekin and 2,500 in warehousing and storage, spread across 275 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 Telford and Wrekin?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Telford and Wrekin: 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, 75 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 Telford and Wrekin full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 8.7% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Telford and Wrekin, 10 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 Telford and Wrekin?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Telford and Wrekin sets out what that employer asks for.