7.5 tonne driver jobs in Richmond upon Thames

C1 rounds straddle two counts. Richmond upon Thames has 25 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 75 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 Richmond upon Thames the courier side alone is 0.03% of the 82,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in Richmond upon Thames, median full-time pay was £41,037 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 30 postal and courier activities workplaces in Richmond upon Thames 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 Richmond upon Thames, 5 are part time, 20% of the split. The middle across London is 13.5%, so Richmond upon Thames sits above it, 3rd of 33 areas on this measure. Courier work carries more part-time hours than haulage, and a share around this level is the ordinary result of evening and weekend rounds.

Two further counts round out the Richmond upon Thames picture: 25 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 125 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Richmond upon Thames ranks 33rd of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 155, against 25 in Richmond upon Thames. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Richmond upon Thames in that order sit Kensington and Chelsea at 25.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Richmond upon Thames ranks 31st of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 130, against 30 in Richmond upon Thames. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Richmond upon Thames in that order sit Hammersmith and Fulham at 40 and Kensington and Chelsea at 25.

Every figure here counts what exists in Richmond upon Thames: 25 courier jobs across 30 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.