City centre and the Quay
High Street, Princesshay, Queen Street, Gandy Street, Southernhay, Cathedral Close, the Quay
Delivery jobs in Exeter
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Job Types
Delivery roles available in Exeter
Exeter is where the M5 ends and the roads to Cornwall and Plymouth begin, so parcel routes run all week alongside food orders from a compact city centre and a large university. 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 Exeter
Hourly rates depend on the vehicle, the time of day and how many companies you stack. These are typical Exeter ranges, with peak figures from drivers running multiple apps during surge hours.
Bike or e-bike
- Typical
- £13-14/h typical
- Peak hours
- £17-20/h Fri-Sat nights
- Best for
- Food around the High Street, Queen Street and the Quay
Motorbike or scooter
- Typical
- £13-15/h typical
- Peak hours
- £19-24/h peak surges
- Best for
- Food up to Pennsylvania and out to Heavitree and St Thomas
Car
- Typical
- £13-15/h typical
- Peak hours
- £16-21/h peak surges
- Best for
- Grocery and food runs out to Topsham, Cranbrook and Exmouth
Van
- Typical
- £14-18/h typical
- Peak hours
- £18-23/h block rates
- Best for
- Parcel routes out of Sowton, Skypark and Marsh Barton
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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No exclusivity. Run Uber Eats and Deliveroo in parallel, or pick up scheduled parcel blocks on quiet days. Your call.
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Delivery work across Exeter and East Devon
Exeter counted about 130,700 people at the 2021 census, 11% more than ten years earlier, and with East Devon, Teignbridge and Mid Devon around it the four council areas hold close to half a million. The city is small enough to cross in a few minutes, and most of its Roman and medieval wall still rings the centre. Inside it sit the places that keep kitchens busy: Princesshay and the Guildhall for shopping, Queen Street with its run of restaurants, cobbled and traffic-free Gandy Street with its bars and cafes, and down by the river the Quay, where old warehouses now hold pubs and restaurants.
The University of Exeter sets much of the rhythm. About 27,000 students study at its two campuses in the city, Streatham on the hill north of the centre and St Luke's on the east side, and many rent in Pennsylvania, St James, Newtown and Mount Pleasant, so evening orders climb through term and ease off in the summer. Sport adds its own spikes: Exeter City play at St James Park, which has a railway station of its own, and Exeter Chiefs fill the 15,600 seats of Sandy Park beside the M5. Out east, Westpoint at Clyst St Mary hosts the Devon County Show, which drew a record 106,000 visitors in May 2026, and the new town of Cranbrook is planned to reach about 20,000 people.
What it takes to deliver in Exeter
Exeter has no Clean Air Zone, so an older car or van drives in for nothing. What it does have is cameras. Since Devon County Council took on moving traffic enforcement, an ANPR camera has watched the Wonford Road bus gate from 1 October 2025, and bus lanes on Topsham Road, Cowick Street and Heavitree Fore Street followed. Cycles, buses and taxis go through; delivery cars and vans do not, and a first offence at a new site earns a warning letter only during its first six months. The High Street is closed to almost all traffic except local buses, so a driver collecting from the centre parks off it and walks the last stretch. For bikes the test is the hills: Pennsylvania Road climbs for nearly two kilometres at about 6% to the student streets north of the centre, and an e-bike earns its keep there.
Parcel work comes from the motorway. The M5 ends at junction 31 on the southern edge of the city, where it splits into the A30 for Cornwall and the A38 for Plymouth, and the depots sit along it: DPD has run its Exeter depot at Skypark, by junction 29, since 2015, Royal Mail sorts at its mail centre in Sowton, and Amazon took a delivery station at Exeter Logistics Park in Clyst Honiton in 2020. West of the river, Marsh Barton holds more than 500 businesses and gained its own railway station in 2023. Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat carry food across the city, and DPD and Evri move parcels across all four council areas. One Service Club signup lets you take a weekday route out of Sowton and switch to restaurant orders around Queen Street and the Quay on a Friday night.
