HGV class 2 driver jobs in Thurrock

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Thurrock holds 4,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 10,000 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Thurrock 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 14,475 employee jobs in Thurrock, out of 79,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 750 freight transport by road workplaces in Thurrock at the March 2025 reference date, 65 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 680 of them, 90.7%, 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 Thurrock, 1,000 are part time, 25% of the split. The middle across the East of England is 25%, so Thurrock sits level with it, 6th 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 Thurrock picture: 475 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.6% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Thurrock ranks 1st of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 4,000, against 10,000 in Thurrock. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Thurrock in that order sit Central Bedfordshire at 7,000.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Thurrock ranks 4th of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 50, against 65 in Thurrock. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Thurrock in that order sit Norfolk at 65 and Cambridgeshire at 50.

These are 4,000 jobs and 750 workplaces that exist in Thurrock, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.