HGV class 2 driver jobs in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole holds 800 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 900 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole than either number on its own. Warehousing outweighs road freight here, which usually means more distribution running out of large sites.

Freight, warehousing and courier work together come to 1,780 employee jobs in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, out of 186,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 140 freight transport by road workplaces in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 130 of them, 92.9%, employ under ten. Small yards take newly passed drivers; the larger ones set the shift patterns.

Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 200 are part time, 25% of the split. The middle across the South West is 24.4%, so Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole sits level with it, 7th of 14 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 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole picture: 80 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.04% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole ranks 10th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 1,500, against 900 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in that order sit Cornwall at 1,000 and Plymouth at 500.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole ranks 12th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 20, against 5 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in that order sit Bath and North East Somerset at 5 and Plymouth at 5.

These are 800 jobs and 140 workplaces that exist in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.