HGV class 2 driver jobs in Bridgend

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Bridgend holds 450 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 700 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Bridgend 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 1,450 employee jobs in Bridgend, out of 56,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 100 freight transport by road workplaces in Bridgend at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 95 of them, 95%, 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 Bridgend, 150 are part time, 33.3% of the split. The middle across Wales is 35.7%, so Bridgend sits below it, 13th of 22 areas on this measure. That is a high part-time share for road freight, which in an area this size usually reflects relief and seasonal rounds rather than a different kind of employer.

Two further counts round out the Bridgend picture: 300 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.54% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Bridgend ranks 6th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 200, against 700 in Bridgend. Next to Bridgend in that order sit Monmouthshire at 800 and Caerphilly at 400.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Bridgend ranks 5th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 8, against 10 in Bridgend. Next to Bridgend in that order sit Wrexham at 15 and Cardiff at 10.

These are 450 jobs and 100 workplaces that exist in Bridgend, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.