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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Edinburgh
Edinburgh has 605 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, 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 Edinburgh
What the official data says about Edinburgh
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Edinburgh has 605 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 300 in freight transport by road, and 7.5 tonne work is run out of both.
Parcel and wholesale operations are where most C1 rounds sit. In Edinburgh the courier side alone is 0.16% of the 368,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Edinburgh, median full-time pay was £43,715 a year in 2025. That is the whole local labour market rather than this job, and there is no published local figure for this job to set beside it.
UK Business Counts recorded 140 postal and courier activities workplaces in Edinburgh at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. 130 of them, 92.9%, employ under ten. The handful that do not are where C1 rounds are loaded and dispatched.
Of the postal and courier activities employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Edinburgh, 50 are part time, 7.6% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 18.9%, so Edinburgh sits below it, 24th of 28 areas on this measure. Almost all of it is full time, which for C1 work usually means a fixed round rather than relief cover.
Two further counts round out the Edinburgh picture: 600 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 1,505 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Edinburgh ranks 2nd of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 50, against 605 in Edinburgh. Next to Edinburgh in that order sit North Lanarkshire at 1,300 and Glasgow City at 450.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Edinburgh ranks 6th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 38, against 140 in Edinburgh. Next to Edinburgh in that order sit Aberdeen City at 180 and Fife at 110.
Every figure here counts what exists in Edinburgh: 605 courier jobs across 140 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 605
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 300
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £43,715
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 140
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 10
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 7.6%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.16%
The 7.5 tonne driver role
A 7.5 tonne rigid on category C1 is the bridge between a van and a lorry. The rounds are local, the drop counts are high and the vehicle is small enough to get down streets an artic could not attempt.
7.5 tonne driver jobs in Edinburgh: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Edinburgh?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 300 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Edinburgh and 600 in warehousing and storage, spread across 255 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 7.5 tonne driver earn in Edinburgh?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Edinburgh: 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, 140 postal and courier activities workplaces, and each of them sets its own rates. Every advert on this page carries its own rate.
Is 7.5 tonne driver work in Edinburgh full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 7.6% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Edinburgh, 50 of them. Nothing published says how the live adverts divide, so read the hours on each one.
Do I need experience to apply for 7.5 tonne driver jobs in Edinburgh?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Edinburgh sets out what that employer asks for.