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HGV work around Burton upon Trent spans retail distribution, parcel, chilled food and construction, and the sector changes the day as much as the licence does. WSUK places Class 1 and Class 2 drivers at depots near Burton upon Trent on weekly PAYE pay.
HGV jobs around Burton upon Trent cover Class 2 (category C) rigids and Class 1 (category C+E) artics, both requiring a Driver CPC and a digital tachograph card. Class 2 work near Burton upon Trent typically pays £16.00—£20.00 an hour and Class 1 £18.00—£24.00, with premiums for nights, weekends and ADR. WSUK places HGV drivers around Burton upon Trent across retail, parcel, food and construction, paid weekly through PAYE, with no fee to you.
Burton upon Trent's freight economy is anchored by the flagship Centrum 100 business park off the A38, where national occupiers including brewing, drinks and logistics operators run high-volume distribution, alongside the Wellington Road Industrial Estate and the Branston area. As the historic capital of British brewing, the town generates enormous outbound beverage traffic from operators such as Molson Coors and Marston's, whose packaging and distribution volumes reflect national and international reach. Branston adds food-manufacturing freight, while distribution centres for major retail and health-and-beauty names cluster around the A38 dual carriageway. The A38 links Burton to Derby and the M1 to the north and Birmingham and the M6 to the south, with the A50 running east to the M1 and East Midlands hubs. This concentration of brewing, food and retail distribution keeps driver demand strong across all classes.
Burton's beverage, food and retail distributors face pronounced seasonal swings — summer and festive drinks peaks, promotional runs and holiday absence all leave transport teams short of drivers. WSUK fills temporary driving jobs with Class 1 (C+E) drivers for trunking and bulk beverage haulage, Class 2 (C) drivers for rigid drayage and store deliveries, 7.5-tonne (C1) drivers, and van and multi-drop drivers for local distribution across DE13 and DE14. Every driver clears DVLA licence checks, CPC verification and right-to-work before starting, and we manage PAYE payroll with tacho and working-time compliance. From covering a single shift to building a large seasonal team, we scale supply to match your production and delivery schedules.
Two Class 1 jobs on the same licence can be completely different days. Where you drive matters as much as what you drive.
RDC to store, or hub to depot on the parcel networks. Highly scheduled, tight time windows, usually curtain or box trailers with cages or roll-cages.
Chilled and frozen distribution, brewery and soft drinks work. Temperature discipline, hygiene rules and often early starts, with hand-ball on some drinks rounds.
Tipper, bulk, container haulage, HIAB and ADR. More variable days, more site work, and premiums for the tickets that unlock it.
WSUK covers Burton upon Trent and the DE13 and DE14 area, including Centrum 100, Wellington Road Industrial Estate and Branston, plus nearby Lichfield, Derby and Cannock. We supply temporary HGV and van drivers to breweries, food producers, RDCs and hauliers along the A38 corridor, matching driver classes and shift patterns to each operator's routes and delivery windows.
The usual route is car licence, then a provisional C entitlement with a D4 medical, then the Class 2 test, then Class 1 once you have some hours. Plenty of operators will take a newly qualified Class 2 driver and put them through to Class 1 later. If you are newly passed, say so rather than hiding it — some insurers restrict new passes, and we would rather send you to the operators who do not.
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 |
|---|---|
| Class 2 (C) HGV Driver | £16.00–£20.00 / hr |
| Class 1 (C+E) HGV Driver | £18.00–£24.00 / hr |
| Class 1 Night Trunk | £19.00–£26.00 / hr |
| HGV Driver with ADR | £19.00–£25.00 / hr |
| Transport / Traffic Supervisor | £16.00–£20.00 / hr |
HGV work suits drivers who want the full value of an expensive licence, and newly qualified drivers who need someone to place them with operators that actually take new passes.
We place drivers into sectors, not just vehicles, so we can tell you whether a job is a curtain-sider trunk or forty cages into a high street.
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 follows what is built nearby. Large distribution parks generate trunking and RDC-to-store running, food and drink sites generate chilled work with early starts, and quarries or builders merchants generate tipper and bulk work. We will tell you what is actually live around Burton upon Trent rather than what is theoretically there.
Usually, and it is often the best-paid work available locally. Trunking between depots runs overnight to clear the network before the morning, so night shifts around Burton upon Trent tend to carry a premium over the equivalent day rate.
Nothing — they are two names for the same thing. LGV (Large Goods Vehicle) is the current official term used on licences and in legislation; HGV (Heavy Goods Vehicle) is the older term the industry still uses daily. A job advertised as HGV and one advertised as LGV want the same licence.
Class 2 work typically pays £16.00—£20.00 an hour and Class 1 £18.00—£24.00, with night trunk running to £26.00 and ADR work commanding a premium. Rates are highest at peak and in the run-up to Christmas.
Yes, though it is narrower. Some operators' insurers restrict drivers with under a year on the licence, so the trick is being sent only to the ones that do not. Tell us your pass date and we will target accordingly rather than letting you collect rejections.
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Tell us your class, CPC status and preferred sector around Burton upon Trent. We will reply within 2 working hours.