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Whatever is on your licence, there is usually work for it around Daventry. WSUK places Class 1, Class 2, 7.5t and van drivers at depots near Daventry — days, nights and trunking — on weekly PAYE pay with no fee to you.
Driving jobs around Daventry run across four licence categories: van (B), 7.5 tonne (C1), Class 2 rigid (C) and Class 1 articulated (C+E). Rates near Daventry 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.
Daventry is synonymous with UK distribution, giving its name to the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) a few miles north near Crick. Within the town itself, the Royal Oak Industrial Estate, Drayton Fields Industrial Estate and Daventry Business Park host warehousing, manufacturing and contract logistics operators, all linked by the A5 and A45 to the M1 at Junctions 16 and 18 and to the A14. Positioned at the core of the Golden Triangle, Daventry lies within a short drive of the region's biggest RDCs at DIRFT, Magna Park and Northampton, so local operators handle national trunking, store replenishment and multi-drop rounds side by side. Food and drink, packaging, general retail and e-commerce fulfilment all feature strongly, and with warehousing continuing to expand across the district, Daventry's transport employers maintain a persistent need for drivers across all licence classes.
Daventry's distributors run to demanding national schedules, and volume swings from retail seasons, contract wins and holiday absence regularly leave transport teams short of drivers. WSUK fills temporary driving jobs with Class 1 (C+E) drivers for trunking on the A5, A45 and M1, Class 2 (C) drivers for rigid distribution and deliveries, 7.5-tonne (C1) drivers, and van and multi-drop drivers for local and last-mile rounds across NN11. 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. Whether you need one driver for a busy week or a full team for a seasonal surge, we scale supply up and down to fit your operation.
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.
WSUK covers Daventry and the NN11 area, including the Royal Oak and Drayton Fields industrial estates and Daventry Business Park, plus nearby Northampton, Rugby and Crick. We supply temporary HGV and van drivers to warehouses, manufacturers and hauliers along the A5 and A45 corridors, matching driver classes and shift patterns to each operator's routes and delivery windows.
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 Daventry we recruit across all four categories and will tell you what is actually live.
Usually yes. Most of what we place around Daventry 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 Daventry. We will reply within 2 working hours.