HGV class 2 driver jobs in Walsall

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Walsall holds 1,750 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 2,000 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Walsall 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 4,785 employee jobs in Walsall, out of 98,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 430 freight transport by road workplaces in Walsall at the March 2025 reference date, 25 of them employing ten people or more. 405 of them, 94.2%, 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 Walsall, 400 are part time, 21.1% of the split. The middle across the West Midlands is 18.8%, so Walsall sits above it, 2nd of 14 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 Walsall picture: 1,035 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 1.06% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Walsall ranks 10th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 2,750, against 2,000 in Walsall. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Walsall in that order sit Sandwell at 2,000 and Shropshire at 1,500.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Walsall ranks 9th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 28, against 25 in Walsall. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Walsall in that order sit Stoke-on-Trent at 25 and Wolverhampton at 25.

These are 1,750 jobs and 430 workplaces that exist in Walsall, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.