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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Sefton
Sefton has 175 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 Sefton
What the official data says about Sefton
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Sefton has 175 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 450 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 Sefton the courier side alone is 0.2% of the 89,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Sefton, median full-time pay was £33,028 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 100 postal and courier activities workplaces in Sefton 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 Sefton, 10 are part time, 5.4% of the split. The middle across the North West is 7.1%, so Sefton sits below it, 15th of 24 areas on this measure. Almost all of it is full time, which for C1 work usually means a fixed round rather than relief cover.
Two further counts round out the Sefton picture: 300 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 925 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Sefton ranks 19th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 398, against 175 in Sefton. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Sefton in that order sit Blackburn with Darwen at 175 and St. Helens at 160.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Sefton ranks 17th of the 24 areas in the North West. The middle across the North West is 115, against 100 in Sefton. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Sefton in that order sit Knowsley at 105 and Halton at 90.
Every figure here counts what exists in Sefton: 175 courier jobs across 100 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 175
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 450
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £33,028
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 100
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 0
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 5.4%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.2%
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 Sefton: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Sefton?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 450 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Sefton and 300 in warehousing and storage, spread across 240 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 Sefton?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Sefton: 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, 100 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 Sefton full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 5.4% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Sefton, 10 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 Sefton?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Sefton sets out what that employer asks for.