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Owner-Driver Jobs in Wakefield

Owner-driver work in and around Wakefield: you drive your own van, pick your days and keep 80% of each fixed-price job.

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Owner-Driver work in Wakefield

We’re new in Wakefield, so the first partners here get every job that comes in.

Wakefield, Wakefield, is home to 97,871 people and covers WF1 and WF2, and the nearest towns are Horbury (2.6 miles), Ossett (2.9 miles), Crigglestone and Durkar (3 miles) and East Ardsley (3.4 miles). No partner covers Wakefield yet. A single item within Wakefield pays you £23.20; a full van to Horbury pays £81.60.

How much work there is around Wakefield

We’re new in Wakefield, so the first partners here get every job that comes in.

A full-van move from Wakefield pays you £81.60 to Horbury (2.6 miles), £82.40 to Ossett (2.9 miles), £82.40 to Crigglestone and Durkar (3 miles), £83.20 to East Ardsley (3.4 miles) and £83.20 to Crofton (3.4 miles).

Jobs start in WF1 and WF2 and the towns close by, and most stay within 15 miles. Longer ones go to Leeds (8.7 miles) and Bradford (13 miles) and London (161.1 miles).

What you earn from Wakefield

JobCustomer paysYou get
Within Wakefield: a single item£29£23.20
Within Wakefield: half a van£46£36.80
Within Wakefield: a full van, two people£102£81.60
Wakefield to Horbury: a full van, two people£102£81.60
Wakefield to Ossett: a full van, two people£103£82.40
Wakefield to Crigglestone and Durkar: a full van, two people£103£82.40
A 3-bed house (Luton, two people) from Wakefield£183£146.40

Worked out by our quote engine with today’s prices: you keep 80% of every job. When the customer chooses two people, the extra £30 for your second person is all yours, on top.

Work out what you’d earn

About £185.60 a week, £804 a month, before your costs and tax.

Being an owner-driver with us in Wakefield

You’re your own boss: the van, the days and the jobs you take around Wakefield and Horbury are yours to choose. We find the customers, take the payment up front and send the job to your phone with the price, the items, the access and the route.

Where the work goes around Wakefield

  • Wakefield Westgate
    Station · 0.1 miles from the centre
  • Albion Mills Retail Park
    Retail park (collections) · 0.3 miles from the centre
  • Permit parking
    Permit parking · 0.3 miles from the centre
  • Westgate Retail Park
    Retail park (collections) · 0.4 miles from the centre
  • Space Station
    Self storage · 0.4 miles from the centre
  • The Ridings Shopping Centre
    Retail park (collections) · 0.4 miles from the centre
  • Sun Lane Lesiure
    Permit parking · 0.5 miles from the centre
  • Storage King
    Self storage · 0.6 miles from the centre

Wakefield had 97,871 people at the 2021 Census. Permit zones and recycling centre rules are on each offer, so you know before you go.

Join in Wakefield

  1. A driving licence, your van and hire-and-reward insurance

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Questions

How much work is there in Wakefield?

We’re new in Wakefield, so the first partners here get every job that comes in.

What does a job pay from Wakefield?

A single item within Wakefield pays you £23.20, a full van with two people £81.60, a 3-bed house about £146.40. You keep 80%, plus the whole £30 when the customer adds a second person.

Where do jobs from Wakefield go?

Mostly to Horbury (2.6 miles), Ossett (2.9 miles), Crigglestone and Durkar (3 miles) and East Ardsley (3.4 miles), and sometimes to Leeds and Bradford. You set how far you’ll go.

Do I need my own van?

Yes: these jobs are for owner-drivers and small firms. No van? Help our drivers as a driver’s mate instead.