City centre and Cardiff Bay
St Mary Street, Caroline Street, Queen Street, Central Square, Butetown, Mermaid Quay, Atlantic Wharf
Delivery jobs in Cardiff
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Job Types
Delivery roles available in Cardiff
Cardiff is the largest city in Wales and the most densely populated council area in the country, so orders sit close together, while the M4 carries parcel work east to Newport and west towards Bridgend. Whatever you ride or drive, there is a company that will match.
Food Delivery
Deliver for Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat. Choose your own hours and work as much or as little as you want.
Bike, scooter or car + smartphone
Parcel & Courier
Same-day and next-day parcels. High demand, consistent work and competitive pay.
Car or van + clean driving licence
Grocery Delivery
Shop and deliver for Gopuff, Amazon Fresh and more. Short shifts with quick turnaround and no experience needed.
Bike or car + smartphone
E-commerce Delivery
Block-based shifts delivering e-commerce parcels. Book scheduled blocks and work when it suits you.
Car or van + UK driving licence
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Earnings
What you can earn delivering in Cardiff
Hourly rates depend on the vehicle, the time of day and how many companies you stack. These are typical Cardiff ranges, with peak figures from drivers running multiple apps during surge hours.
Bike or e-bike
- Typical
- £13-14/h typical
- Peak hours
- £18-22/h Fri-Sat nights
- Best for
- Food around St Mary Street, Cathays and the flat streets of Roath
Motorbike or scooter
- Typical
- £13-15/h typical
- Peak hours
- £20-26/h peak surges
- Best for
- Food from the centre out to Cardiff Bay, Penarth and Llandaff
Car
- Typical
- £13-15/h typical
- Peak hours
- £17-22/h peak surges
- Best for
- Grocery and food runs between Cardiff, Penarth and Newport
Van
- Typical
- £14-18/h typical
- Peak hours
- £19-25/h block rates
- Best for
- Parcel routes out of Wentloog, the docks and the M4 corridor
Every range starts at the National Living Wage, £12.71 an hour since April 2026, because that is the floor for employed shifts. Self-employed work has no hourly floor underneath it, and those figures are gross revenue before vehicle costs, tax and service fees. Actual earnings depend on hours worked, area covered and how many companies you sign up with through Service Club.
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Pick your hours, your vehicle and your area. Go full-time, top up at weekends, or grab a few peak shifts. You decide when and how much you work.
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Stack multiple companies
No exclusivity. Run Uber Eats and Deliveroo in parallel, or pick up scheduled parcel blocks on quiet days. Your call.
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Real humans you can reach when something goes wrong on a delivery, not just an app chatbot.
Delivery work across Cardiff and South East Wales
Cardiff is the capital of Wales and its largest city, with 362,400 residents at the 2021 census, and no council area in Wales packs its people in more tightly. Around it, the ten councils of the Cardiff Capital Region hold roughly 1.5 million, from Newport and the Vale of Glamorgan to the valley towns up the A470. For a courier the useful fact is how compact the core is. The station, St Mary Street, Queen Street and the castle sit a few minutes apart, Caroline Street keeps its chip shops open long after the bars shut, and a mile south the old docklands of Cardiff Bay now hold Mermaid Quay, the Senedd and the Wales Millennium Centre, with new flats and restaurants packed in between.
Students set much of the evening rhythm. Cardiff University counted 31,505 students in 2024/25 and Cardiff Metropolitan another 12,265, and a large share of them rent in the terraces of Cathays and Roath just north of the centre, where City Road and Albany Road carry a long run of takeaways. Then there are the big days. The Principality Stadium holds close to 74,000 people in the middle of the city, and for a Wales rugby international or a stadium concert the council closes the whole centre to traffic for hours either side. Those days reward couriers who plan around the closure instead of driving into it.
What it takes to deliver in Cardiff
Wales drives slower than the rest of Britain. Since 17 September 2023 the default limit on restricted roads, which broadly means any street with lamp posts, has been 20mph rather than 30mph. Cardiff kept almost all of its 20mph streets after the national review and returned only stretches of Newport Road, Western Avenue, Ocean Way and Hadfield Road to 30mph in August 2026. On a bike it changes very little; in a car or van it adds time to every drop, which is worth knowing before you work out how many orders fit in an hour. Cardiff also decided against a charging Clean Air Zone, so an older car or van drives into the centre for nothing, although Westgate Street, beside the stadium, is a bus gate open only to buses, taxis and cycles.
Parcel work follows the M4. DPD runs its Cardiff depot at Wentloog on the eastern edge of the city, Amazon has operated a last-mile delivery station at the Port of Cardiff since October 2025, and the motorway puts Newport and Bridgend within a short run of both. Food comes through Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat across Cardiff, Penarth and Newport, while DPD and Evri carry parcels through the whole region. One Service Club signup lets you take a weekday parcel route out of the eastern estates and switch to restaurant orders around Cathays on a Friday night. Expect bilingual road signs everywhere and Welsh street names on plenty of addresses, but do not expect to need Welsh: none of the companies asks for it.
