HGV Driver salary in the United Kingdom
£98,241
average advertised per year · most adverts fall between £39,000 and £50,000
From 163 live hgv driver listings with advertised pay · newest 16 Oct 2026
What hgv drivers are offered
Every advertised salary in the sample, from lowest to highest.
- Lower quartile
- £39,000
- a quarter pay less
- Median
- £43,500
- the typical advert
- Upper quartile
- £50,000
- a quarter pay more
How to read a hgv driver salary range
The middle half of hgv driver adverts sits between £39,000 and £50,000 — the top of that band is 1.3× the bottom. Where you land inside it is decided less by the job title than by three things: the level the role is pitched at, the employer's size and the city. On this board Glasgow pays most for the role at £2,925,000 on average.
An advert quoting a wide range is usually a level range in disguise: the bottom is what they would pay someone they have to train, the top is what they would pay someone who can run the work unsupervised. Ask which end the role is really budgeted at before you anchor on the top figure.
The figures on this page are advertised pay, which runs a little ahead of what people in post earn. If an offer sits below the median here for the level, that is a fair thing to raise; if it sits above the 75th percentile, it is a good offer for this market.
Highest paying cities for hgv drivers
Cities with a single listing are shown but move easily — read them with the count beside them.
Highest paying employers for hgv drivers
Live hgv driver roles
HGV Class 1 Driver
Right Now GroupHGV DriverviaReedSloughPermanent£45,000 - £47,000 per annumNewNight HGV Technician
HGV DriverviaCV-LibraryDerbyPermanent£52,400 a yearNewRegional Driver
occyHGV DriverviaReedMilton KeynesPermanent£45,396 - £47,970 per annum, inc benefitsNewADR Driver Cat C
Calor Gas LimitedHGV DriverviaReedBristolPermanent£37,852 per annumClass 2 HIAB Driver
UnipartHGV DriverviaReedDoncasterPermanent£36,816 per annumLGV 2 Driver
BiffaHGV Drivervia Biffa careersCarlislePermanent£16.87 an hourHGV Driver salary: common questions
- How much does a hgv driver earn in the United Kingdom?
- The median advertised hgv driver salary is £43,500 a year, from 163 live listings on BOQQS. Most adverts fall between £39,000 and £50,000. These are salaries employers are offering, which runs a little ahead of what people are actually paid.
- What is the salary range for a hgv driver?
- Advertised pay in the current sample runs from £30,576 to £2,925,000. The middle half sits between £39,000 and £50,000 — the ends are real adverts, but they are not typical ones.
- Which cities pay hgv drivers the most?
- Glasgow leads at £2,925,000 on average, against £98,241 across the whole sample. Bristol follows at £523,041.
- What is a hgv driver salary per hour?
- About £50.38 an hour, or £377.85 a day, converting the annual figure at 37.5 hours a week and 260 working days.
- Which employers pay hgv drivers the most?
- From current listings, Biffa advertises the highest at £652,412 on average. This reflects what is advertised now, not a long-run ranking.
Similar roles
Figures are medians and averages of salaries advertised on BOQQS, not a survey of what people are paid — advertised pay leads actual pay. Day and hourly rates are annualised at 260 working days and 37.5 hours a week. Nothing below £28,000 a year is carried on this board, so these figures describe the specialist market rather than all jobs in the UK. How the figures are worked out