7.5 tonne driver jobs in West Northamptonshire

C1 rounds straddle two counts. West Northamptonshire has 1,275 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 3,500 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 Northamptonshire the courier side alone is 0.59% of the 216,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in West Northamptonshire, median full-time pay was £38,313 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 530 postal and courier activities workplaces in West Northamptonshire at the March 2025 reference date, 20 of them employing ten people or more. 510 of them, 96.2%, 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 Northamptonshire, 125 are part time, 8.9% of the split. The middle across the East Midlands is 8.5%, so West Northamptonshire sits level with it, 4th of 9 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 Northamptonshire picture: 14,000 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 18,775 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, West Northamptonshire ranks 2nd of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 400, against 1,275 in West Northamptonshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to West Northamptonshire in that order sit Leicestershire at 5,050 and Nottinghamshire at 635.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, West Northamptonshire ranks 1st of the 10 areas in the East Midlands. The middle across the East Midlands is 273, against 530 in West Northamptonshire. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to West Northamptonshire in that order sit Leicestershire at 360.

Every figure here counts what exists in West Northamptonshire: 1,275 courier jobs across 530 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.