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7.5 tonne driver jobs in North Ayrshire
North Ayrshire has 45 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 North Ayrshire
What the official data says about North Ayrshire
C1 rounds straddle two counts. North Ayrshire has 45 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 125 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 North Ayrshire the courier side alone is 0.11% of the 41,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in North Ayrshire, median full-time pay was £40,730 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 North Ayrshire 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 North Ayrshire, 5 are part time, 12.5% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 18.9%, so North Ayrshire sits below it, 23rd of 28 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 North Ayrshire picture: 225 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, North Ayrshire ranks 19th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 50, against 45 in North Ayrshire. Next to North Ayrshire in that order sit Midlothian at 45 and Moray at 40.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, North Ayrshire ranks 16th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 38, against 40 in North Ayrshire. Next to North Ayrshire in that order sit Perth and Kinross at 45 and East Dunbartonshire at 35.
Every figure here counts what exists in North Ayrshire: 45 courier jobs across 40 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 45
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 125
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £40,730
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 40
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 0
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 12.5%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.11%
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 North Ayrshire: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in North Ayrshire?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 125 employee jobs in freight transport by road in North Ayrshire and 225 in warehousing and storage, spread across 90 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 North Ayrshire?
There is no published pay figure for this role in North Ayrshire: 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, 40 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 North Ayrshire full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 12.5% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in North Ayrshire, 5 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 North Ayrshire?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in North Ayrshire sets out what that employer asks for.