Van and multi-drop driver jobs in Redcar and Cleveland

Multi-drop van work sits squarely inside postal and courier activities, counted at 15 employee jobs in Redcar and Cleveland, 0.04% of the 40,000 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, Redcar and Cleveland records 1,915 employee jobs, 4.79% of everything counted locally.

UK Business Counts recorded 15 postal and courier activities workplaces in Redcar and Cleveland 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 Redcar and Cleveland, 15 are part time, 100% of the split. The middle across the North East is 71.8%, so Redcar and Cleveland sits above it, 4th 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 Redcar and Cleveland picture: 900 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 1,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road.

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

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces employing under 10, Redcar and Cleveland ranks 12th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 93, against 15 in Redcar and Cleveland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 145. Next to Redcar and Cleveland in that order sit Darlington at 30.

That is the size of the courier trade in Redcar and Cleveland, 15 jobs across 15 workplaces, not a count of rounds going spare. Live adverts are listed above and nowhere else on the page.