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7.5 tonne driver jobs in North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire has 1,300 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 Lanarkshire
What the official data says about North Lanarkshire
C1 rounds straddle two counts. North Lanarkshire has 1,300 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 2,000 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 Lanarkshire the courier side alone is 0.99% of the 131,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in North Lanarkshire, median full-time pay was £39,313 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 290 postal and courier activities workplaces in North Lanarkshire at the March 2025 reference date, 15 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 270 of them, 93.1%, employ under ten. The handful that do not are where C1 rounds are loaded and dispatched.
Of the postal and courier activities employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in North Lanarkshire, 190 are part time, 15.5% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 18.9%, so North Lanarkshire sits below it, 19th 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 Lanarkshire picture: 5,000 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 8,300 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, North Lanarkshire ranks 1st of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 50, against 1,300 in North Lanarkshire. Next to North Lanarkshire in that order sit Edinburgh at 605.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, North Lanarkshire ranks 2nd of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 38, against 290 in North Lanarkshire. Next to North Lanarkshire in that order sit Glasgow City at 330 and South Lanarkshire at 205.
Every figure here counts what exists in North Lanarkshire: 1,300 courier jobs across 290 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 1,300
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 2,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £39,313
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 290
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 15
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 15.5%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.99%
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 Lanarkshire: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in North Lanarkshire?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 2,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road in North Lanarkshire and 5,000 in warehousing and storage, spread across 600 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 Lanarkshire?
There is no published pay figure for this role in North Lanarkshire: 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, 290 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 Lanarkshire full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 15.5% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in North Lanarkshire, 190 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 Lanarkshire?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in North Lanarkshire sets out what that employer asks for.