Van and multi-drop driver jobs in Orkney Islands

Multi-drop van work sits squarely inside postal and courier activities, counted at 0 employee jobs in Orkney Islands, 0% of the 12,000 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, Orkney Islands records 110 employee jobs, 0.92% of everything counted locally.

UK Business Counts recorded 0 postal and courier activities workplaces in Orkney Islands at the March 2025 reference date.

Two further counts round out the Orkney Islands picture: 10 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 100 employee jobs in freight transport by road.

Measured on postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs, Orkney Islands ranks 31st of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 0.1%, against 0% in Orkney Islands. Next to Orkney Islands in that order sit Inverclyde at 0% and Shetland Islands at 0%.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces employing under 10, Orkney Islands ranks 31st of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 38, against 0 in Orkney Islands. Next to Orkney Islands in that order sit Na h-Eileanan Siar at 0 and Shetland Islands at 0.

That is the size of the courier trade in Orkney Islands, 0 jobs across 0 workplaces, not a count of rounds going spare. Live adverts are listed above and nowhere else on the page.