How It Works
Start delivering in Cardiff in 3 simple steps
From signup to your first earnings, the whole flow takes between 24 hours and a few days, depending on the vehicle and checks involved.
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Just your phone and email. Then a few quick details: name, postcode, vehicle and eligibility. No fees, no contract.
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Get matched
We line you up with the Cardiff companies that actually fit your vehicle, area and availability. You see only the ones that want you.
3
Start earning
Complete document checks (right-to-work, licence, bank). Most Cardiff couriers and drivers are live and earning within 24 to 48 hours.
Cardiff specifics
Everything you need to know to drive in Cardiff
Cardiff has specific rules for couriers, riders and drivers that you should know before you start. From emission zones to licensing, here is what matters.
- Wales has a 20mph default on restricted roads, broadly any street with lamp posts; Cardiff moved only a few main roads back to 30mph
- No Clean Air Zone charge in Cardiff: the council chose non-charging measures, so older cars and vans drive in free
- Westgate Street, beside the Principality Stadium, is a bus gate open only to buses, taxis and cycles
- On stadium event days the whole city centre closes to traffic, from about four hours before a rugby kick-off
- Private hire is licensed council by council: Cardiff, Newport and the Vale of Glamorgan each issue their own
- Every company asks for proof of your right to work in the UK
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Delivery hotspots in Cardiff
Demand looks different across Cardiff. Here's where the work concentrates, when it peaks, and the vehicle that wins for each area.
Cathays, Roath and the student north
Cathays, Roath, Plasnewydd, City Road, Albany Road, Heath, Gabalfa, Cyncoed
Canton, Llandaff and the west
Canton, Pontcanna, Cowbridge Road East, Riverside, Grangetown, Llandaff, Ely
Newport, Penarth and the eastern estates
Newport centre, Penarth, Barry, St Mellons, Rumney, Wentloog, Port of Cardiff
Coverage
Covering Cardiff, Newport and the Vale of Glamorgan
We work across Cardiff from the centre and Cardiff Bay out to Llandaff, Whitchurch, Llanishen, St Mellons and Ely, south into Penarth and Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, and east along the M4 to Newport. Food orders are thickest in the centre, the Bay and the student streets of Cathays and Roath, while parcel and grocery routes run from Wentloog and the docks out along the M4 and up the A470. Give us your postcode when you sign up and we will show you which companies cover it.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about driving in Cardiff
Does the 20mph limit apply when I deliver in Cardiff?
Yes. Since 17 September 2023 the default speed limit on restricted roads in Wales, which broadly means streets with lamp posts, has been 20mph, and it applies to delivery cars and vans exactly as it does to everyone else. Cardiff Council kept the great majority of its 20mph roads after the national review and moved only parts of Newport Road, Western Avenue, Ocean Way and Hadfield Road back to 30mph in August 2026. Faster roads carry their own posted limits, so read the signs rather than assuming.
Is there a Clean Air Zone or congestion charge in Cardiff?
Not today. Cardiff looked at a charging Clean Air Zone and chose other measures instead, such as changing the traffic layout around Castle Street and cleaning up buses and taxis, so there is no daily charge for an older car or van. A road user payment scheme is still being worked on: in July 2026 the council cabinet picked a workplace parking levy as its preferred option, which would charge employers for staff parking spaces rather than charging drivers to enter. Nothing beyond that has been decided, so check where it stands before you buy a vehicle for the work.
What happens to deliveries on Principality Stadium event days?
The centre closes. For a Wales rugby international, Cardiff Council shuts the city centre to traffic from about four hours before kick-off until a couple of hours after the final whistle, and stadium concerts usually close the streets around the ground from mid-afternoon until midnight. A car or van cannot get through, so drivers work the suburbs, Cardiff Bay and Penarth instead. Couriers on bikes cope better, though the streets nearest the stadium fill with crowds. The council publishes each closure in advance.
Do I need to speak Welsh to deliver in Cardiff?
No. None of the delivery companies asks for Welsh. What helps is recognising it on signs and addresses: road signs across Wales are bilingual, towns appear as Caerdydd, Casnewydd and Y Barri as well as Cardiff, Newport and Barry, and street names often use heol for road, ffordd for way and lôn for lane. Ten minutes learning those words saves a lot of hunting for the right door.
How much can I earn delivering in Cardiff?
Expect from about £13 an hour on a bike when it is quiet, up to around £18 an hour in a van on a scheduled block. On Friday and Saturday nights in term time, scooter couriers running more than one app around Cathays, Roath and the centre can reach up to £26 an hour. All of it is self-employed revenue: fuel, insurance, vehicle wear and a tax reserve come out of it, and no minimum wage sits underneath a slow week.
Is there van and parcel work around Cardiff?
Yes. DPD runs its Cardiff depot at Wentloog on the eastern edge of the city, Amazon has operated a last-mile delivery station at the Port of Cardiff since October 2025, and both sit a short run from the M4. The Severn crossings have been toll free since December 2018, so a route into Bristol costs nothing at the bridge, but Bristol runs a Clean Air Zone that charges older cars and vans as well as lorries, so check your number plate before you take one.