HGV class 2 driver jobs in Wirral

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. Wirral holds 350 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 700 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in Wirral 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 1,120 employee jobs in Wirral, out of 103,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 70 freight transport by road workplaces in Wirral at the March 2025 reference date, 0 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 65 of them, 92.9%, 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 Wirral, 75 are part time, 20% of the split. The middle across the North West is 15.8%, so Wirral sits above it, 6th 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 Wirral picture: 70 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.07% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, Wirral ranks 16th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 1,375, against 700 in Wirral. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to Wirral in that order sit Salford at 800 and Blackburn with Darwen at 600.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, Wirral ranks 24th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 15, against 0 in Wirral. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to Wirral in that order sit Blackpool at 0.

These are 350 jobs and 70 workplaces that exist in Wirral, not roles being advertised. What is open right now is the live list above, and nothing else on this page.