HGV class 2 driver jobs in Suffolk

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Suffolk holds 6,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 4,000 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Suffolk 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 10,625 employee jobs in Suffolk, out of 339,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 1,030 freight transport by road workplaces in Suffolk at the March 2025 reference date, 100 of them employing ten people or more. 930 of them, 90.3%, 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 Suffolk, 1,250 are part time, 21.7% of the split. The middle across the East of England is 25%, so Suffolk sits below it, 8th of 11 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 Suffolk picture: 625 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.18% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Suffolk ranks 6th of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 4,000, against 4,000 in Suffolk. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Suffolk in that order sit Peterborough at 5,000 and Bedford at 3,500.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Suffolk ranks 2nd of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 50, against 100 in Suffolk. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Suffolk in that order sit Essex at 100 and Norfolk at 65.

These are 6,000 jobs and 1,030 workplaces that exist in Suffolk, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.