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Whatever is on your licence, there is usually work for it around Kettering. WSUK places Class 1, Class 2, 7.5t and van drivers at depots near Kettering — days, nights and trunking — on weekly PAYE pay with no fee to you.
Driving jobs around Kettering run across four licence categories: van (B), 7.5 tonne (C1), Class 2 rigid (C) and Class 1 articulated (C+E). Rates near Kettering typically run £12.71—£14.00 an hour for van work, £13.00—£15.00 for 7.5t, £16.00—£20.00 for Class 2 and £18.00—£24.00 for Class 1. Anything over 3.5t needs a Driver CPC and a digital tachograph card. WSUK pays weekly through PAYE and it never costs you anything to apply.
Kettering (NN16) is a prime Northamptonshire logistics location strung along the A14, with Junction 7 feeding the M1 and M6 west and the A1 and M11 east, and Junction 9 serving the town's newer parks. Kettering Venture Park sits immediately beside A14 J9, while Telford Way Industrial Estate, Kettering Business Park, Pytchley Lodge Road, Kingsthorne Industrial Park and the large-format Prologis Park Kettering carry regional distribution centres, 3PLs and manufacturers. Central-England positioning puts roughly 80% of the UK population within a four-hour drive, and the East Coast Main Line adds rail reach. Neighbouring Corby, Burton Latimer - home to food manufacturing - and Wellingborough thicken the cluster, channelling constant rigid and articulated flows through the town's estates toward national RDCs.
This distribution weight generates steady pressure to fill temporary driving jobs. Retail and grocery RDCs need Class 1 (C+E) trunking drivers; 3PL and pallet-network operators call for Class 2 (C) drivers; and store and urban deliveries suit 7.5t (C1) and multi-drop van drivers. Demand peaks around retail seasons, food-production surges and holiday absence, when a single unfilled cab stalls a loading bay. WSUK supplies vetted Kettering drivers for temporary cover, ongoing contracts and multi-driver mobilisations, with DVLA licence and CPC verification, right-to-work checks, PAYE payroll and tacho and working-time compliance handled before the first shift - and crews scaled up or down as A14 volumes move.
The category on your licence decides the vehicle, but the type of work decides what the day actually looks like. These are the three shapes most driving jobs take.
Point-to-point running between depots, often overnight, usually the same route each shift. Little or no handball, predictable hours, and the bulk of Class 1 agency work.
Ten to eighty drops a shift depending on the vehicle and the round. More physical, more customer contact, and the bulk of van, 7.5t and Class 2 work.
Yard shunting on trade plates, tramping away from home for several nights, and specialist work like ADR, HIAB or container haulage that carries its own premium.
From our Midlands base we fill temporary driving jobs across Kettering (NN16) and its estates - Telford Way, Kettering Venture Park, Kettering Business Park and Prologis Park - supplying Class 1, Class 2, 7.5t and van drivers to RDCs, 3PLs and manufacturers on the A14 corridor for cover, peaks and short-notice shifts, backed by a single local point of contact.
Tell us what you hold and we will only send you work that matches it. If you are partway through upgrading — say from C to C+E — tell us that too, because a lot of operators will take a Class 2 driver now and move them onto Class 1 work when the licence lands.
Indicative PAYE rates as a guide — actual pay varies by shift, experience and site, with premiums for nights, weekends and bank holidays. Every rate we advertise is at or above the National Living Wage.
| Role | Indicative pay |
|---|---|
| Van / Multi-Drop Driver | £12.71–£14.00 / hr |
| 7.5t (C1) Driver | £13.00–£15.00 / hr |
| Class 2 (C) HGV Driver | £16.00–£20.00 / hr |
| Class 1 (C+E) HGV Driver | £18.00–£24.00 / hr |
| Transport / Traffic Supervisor | £16.00–£20.00 / hr |
Driving work suits people who want the rate their licence is worth, some control over the shifts they take, and to be paid properly through PAYE rather than pushed into a scheme.
We are a logistics operator as well as an agency, so we know what the run actually is before we put you in the cab.
From application to your first shift, with the checks and the payroll handled for you.
Tell us your licence, tickets and which shifts you can actually work.
A named consultant calls within 2 working hours to talk through what fits.
Right-to-work, references and the site induction handled before you start.
Start on shift, then paid weekly through PAYE with holiday accrued.
It depends on what sits nearby. Areas with big distribution sheds generate trunking and Class 1 work, while towns with retail and wholesale depots generate more multi-drop on 7.5t and Class 2. Around Kettering we recruit across all four categories and will tell you what is actually live.
Usually yes. Most of what we place around Kettering is day work or night trunking that returns to the same depot, so you are home between shifts. Tramping roles that involve nights out exist too, but we only put you forward for them if you have said you want them.
Category B (a standard car licence) covers vans up to 3.5t. C1 covers 3.5—7.5t. C covers rigids over 3.5t, which the industry calls Class 2. C+E covers articulated and drawbar, which the industry calls Class 1. Anything above 3.5t driven commercially also needs a Driver CPC and a digital tachograph card.
Van and multi-drop work is typically £12.71—£14.00 an hour, 7.5t £13.00—£15.00, Class 2 £16.00—£20.00 and Class 1 £18.00—£24.00. Nights, weekends and bank holidays usually pay more, and ADR or HIAB work carries its own premium.
Yes, for any commercial driving above 3.5 tonnes. You need 35 hours of periodic training every five years to keep it valid. Since the rules split, National Driver CPC covers UK-only driving while International Driver CPC is needed if you drive commercially into Europe.
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Tell us your licence category, CPC status and whether you want days or nights around Kettering. We will reply within 2 working hours.