7.5 tonne driver jobs in Islington

C1 rounds straddle two counts. Islington has 100 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 150 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 Islington the courier side alone is 0.04% of the 265,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in Islington, median full-time pay was £53,185 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 80 postal and courier activities workplaces in Islington 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 Islington, 20 are part time, 17.4% of the split. The middle across London is 13.5%, so Islington sits above it, 7th of 33 areas on this measure. Courier work carries more part-time hours than haulage, and a share around this level is the ordinary result of evening and weekend rounds.

Two further counts round out the Islington picture: 125 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 375 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Islington ranks 24th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 155, against 100 in Islington. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Islington in that order sit Bromley at 100 and Hammersmith and Fulham at 85.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Islington ranks 24th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 130, against 80 in Islington. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Islington in that order sit Westminster at 85 and Bromley at 75.

Every figure here counts what exists in Islington: 100 courier jobs across 80 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.