7.5 tonne driver jobs in Middlesbrough

C1 rounds straddle two counts. Middlesbrough has 50 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 700 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 Middlesbrough the courier side alone is 0.08% of the 64,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in Middlesbrough, median full-time pay was £34,000 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 40 postal and courier activities workplaces in Middlesbrough 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 Middlesbrough, 35 are part time, 63.6% of the split. The middle across the North East is 71.8%, so Middlesbrough sits below it, 7th of 12 areas on this measure. More of the split is part time than full time. That is a real feature of parcel work in some areas, so read the hours on the advert rather than assuming a full week.

Two further counts round out the Middlesbrough picture: 200 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 950 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Middlesbrough ranks 10th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 100, against 50 in Middlesbrough. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Middlesbrough in that order sit Northumberland at 55 and Hartlepool at 15.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Middlesbrough ranks 9th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 93, against 40 in Middlesbrough. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Middlesbrough in that order sit Stockton-on-Tees at 55 and Darlington at 35.

Every figure here counts what exists in Middlesbrough: 50 courier jobs across 40 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.