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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Halton
Halton has 245 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 Halton
What the official data says about Halton
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Halton has 245 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 2,000 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 Halton the courier side alone is 0.38% of the 65,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Halton, median full-time pay was £37,336 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 90 postal and courier activities workplaces in Halton at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten. C1 rounds run out of the few depots, not the long tail.
Of the postal and courier activities employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Halton, 20 are part time, 8.3% of the split. The middle across the North West is 7.1%, so Halton sits above it, 10th of 24 areas on this measure. That is a full-time shape, with part-time hours sitting mostly in evening and weekend parcel work.
Two further counts round out the Halton picture: 2,500 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 4,745 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Halton ranks 17th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 398, against 245 in Halton. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Halton in that order sit Stockport at 260 and Blackburn with Darwen at 175.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Halton ranks 18th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 115, against 90 in Halton. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Halton in that order sit Sefton at 100 and Blackburn with Darwen at 85.
Every figure here counts what exists in Halton: 245 courier jobs across 90 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 245
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 2,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £37,336
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 90
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 0
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 8.3%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.38%
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 Halton: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Halton?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 2,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Halton and 2,500 in warehousing and storage, spread across 295 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 Halton?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Halton: 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, 90 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 Halton full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 8.3% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Halton, 20 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 Halton?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Halton sets out what that employer asks for.