HGV class 2 driver jobs in East Sussex

Rigid lorry work turns up in two industries at once. East Sussex holds 600 employee jobs in freight transport by road and 500 in warehousing and storage.

The balance between those two counts says more about class 2 work in East Sussex than either number on its own. Warehousing sits below road freight here, which usually means more general haulage and less own-account distribution.

Freight, warehousing and courier work together come to 1,450 employee jobs in East Sussex, out of 186,000 employee jobs in the area as a whole.

UK Business Counts recorded 120 freight transport by road workplaces in East Sussex at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. Business counts are rounded one cell at a time, so the bands sit loosely against the total. 110 of them, 91.7%, employ under ten. Small yards take newly passed drivers; the larger ones set the shift patterns.

Of the freight transport by road employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in East Sussex, 125 are part time, 21.7% of the split. The middle across the South East is 23.1%, so East Sussex sits below it, 11th of 19 areas on this measure. A part-time share around this level usually means relief and weekend rounds counted alongside the permanent drivers.

Two further counts round out the East Sussex picture: 350 employee jobs in postal and courier activities, and 0.19% postal and courier activities, share of all employee jobs.

Measured on employee jobs in warehousing and storage, East Sussex ranks 12th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 1,000, against 500 in East Sussex. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 1,250. Next to East Sussex in that order sit Medway at 900 and Southampton at 500.

On the separate business register count of freight transport by road workplaces employing 10 or more, East Sussex ranks 12th of the 19 areas in the South East. The middle across the South East is 10, against 5 in East Sussex. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 15. Next to East Sussex in that order sit Bracknell Forest at 5 and Isle of Wight at 5.

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