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HGV class 2 driver jobs in Rutland
Rutland has 250 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 Rutland
What the official data says about Rutland
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Rutland holds 250 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 50 in warehousing and storage.
The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Rutland 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 300 employee jobs in Rutland, out of 16,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 15 freight transport by road workplaces in Rutland at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 10 of them, 66.7%, 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 Rutland, 40 are part time, 16.7% of the split. The middle across the East Midlands is 20.3%, so Rutland sits below it, 8th of 10 areas on this measure. A part-time share around this level usually means relief and weekend rounds counted alongside the permanent drivers.
Two further counts round out the Rutland picture: 0 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Rutland ranks 10th of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 4,125, against 50 in Rutland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Rutland in that order sit Nottingham at 1,000.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Rutland ranks 10th of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 53, against 5 in Rutland. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Rutland in that order sit Nottingham at 5.
These are 250 jobs and 15 workplaces that exist in Rutland, 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
- 250
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 50
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 16,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 15
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 10
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 40
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 300
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 Rutland: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Rutland?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 250 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Rutland and 50 in warehousing and storage, spread across 30 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 Rutland?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Rutland: 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, 15 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 Rutland full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 16.7% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Rutland, 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 Rutland?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Rutland sets out what that employer asks for.