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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Hounslow
Hounslow has 1,375 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 Hounslow
What the official data says about Hounslow
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Hounslow has 1,375 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 1,000 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 Hounslow the courier side alone is 0.85% of the 162,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Hounslow, median full-time pay was £43,068 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 195 postal and courier activities workplaces in Hounslow at the March 2025 reference date, 20 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 180 of them, 92.3%, 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 Hounslow, 115 are part time, 9.5% of the split. The middle across London is 13.5%, so Hounslow sits below it, 28th of 33 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 Hounslow picture: 600 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 2,975 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Hounslow ranks 1st of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 155, against 1,375 in Hounslow. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Hounslow in that order sit Hillingdon at 1,075.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Hounslow ranks 8th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 130, against 195 in Hounslow. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Hounslow in that order sit Hillingdon at 200 and Barking and Dagenham at 180.
Every figure here counts what exists in Hounslow: 1,375 courier jobs across 195 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 1,375
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 1,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £43,068
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 195
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 20
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 9.5%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.85%
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 Hounslow: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Hounslow?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Hounslow and 600 in warehousing and storage, spread across 565 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 Hounslow?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Hounslow: 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, 195 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 Hounslow full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 9.5% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Hounslow, 115 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 Hounslow?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Hounslow sets out what that employer asks for.