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Student Jobs in Wem

Flexible work for students in and around Wem: pick the days that fit your timetable and get paid weekly.

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Student work in Wem

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

Wem, Shropshire, is home to 6,287 people and covers SY4, and the nearest towns are Whitchurch (7.9 miles), Shrewsbury (10.2 miles) and Market Drayton (10.4 miles). No partner covers Wem yet. A driver’s mate here earns £30 for a single item or small load and £60 or more for a flat move to Whitchurch.

How much work there is around Wem

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

Typical jobs from Wem: a flat move to Whitchurch (7.9 miles, about 3 hours) pays £60, a flat move to Shrewsbury (10.2 miles, about 3 hours) pays £60, a flat move to Market Drayton (10.4 miles, about 3 hours) pays £60, a flat move to Bayston Hill (12.8 miles, about 4 hours) pays £60 and a flat move to Oswestry (13.6 miles, about 4 hours) pays £60.

Jobs start in SY4 and the towns close by, and most stay within 15 miles. Longer ones go to Telford (15.6 miles) and Stoke-on-Trent (25.5 miles) and London (144.1 miles).

What a driver’s mate earns in Wem

JobAboutYou get
A single item or small load1 hour£30
A flat move, Wem to Whitchurch3 hours£60
A flat move, Wem to Shrewsbury3 hours£60
A flat move, Wem to Market Drayton3 hours£60
A 3-bed house move7 hours£120

£30 for a single item or small load. On a home move, £30 for every two hours of the job’s estimated time, and at least £60. The offer shows your pay before you accept.

Work out what you’d earn

About £150 a week, £650 a month, before your costs and tax.

Work that fits around lectures

Switch on the days you’re free and you’ll only get offers then. Term-time moves between halls and shared houses in Wem keep drivers busy at the start and end of each term.

Getting to jobs around Wem

  • Morris Central Shopping Park
    Retail park (collections) · 0.1 miles from the centre
  • Wem
    Station · 0.2 miles from the centre
  • Prees
    Station · 3.2 miles from the centre
  • Yorton
    Station · 3.4 miles from the centre

Wem had 6,287 people at the 2021 Census. Jobs start at the pickup address, so being near a station helps on days without a lift.

Join in Wem

  1. Photo ID and the right to work in the UK

Apply as a driver’s mate in Wem

Questions

How much work is there in Wem?

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

What does a driver’s mate earn in Wem?

£30 for a single item or small load; on a home move £30 for every two hours, at least £60.

Where do jobs from Wem go?

Mostly to Whitchurch (7.9 miles), Shrewsbury (10.2 miles), Market Drayton (10.4 miles) and Bayston Hill (12.8 miles), and sometimes to Telford and Stoke-on-Trent. You set how far you’ll go.

Do I need a van or a licence?

No. You meet the driver at the pickup; photo ID and the right to work in the UK are all you need.