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HGV class 2 driver jobs in Doncaster
Doncaster has 2,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road, on the most recent business survey. Below are the published figures for the area, and every advert on this site for the role right now.
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Published figures for Doncaster
What the official data says about Doncaster
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Doncaster holds 2,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 10,000 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Doncaster 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 12,700 employee jobs in Doncaster, out of 131,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 745 freight transport by road workplaces in Doncaster at the March 2025 reference date, 25 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 715 of them, 96%, 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 Doncaster, 225 are part time, 9.1% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 13%, so Doncaster sits below it, 14th of 15 areas on this measure. That is a normal full-time shape for rigid work, with part-time hours mostly in weekend and relief cover.
Two further counts round out the Doncaster picture: 200 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.15% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Doncaster ranks 2nd of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 2,250, against 10,000 in Doncaster. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Doncaster in that order sit Wakefield at 13,000 and Leeds at 5,000.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Doncaster ranks 9th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 25, against 25 in Doncaster. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Doncaster in that order sit Bradford at 25 and Hull at 25.
These are 2,500 jobs and 745 workplaces that exist in Doncaster, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 2,500
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 10,000
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 131,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 745
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 715
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 225
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 12,700
The class 2 driver role
Class 2 is category C: a rigid over 7.5 tonnes, everything from a curtainsider to a tipper to a bin lorry. Most of the work is regional, multi-drop and hands on, and most drivers are home every night.
HGV class 2 driver jobs in Doncaster: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Doncaster?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 2,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Doncaster and 10,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 1,235 freight, warehousing and courier workplaces on the 2025 business register. Those are jobs and workplaces that exist in the area, not jobs being advertised.
What does a class 2 driver earn in Doncaster?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Doncaster: earnings are not broken down by occupation at local authority level anywhere in the official statistics, so anybody quoting one has estimated it. What is published is the size of the trade here, 745 freight transport by road workplaces, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is class 2 driver work in Doncaster full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 9.1% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Doncaster, 225 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for hgv class 2 driver jobs in Doncaster?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Doncaster sets out what that employer asks for.