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HGV class 2 driver jobs in Glasgow City
Glasgow City 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 Glasgow City
What the official data says about Glasgow City
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Glasgow City holds 1,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 1,000 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Glasgow City 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 2,450 employee jobs in Glasgow City, out of 442,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 110 freight transport by road workplaces in Glasgow City at the March 2025 reference date, 15 of them employing ten people or more. 95 of them, 86.4%, 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 Glasgow City, 400 are part time, 40% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 19.5%, so Glasgow City sits above it, 1st of 32 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 Glasgow City picture: 450 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.1% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Glasgow City ranks 6th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 113, against 1,000 in Glasgow City. Next to Glasgow City in that order sit South Lanarkshire at 1,250 and Renfrewshire at 1,000.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Glasgow City ranks 10th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 5, against 15 in Glasgow City. Next to Glasgow City in that order sit West Lothian at 20 and Angus at 10.
These are 1,000 jobs and 110 workplaces that exist in Glasgow City, 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
- 1,000
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 442,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 110
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 95
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 400
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 2,450
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 Glasgow City: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Glasgow City?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Glasgow City and 1,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 490 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 Glasgow City?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Glasgow City: 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, 110 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 Glasgow City full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 40% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Glasgow City, 400 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 Glasgow City?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Glasgow City sets out what that employer asks for.