HGV and logistics driving in Wales
HGV class 2 driver jobs in Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot has 300 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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What the official data says about Neath Port Talbot
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Neath Port Talbot holds 300 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 2,000 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Neath Port Talbot 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 2,405 employee jobs in Neath Port Talbot, out of 48,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 45 freight transport by road workplaces in Neath Port Talbot 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. 35 of them, 77.8%, 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 Neath Port Talbot, 40 are part time, 13.8% of the split. The middle across Wales is 35.7%, so Neath Port Talbot sits below it, 21st of 22 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 Neath Port Talbot picture: 105 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.22% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Neath Port Talbot ranks 1st of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 200, against 2,000 in Neath Port Talbot. Next to Neath Port Talbot in that order sit Flintshire at 1,500.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Neath Port Talbot ranks 15th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 8, against 5 in Neath Port Talbot. Next to Neath Port Talbot in that order sit Gwynedd at 5 and Torfaen at 5.
These are 300 jobs and 45 workplaces that exist in Neath Port Talbot, 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
- 300
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 2,000
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 48,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 45
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 35
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 40
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 2,405
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 Neath Port Talbot: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Neath Port Talbot?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 300 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Neath Port Talbot and 2,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 155 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 Neath Port Talbot?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Neath Port Talbot: 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, 45 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 Neath Port Talbot full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 13.8% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Neath Port Talbot, 40 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 Neath Port Talbot?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Neath Port Talbot sets out what that employer asks for.