Van and multi-drop driver jobs in Northumberland

Multi-drop van work sits squarely inside postal and courier activities, counted at 55 employee jobs in Northumberland, 0.05% of the 111,000 employee jobs in the area.

Parcel volume follows population and depot placement rather than local industry, so an area with a sorting hub in it carries a count well above its size. Taking freight, warehousing and courier work together, Northumberland records 2,255 employee jobs, 2.03% of everything counted locally.

UK Business Counts recorded 85 postal and courier activities workplaces in Northumberland at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten. A one-person courier operation is usually an owner-driver, and an owner-driver round is a contract, not a job.

Of the postal and courier activities employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Northumberland, 55 are part time, 100% of the split. The middle across the North East is 71.8%, so Northumberland sits above it, 3rd of 12 areas on this measure. Part-time hours outweigh full-time ones in the local split. Ask what a round actually pays across a full week before reading an advertised day rate as a wage.

Two further counts round out the Northumberland picture: 700 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 1,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road.

Measured on postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs, Northumberland ranks 11th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 0.13%, against 0.05% in Northumberland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.19%. Next to Northumberland in that order sit Newcastle upon Tyne at 0.05% and Redcar and Cleveland at 0.04%.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces employing under 10, Northumberland ranks 7th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 93, against 85 in Northumberland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 145. Next to Northumberland in that order sit North Tyneside at 100 and Stockton-on-Tees at 50.

That is the size of the courier trade in Northumberland, 55 jobs across 85 workplaces, not a count of rounds going spare. Live adverts are listed above and nowhere else on the page.