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HGV work around Solihull 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 Solihull on weekly PAYE pay.
HGV jobs around Solihull 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 Solihull 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 Solihull across retail, parcel, food and construction, paid weekly through PAYE, with no fee to you.
Solihull is one of the West Midlands' strongest logistics and manufacturing addresses, wrapped around the M42 between Junctions 4 and 6. Jaguar Land Rover's Lode Lane plant builds Range Rover here, pulling in a dense automotive supply chain of just-in-time component deliveries. Birmingham Airport sits on the doorstep with its air-freight operations, while the Birmingham Business Park, Blythe Valley Park and the Cranmore and Kingfisher estates house distribution, engineering and headquarters functions. The NEC and its constant events traffic add further movement. Bordered by Birmingham, Coventry and Warwick and served by fast M42, A45 and M6 links, Solihull generates continuous demand for HGV trunking, time-critical component runs and van multi-drop across its B90-B93 postcodes.
Just-in-time automotive and air-freight work leaves no slack, so an unfilled cab can idle a production line or miss a flight cut-off. WSUK fills temporary driving jobs across every class - C+E Class 1, C Class 2, 7.5-tonne C1 and van/multi-drop - with drivers who can start immediately. Each is vetted through DVLA licence and Driver CPC checks, right-to-work verification and reference screening before their first shift. We handle PAYE payroll and manage tachograph and working-time compliance, so the regulatory load stays with us, not your transport office. When model changeovers, air-freight peaks or absence shift your requirements, we scale driver numbers to suit - a single cover shift or a full team through a busy run.
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.
From JLR Lode Lane to Blythe Valley Park and Birmingham Business Park, Solihull employers turn to WSUK when a component run or airport delivery needs a driver and the rota is tight. We know the M42 J4-6 routes, the just-in-time automotive rhythm and the air-freight deadlines that shape local demand - so our temporary drivers arrive ready to perform.
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 Solihull 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 Solihull 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 Solihull. We will reply within 2 working hours.