HGV class 2 driver jobs in Somerset

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Somerset holds 3,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 3,000 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Somerset 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 6,305 employee jobs in Somerset, out of 244,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 340 freight transport by road workplaces in Somerset at the March 2025 reference date, 45 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 290 of them, 85.3%, 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 Somerset, 600 are part time, 21.1% of the split. The middle across the South West is 24.4%, so Somerset sits below it, 12th of 14 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 Somerset picture: 305 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.13% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Somerset ranks 4th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 1,500, against 3,000 in Somerset. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Somerset in that order sit Bristol, City of at 6,000 and Wiltshire at 2,500.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Somerset ranks 2nd of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 20, against 45 in Somerset. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Somerset in that order sit Devon at 65 and Gloucestershire at 40.

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