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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Newham
Newham has 520 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 Newham
What the official data says about Newham
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Newham has 520 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 400 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 Newham the courier side alone is 0.38% of the 136,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Newham, median full-time pay was £44,347 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 240 postal and courier activities workplaces in Newham at the March 2025 reference date, 10 of them employing ten people or more. 230 of them, 95.8%, 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 Newham, 55 are part time, 10.5% of the split. The middle across London is 13.5%, so Newham sits below it, 25th 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 Newham picture: 700 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 1,620 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Newham ranks 6th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 155, against 520 in Newham. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Newham in that order sit Southwark at 540 and Tower Hamlets at 510.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Newham ranks 2nd of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 130, against 240 in Newham. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Newham in that order sit Croydon at 265 and Brent at 235.
Every figure here counts what exists in Newham: 520 courier jobs across 240 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 520
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 400
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £44,347
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 240
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 10
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 10.5%
- 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 Newham: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Newham?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 400 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Newham and 700 in warehousing and storage, spread across 490 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 Newham?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Newham: 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, 240 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 Newham full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 10.5% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Newham, 55 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 Newham?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Newham sets out what that employer asks for.