Van and multi-drop driver jobs in Peterborough

Multi-drop van work sits squarely inside postal and courier activities, counted at 425 employee jobs in Peterborough, 0.36% of the 118,000 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, Peterborough records 6,925 employee jobs, 5.87% of everything counted locally.

UK Business Counts recorded 445 postal and courier activities workplaces in Peterborough 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 Peterborough, 25 are part time, 6.3% of the split. The middle across the East of England is 10.3%, so Peterborough sits below it, 9th of 11 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 Peterborough picture: 5,000 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 1,500 employee jobs in freight transport by road.

Measured on postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs, Peterborough ranks 3rd of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 0.28%, against 0.36% in Peterborough. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 0.19%. Next to Peterborough in that order sit Luton at 0.39% and Essex at 0.3%.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces employing under 10, Peterborough ranks 2nd of the 11 areas in the East of England. The middle across the East of England is 290, against 445 in Peterborough. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 145. Next to Peterborough in that order sit Essex at 480 and Norfolk at 430.

That is the size of the courier trade in Peterborough, 425 jobs across 445 workplaces, not a count of rounds going spare. Live adverts are listed above and nowhere else on the page.