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7.5 tonne driver jobs in Wandsworth
Wandsworth has 65 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 Wandsworth
What the official data says about Wandsworth
C1 rounds straddle two counts. Wandsworth has 65 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 100 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 Wandsworth the courier side alone is 0.05% of the 128,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in Wandsworth, median full-time pay was £43,035 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 50 postal and courier activities workplaces in Wandsworth 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 Wandsworth, 5 are part time, 7.1% of the split. The middle across London is 13.5%, so Wandsworth sits below it, 31st of 33 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 Wandsworth picture: 175 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 340 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Wandsworth ranks 30th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 155, against 65 in Wandsworth. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Wandsworth in that order sit Kingston upon Thames at 70 and City of London at 30.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Wandsworth ranks 29th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 130, against 50 in Wandsworth. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Wandsworth in that order sit Kingston upon Thames at 60 and Hammersmith and Fulham at 40.
Every figure here counts what exists in Wandsworth: 65 courier jobs across 50 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 65
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 100
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £43,035
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 50
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 0
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 7.1%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.05%
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 Wandsworth: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in Wandsworth?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 100 employee jobs in freight transport by road in Wandsworth and 175 in warehousing and storage, spread across 125 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 Wandsworth?
There is no published pay figure for this role in Wandsworth: 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, 50 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 Wandsworth full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 7.1% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in Wandsworth, 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 Wandsworth?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in Wandsworth sets out what that employer asks for.