HGV class 2 driver jobs in Tameside

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Tameside holds 600 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 200 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Tameside 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 885 employee jobs in Tameside, out of 70,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 110 freight transport by road workplaces in Tameside at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. 100 of them, 90.9%, 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 Tameside, 125 are part time, 21.7% of the split. The middle across the North West is 15.8%, so Tameside sits above it, 4th of 24 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 Tameside picture: 85 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.12% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Tameside ranks 22nd of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 1,375, against 200 in Tameside. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Tameside in that order sit Blackpool at 200 and Stockport at 150.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Tameside ranks 19th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 15, against 10 in Tameside. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Tameside in that order sit Bury at 10 and Salford at 5.

These are 600 jobs and 110 workplaces that exist in Tameside, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.