HGV and logistics driving in Wales
7.5 tonne driver jobs in Swansea
Swansea has 185 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 Swansea
What the official data says about Swansea
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Swansea has 185 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 300 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 Swansea the courier side alone is 0.17% of the 108,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Swansea, median full-time pay was £36,261 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 145 postal and courier activities workplaces in Swansea at the March 2025 reference date. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 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 Swansea, 30 are part time, 16.2% of the split. The middle across Wales is 23.1%, so Swansea sits below it, 12th of 17 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 Swansea picture: 350 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 835 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Swansea ranks 4th of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 40, against 185 in Swansea. Next to Swansea in that order sit Flintshire at 235 and Newport at 180.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Swansea ranks 2nd of the 22 areas in Wales. The middle across Wales is 48, against 145 in Swansea. Next to Swansea in that order sit Cardiff at 160 and Newport at 140.
Every figure here counts what exists in Swansea: 185 courier jobs across 145 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 185
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 300
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £36,261
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 145
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 5
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 16.2%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.17%
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 Swansea: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Swansea?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 300 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Swansea and 350 in warehousing and storage, spread across 245 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 Swansea?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Swansea: 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, 145 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 Swansea full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 16.2% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Swansea, 30 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 Swansea?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Swansea sets out what that employer asks for.