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HGV class 2 driver jobs in Falkirk
Falkirk has 1,000 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 Falkirk
What the official data says about Falkirk
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Falkirk holds 1,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 1,500 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Falkirk 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 2,550 employee jobs in Falkirk, out of 71,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 80 freight transport by road workplaces in Falkirk at the March 2025 reference date, 20 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 65 of them, 81.3%, employ under ten, below the usual share, so rigid work leans towards operators big enough for fixed rounds.
Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Falkirk, 100 are part time, 10% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 19.5%, so Falkirk sits below it, 30th of 32 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 Falkirk picture: 50 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.07% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Falkirk ranks 4th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 113, against 1,500 in Falkirk. Next to Falkirk in that order sit Fife at 3,500 and South Lanarkshire at 1,250.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Falkirk ranks 7th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 5, against 20 in Falkirk. Next to Falkirk in that order sit Aberdeen City at 20 and Fife at 20.
These are 1,000 jobs and 80 workplaces that exist in Falkirk, 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
- 1,000
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 1,500
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 71,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 80
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 65
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 100
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 2,550
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 Falkirk: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Falkirk?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Falkirk and 1,500 in warehousing and storage, spread across 185 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 Falkirk?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Falkirk: 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, 80 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 Falkirk full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 10% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Falkirk, 100 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 Falkirk?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Falkirk sets out what that employer asks for.