7.5 tonne driver jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne

C1 rounds straddle two counts. Newcastle upon Tyne has 95 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 225 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 Newcastle upon Tyne the courier side alone is 0.05% of the 200,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in Newcastle upon Tyne, median full-time pay was £36,726 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 135 postal and courier activities workplaces in Newcastle upon Tyne at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 130 of them, 96.3%, employ 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 Newcastle upon Tyne, 90 are part time, 90% of the split. The middle across the North East is 71.8%, so Newcastle upon Tyne sits above it, 5th 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 Newcastle upon Tyne picture: 75 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 395 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Newcastle upon Tyne ranks 7th of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 100, against 95 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Newcastle upon Tyne in that order sit Darlington at 105 and North Tyneside at 85.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Newcastle upon Tyne ranks 3rd of the 12 areas in the North East. The middle across the North East is 93, against 135 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Newcastle upon Tyne in that order sit Sunderland at 210 and Gateshead at 130.

Every figure here counts what exists in Newcastle upon Tyne: 95 courier jobs across 135 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.