Van and multi-drop driver jobs in Islington

Multi-drop van work sits squarely inside postal and courier activities, counted at 100 employee jobs in Islington, 0.04% of the 265,000 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, Islington records 375 employee jobs, 0.14% of everything counted locally.

UK Business Counts recorded 80 postal and courier activities workplaces in Islington at the March 2025 reference date. Every one of them is recorded as employing under ten. A one-person courier operation is usually an owner-driver, and an owner-driver round is a contract, not a job.

Of the postal and courier activities employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Islington, 20 are part time, 17.4% of the split. The middle across London is 13.5%, so Islington sits above it, 7th of 33 areas on this measure. Parcel rounds are built around peaks rather than a working week, and a part-time share at this level is the ordinary result.

Two further counts round out the Islington picture: 125 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 150 employee jobs in freight transport by road.

Measured on postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs, Islington ranks 29th of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 0.15%, against 0.04% in Islington. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.19%. Next to Islington in that order sit Wandsworth at 0.05% and Richmond upon Thames at 0.03%.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces employing under 10, Islington ranks 23rd of the 33 areas in London. The middle across London is 130, against 80 in Islington. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 145. Next to Islington in that order sit Southwark at 100 and Bromley at 75.

That is the size of the courier trade in Islington, 100 jobs across 80 workplaces, not a count of rounds going spare. Live adverts are listed above and nowhere else on the page.