HGV class 2 driver jobs in Barnet

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Barnet holds 300 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 75 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Barnet than either number on its own. Warehousing sits below road freight here, which usually means more general haulage and less own-account distribution.

Freight, warehousing and courier work together come to 530 employee jobs in Barnet, out of 136,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 180 freight transport by road workplaces in Barnet 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. 175 of them, 97.2%, employ under ten. Small yards are where most newly passed class 2 drivers get a first year.

Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Barnet, 75 are part time, 23.1% of the split. The middle across London is 20%, so Barnet sits above it, 3rd of 33 areas on this measure. A part-time share around this level usually means relief and weekend rounds counted alongside the permanent drivers.

Two further counts round out the Barnet picture: 155 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.11% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Barnet ranks 28th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 500, against 75 in Barnet. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Barnet in that order sit Lewisham at 100 and Hammersmith and Fulham at 75.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Barnet ranks 21st of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 5, against 0 in Barnet. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Barnet in that order sit Westminster at 5 and Croydon at 0.

These are 300 jobs and 180 workplaces that exist in Barnet, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.