HGV and logistics driving in North West
HGV class 2 driver jobs in Trafford
Trafford has 2,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road, on the most recent business survey. Below are the published figures for the area, and every advert on this site for the role right now.
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Published figures for Trafford
What the official data says about Trafford
Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Trafford holds 2,000 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 Trafford 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 4,610 employee jobs in Trafford, out of 165,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.
UK Business Counts recorded 110 freight transport by road workplaces in Trafford at the March 2025 reference date, 30 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 75 of them, 68.2%, employ under ten, well below the usual share. Rigid work shaped like this sits with distribution rather than general haulage: fixed starts, multi-drop, handball.
Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Trafford, 225 are part time, 11.4% of the split. The middle across the North West is 15.8%, so Trafford sits below it, 20th of 24 areas on this measure. That is a normal full-time shape for rigid work, with part-time hours mostly in weekend and relief cover.
Two further counts round out the Trafford picture: 360 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.22% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.
Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Trafford ranks 11th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 1,375, against 2,250 in Trafford. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Trafford in that order sit Manchester at 2,500 and Cheshire West and Chester at 1,500.
On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Trafford ranks 6th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 15, against 30 in Trafford. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Trafford in that order sit Halton at 30 and Wigan at 25.
These are 2,000 jobs and 110 workplaces that exist in Trafford, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 2,000
- Employee jobs in warehousing and storage
- 2,250
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 165,000
- Freight transport by road workplaces
- 110
- Freight transport by road workplaces employing under 10
- 75
- Part-time employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 225
- Employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work
- 4,610
The class 2 driver role
Class 2 is category C: a rigid over 7.5 tonnes, everything from a curtainsider to a tipper to a bin lorry. Most of the work is regional, multi-drop and hands on, and most drivers are home every night.
HGV class 2 driver jobs in Trafford: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Trafford?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 2,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Trafford and 2,250 in warehousing and storage, spread across 265 freight, warehousing and courier workplaces on the 2025 business register. Those are jobs and workplaces that exist in the area, not jobs being advertised.
What does a class 2 driver earn in Trafford?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Trafford: earnings are not broken down by occupation at local authority level anywhere in the official statistics, so anybody quoting one has estimated it. What is published is the size of the trade here, 110 freight transport by road workplaces, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is class 2 driver work in Trafford full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 11.4% of the freight transport by road jobs counted either way in Trafford, 225 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for hgv class 2 driver jobs in Trafford?
Category C licence. Driver CPC card, 35 hours of periodic training every five years. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Trafford sets out what that employer asks for.