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HGV drivers vacancies (RFS03)

Data about heavy good vehicle driver vacancies, produced by the Department for Transport. These statistics are badged as official statistics.

From:
Department for Transport
Published:
16 November 2023
Last updated:
5 August 2026 — See all updates

HGV driver vacancies

RFS0301: Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) businesses reporting HGV driver vacancies (ODS, 38.4 KB)

RFS0302: Reasons which contributed to heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver vacancies (ODS, 11.9 KB)

RFS0303: Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) businesses reporting missing deliveries in the last week due to HGV drivers not being available (ODS, 46.3 KB)

Hourly wage increases for HGV drivers

RFS0304: Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) businesses reporting increasing the wages of HGV drivers (not including incentives) in the preceding three months (ODS, 10.1 KB)

RFS0305: Amount of hourly wage increases for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers (ODS, 8.83 KB)

RFS0306: Reasons for increasing wages of heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers in the preceding three months (ODS, 9.79 KB)

Financial incentive paid to HGV drivers

RFS0307: Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) businesses reporting paying an incentive to HGV drivers in the preceding 3 months (ODS, 10.1 KB)

RFS0308: Amount of financial incentive paid by heavy goods vehicle (HGV) businesses to HGV drivers (ODS, 21.6 KB)

Response rates

RFS0309: Survey response rates to the heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver vacancy section in the domestic road haulage survey (ODS, 9.17 KB)

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Updates to this page

Published 16 November 2023
Last updated 5 August 2026 Show all updates

  1. Data tables for Domestic road freight statistics: April 2025 to March 2026 published.

  2. HGV drivers vacancies (RFS03) published

  3. Road freight statistics: 2024 tables updated.

  4. Tables updated with the latest quarter of data.

  5. Data tables updated for the latest quarterly report.

  6. Data tables updated to the latest data.

  7. Data tables updated to the latest data.

  8. First published.

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