Van and multi-drop driver jobs in Westmorland and Furness

Multi-drop van work sits squarely inside postal and courier activities, counted at 150 employee jobs in Westmorland and Furness, 0.14% of the 108,000 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, Westmorland and Furness records 1,800 employee jobs, 1.67% of everything counted locally.

UK Business Counts recorded 25 postal and courier activities workplaces in Westmorland and Furness at the March 2025 reference date. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 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 Westmorland and Furness, 5 are part time, 3.8% of the split. The middle across the North West is 7.1%, so Westmorland and Furness sits below it, 19th of 24 areas on this measure. Almost all of the split is full time, which is unusual in parcel work and generally means employed rounds rather than self-employed ones.

Two further counts round out the Westmorland and Furness picture: 150 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, Westmorland and Furness ranks 21st of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 0.28%, against 0.14% in Westmorland and Furness. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.19%. Next to Westmorland and Furness in that order sit Manchester at 0.18% and Tameside at 0.12%.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces employing under 10, Westmorland and Furness ranks 24th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 113, against 25 in Westmorland and Furness. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 145. Next to Westmorland and Furness in that order sit Stockport at 60.

That is the size of the courier trade in Westmorland and Furness, 150 jobs across 25 workplaces, not a count of rounds going spare. Live adverts are listed above and nowhere else on the page.