Van and multi-drop driver jobs in Isles of Scilly

Multi-drop van work sits squarely inside postal and courier activities, counted at 10 employee jobs in Isles of Scilly, 0.8% of the 1,250 employee jobs in the area.

Parcel volume follows population and depot placement rather than local industry, so an area with a sorting hub in it carries a count well above its size. Taking freight, warehousing and courier work together, Isles of Scilly records 20 employee jobs, 1.6% of everything counted locally.

UK Business Counts recorded 0 postal and courier activities workplaces in Isles of Scilly at the March 2025 reference date.

Of the postal and courier activities employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Isles of Scilly, 0 are part time, 0% of the split. The middle across the South West is 9.1%, so Isles of Scilly sits below it, 13th of 15 areas on this measure. Almost all of the split is full time, which is unusual in parcel work and generally means employed rounds rather than self-employed ones.

Two further counts round out the Isles of Scilly picture: 0 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 10 employee jobs in freight transport by road.

Measured on postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs, Isles of Scilly ranks 1st of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 0.09%, against 0.8% in Isles of Scilly. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.19%. Next to Isles of Scilly in that order sit South Gloucestershire at 0.46%.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces employing under 10, Isles of Scilly ranks 15th of the 15 areas in the South West. The middle across the South West is 155, against 0 in Isles of Scilly. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 145. Next to Isles of Scilly in that order sit Bath and North East Somerset at 40.

That is the size of the courier trade in Isles of Scilly, 10 jobs across 0 workplaces, not a count of rounds going spare. Live adverts are listed above and nowhere else on the page.