HGV and logistics driving in Yorkshire and The Humber
7.5 tonne driver jobs in York
York has 105 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 York
What the official data says about York
C1 rounds straddle two counts. York has 105 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 125 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 York the courier side alone is 0.09% of the 118,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.
Across all occupations in York, median full-time pay was £39,337 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 30 postal and courier activities workplaces in York 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 York, 15 are part time, 15.8% of the split. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 26.2%, so York sits below it, 12th of 15 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 York picture: 30 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 260 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.
Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, York ranks 13th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 190, against 105 in York. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to York in that order sit North Lincolnshire at 110 and Calderdale at 100.
On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, York ranks 15th of the 15 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber. The middle across Yorkshire and The Humber is 180, against 30 in York. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to York in that order sit Calderdale at 55.
Every figure here counts what exists in York: 105 courier jobs across 30 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.
- Employee jobs in postal and courier activities
- 105
- Employee jobs in freight transport by road
- 125
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £39,337
- Postal and courier workplaces
- 30
- Postal and courier workplaces employing 10 or more
- 0
- Part-time share of postal and courier jobs
- 15.8%
- Postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs
- 0.09%
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 York: common questions
How big is the logistics sector in York?
The 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey counted 125 employee jobs in freight transport by road in York and 30 in warehousing and storage, spread across 80 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 York?
There is no published pay figure for this role in York: 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, 30 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 York full time or part time?
Part-time hours account for 15.8% of the postal and courier activities jobs counted either way in York, 15 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 York?
Category C1 licence. Driver CPC card if you are driving professionally. Digital tachograph card. Each advert in York sets out what that employer asks for.