HGV class 2 driver jobs in Vale of Glamorgan

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Vale of Glamorgan holds 350 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 175 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Vale of Glamorgan 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 535 employee jobs in Vale of Glamorgan, out of 42,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 45 freight transport by road workplaces in Vale of Glamorgan at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 35 of them, 77.8%, 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 Vale of Glamorgan, 125 are part time, 35.7% of the split. The middle across Wales is 35.7%, so Vale of Glamorgan sits level with it, 12th of 22 areas on this measure. That is a high part-time share for road freight, which in an area this size usually reflects relief and seasonal rounds rather than a different kind of employer.

Two further counts round out the Vale of Glamorgan picture: 10 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.02% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Vale of Glamorgan ranks 13th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 200, against 175 in Vale of Glamorgan. Next to Vale of Glamorgan in that order sit Torfaen at 175 and Carmarthenshire at 150.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Vale of Glamorgan ranks 17th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 8, against 5 in Vale of Glamorgan. Next to Vale of Glamorgan in that order sit Torfaen at 5 and Blaenau Gwent at 0.

These are 350 jobs and 45 workplaces that exist in Vale of Glamorgan, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.