HGV class 2 driver jobs in Middlesbrough

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Middlesbrough holds 700 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 200 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Middlesbrough 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 950 employee jobs in Middlesbrough, out of 64,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 25 freight transport by road workplaces in Middlesbrough 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. 15 of them, 60%, employ under ten, well below the usual share. Rigid work shaped like this sits with distribution rather than general haulage: fixed starts, multi-drop, handball.

Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Middlesbrough, 75 are part time, 11.1% of the split. The middle across the North East is 23%, so Middlesbrough sits below it, 12th of 12 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 Middlesbrough picture: 50 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.08% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Middlesbrough ranks 11th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 800, against 200 in Middlesbrough. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Middlesbrough in that order sit North Tyneside at 400 and Newcastle upon Tyne at 75.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Middlesbrough ranks 9th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 8, against 5 in Middlesbrough. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Middlesbrough in that order sit Hartlepool at 5 and Newcastle upon Tyne at 5.

These are 700 jobs and 25 workplaces that exist in Middlesbrough, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.