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7.5 tonne driver jobs in West Lothian
West Lothian has 235 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 West Lothian
What the official data says about West Lothian
C1 rounds straddle two counts. West Lothian has 235 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 1,000 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 West Lothian the courier side alone is 0.31% of the 76,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in West Lothian, median full-time pay was £38,316 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 205 postal and courier activities workplaces in West Lothian at the March 2025 reference date, 0 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 200 of them, 97.6%, employ 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 West Lothian, 30 are part time, 13% of the split. The middle across Scotland is 18.9%, so West Lothian sits below it, 21st 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 West Lothian picture: 4,500 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 5,735 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, West Lothian ranks 8th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 50, against 235 in West Lothian. Next to West Lothian in that order sit Renfrewshire at 255 and Aberdeen City at 165.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, West Lothian ranks 4th of the 32 areas in Scotland. The middle across Scotland is 38, against 205 in West Lothian. Next to West Lothian in that order sit South Lanarkshire at 205 and Aberdeen City at 180.
Every figure here counts what exists in West Lothian: 235 courier jobs across 205 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 235
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 1,000
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £38,316
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 205
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 0
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 13%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.31%
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 West Lothian: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in West Lothian?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 1,000 employee jobs in freight transport by road in West Lothian and 4,500 in warehousing and storage, spread across 400 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 West Lothian?
There is no published pay figure for this role in West Lothian: 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, 205 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 West Lothian full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 13% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in West Lothian, 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 West Lothian?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in West Lothian sets out what that employer asks for.