Official pay data
Updated 11 October 2026
Salary guide
Official annual estimates for the whole country, mapped to the closest published occupation.
United Kingdom · gross annual earnings estimate
25th percentile
£24,583
Median
£27,854
75th percentile
£33,472
This ASHE benchmark covers full-time employee jobs, not self-employed income or part-time jobs. ASHE gross earnings include basic pay, overtime, incentive pay such as bonuses and commissions, shift premiums, and other cash pay. They are before deductions, exclude payments in kind, and are not take-home pay or the whole benefits package. Compare the benchmark with an offer on the same working-hours and annual-pay basis.
This is a country-level occupation benchmark, not a local offer estimate. Pay can differ by location, employer, duties, and working pattern.
Source: ONS, 2025-04-30. Mapped to Delivery drivers and couriers; the occupation is broader than the page role. Figures are estimates, not advertised salaries.
This national benchmark is a useful reference for Delivery Driver roles because its mapped occupation covers delivery drivers and couriers. The role match is strongest where the job involves collecting items, planning routes, making deliveries and recording delivery information. It is not a like-for-like benchmark for every goods-transport job or self-employed arrangement.
Benchmark fit
The benchmark uses the broad occupation "Delivery drivers and couriers", so it gives Delivery Drivers a national comparison point rather than a salary for one exact employer or assignment.
A delivery-van profile should not be read as proof that every courier, HGV, removals or other goods-transport role has the same duties. Tasks vary with the employer, vehicle, goods and work arrangement.
Role scope
A Delivery Driver moves items from a warehouse or pick-up point to customers and keeps the delivery process moving between collection and completion. If a role mainly involves receiving, storing and preparing stock for dispatch, the [Warehouse salary benchmark](/uk/salaries/warehouse) is a closer comparison.
Collect items and arrange them in delivery order when the assignment includes loading. · Plan routes and contact customers about deliveries. · Update tracking systems and record delivery issues. · Some assignments include obtaining signatures, issuing invoices, keeping mileage and fuel records, or returning undelivered items.
Completed deliveries with tracking information kept up to date and delivery issues recorded where needed. · Undelivered items returned when that forms part of the assignment.
Some delivery van drivers work from a vehicle.
This guide concerns delivery-driver work. Duties such as route planning, customer contact and tracking may be assigned differently across employers and delivery operations.
Read the range
When comparing two Delivery Driver offers, look at the actual assignment: one role may centre on collection, route planning and tracking, while another may also include customer signatures, invoices, mileage records or returns. Those are differences in scope to clarify, not separate salary bands.
One quarter of employees earn below this figure.
Half of employees earn below this figure and half above it; it is not the arithmetic midpoint of the displayed range.
One quarter of employees earn above this figure.
Location
This is a UK-wide occupational benchmark. Supplementary regional medians are available separately for selected regions.
| Region | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| East | Not published | £28,615 | Not published |
| East Midlands | Not published | £27,663 | Not published |
| London | Not published | £30,574 | Not published |
| North East | Not published | £27,991 | Not published |
| North West | Not published | £28,409 | Not published |
| Scotland | Not published | £27,104 | Not published |
| South East | Not published | £27,929 | Not published |
| South West | Not published | £27,150 | Not published |
| Wales | Not published | £25,584 | Not published |
| West Midlands | Not published | £27,618 | Not published |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | Not published | £27,203 | Not published |
Use a regional figure as extra context, not as a prediction of a particular local offer.
Beyond salary
Compare an offer on the same hours and annual-pay basis as the benchmark. Separate the guaranteed cash amount from overtime, bonuses, commissions, shift premiums and other conditional cash, then assess benefits under their own terms.
Ask what cash pay is fixed in the contract and what hours it covers.
Ask which overtime, incentive payments, bonuses, commissions or shift premiums are available, and the rules that determine them.
Check any pension, health cover, leave or other benefit separately, including the eligibility and value stated in the offer.
Employment model
The benchmark is for full-time employee jobs. Self-employed delivery work needs a separate comparison because its payment basis can differ.
Compare the offer with the benchmark on the same working-hours and annual-pay basis.
Self-employed drivers tend to be paid per delivery, and rates can vary from month to month, so this is not the same comparison as an employee salary offer.
Offer review
Compare roles
Warehouse work focuses on receiving, checking, storing and dispatching stock, while Delivery Driver work takes items from collection through delivery activity. Warehouse uses a different occupational dataset category, so its benchmark should not be substituted for the Delivery Driver benchmark.
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Source
Source: ONS, 2025-04-30. The figures cover Delivery drivers and couriers (8214) and full time employee jobs. Updated 11 October 2026. This broad occupation benchmark may not match every Delivery Driver vacancy.
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