HGV class 2 driver jobs in Sheffield

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Sheffield holds 800 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 2,250 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Sheffield 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 3,475 employee jobs in Sheffield, out of 267,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 250 freight transport by road workplaces in Sheffield at the March 2025 reference date, 15 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 230 of them, 92%, employ under ten. Small yards take newly passed drivers; the larger ones set the shift patterns.

Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Sheffield, 125 are part time, 17.2% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 13%, so Sheffield sits above it, 2nd of 15 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 Sheffield picture: 425 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.16% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Sheffield ranks 9th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 2,250, against 2,250 in Sheffield. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Sheffield in that order sit Rotherham at 2,250 and Kirklees at 2,000.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Sheffield ranks 13th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 25, against 15 in Sheffield. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Sheffield in that order sit Barnsley at 15 and Calderdale at 10.

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