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Start earning
Complete document checks (right-to-work, licence, bank). Most Exeter couriers and drivers are live and earning within 24 to 48 hours.
Exeter specifics
Everything you need to know to drive in Exeter
Exeter has specific rules for couriers, riders and drivers that you should know before you start. From emission zones to licensing, here is what matters.
- No Clean Air Zone in Exeter: older cars and vans drive into the city without a daily charge
- A camera fines cars and vans in the Wonford Road bus gate; cycles, buses and taxis may pass
- Camera-enforced bus lanes on Topsham Road, Cowick Street and Heavitree Fore Street do not exempt delivery vehicles
- The High Street is closed to almost all traffic except local buses, so drivers park off it to collect
- Pennsylvania Road climbs nearly two kilometres to the student streets, which makes an e-bike worth having
- Every company asks for proof of your right to work in the UK
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Delivery hotspots in Exeter
Demand looks different across Exeter. Here's where the work concentrates, when it peaks, and the vehicle that wins for each area.
The student north
Pennsylvania, Stoke Hill, St James, Newtown, Mount Pleasant, St Davids
Heavitree, St Leonards and the east
Heavitree, St Leonards, Magdalen Road, Wonford, Whipton, Polsloe, Topsham
St Thomas and the M5 estates
St Thomas, Cowick Street, Alphington, Marsh Barton, Sowton, Skypark, Clyst Honiton, Cranbrook
Coverage
Covering Exeter and East Devon
We work across Exeter from the centre and the Quay out to Pennsylvania, Heavitree, St Thomas, Alphington and Topsham, then east into East Devon with Cranbrook, Clyst Honiton and Exmouth, south into Teignbridge with Exminster, Dawlish and Newton Abbot, and north west to Crediton in Mid Devon. Food orders are thickest in the centre, the student streets and Heavitree, while parcel and grocery routes run out of Sowton, Skypark and Marsh Barton along the M5, A30 and A38. Give us your postcode when you sign up and we will show you which companies cover it.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about driving in Exeter
Is there a Clean Air Zone or congestion charge in Exeter?
No. Exeter is not on the government's list of Clean Air Zones, and there is no congestion charge, so an older car or van pays nothing to enter the city. What costs drivers money here is camera enforcement of bus lanes and bus gates, which Devon County Council started in October 2025. Check where those sites are before you plan a route.
Which bus gates and bus lanes are enforced by camera in Exeter?
Four sites so far. The Wonford Road bus gate has been enforced since 1 October 2025, the Topsham Road bus lane (all day, every day) and the Cowick Street bus lane (weekdays 8 to 9.15am) since 8 December 2025, and the Heavitree Fore Street bus lane (weekday mornings and late afternoons) since 1 May 2026. Cycles, buses and taxis may use them, but a car or van on a delivery may not. The council sends a warning letter for a first offence during a site's first six months, then a penalty charge notice. More sites are planned, so read the signs rather than relying on a list.
Is Exeter too hilly for bike delivery?
Parts of it are. The centre, the Quay and the riverside paths are gentle, and the run along the Exe out to Topsham is close to flat. North of the centre it climbs: Pennsylvania Road rises for nearly two kilometres at about 6% on average, with stretches near 11%, and the student streets of Pennsylvania and Stoke Hill sit at the top. Couriers on pedal bikes tend to stay central, while an e-bike opens up the hill where much of the term-time demand is.
How much can I earn delivering in Exeter?
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 across the centre and the student north can reach up to £24 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 Exeter?
Yes. The M5 ends at junction 31 just south of the city, where the A30 heads for Cornwall and the A38 for Plymouth, so Exeter is a natural base for routes across Devon. DPD has run its Exeter depot at Skypark, by junction 29, since 2015, Royal Mail sorts at its mail centre in Sowton, and Marsh Barton, west of the river, holds more than 500 businesses. Scheduled routes run all year and volume climbs through November and December.
Do I need a special licence to deliver in Exeter?
Food orders on a bike, an e-bike or on foot need no licence. Motorised delivery needs a valid UK driving licence and insurance that covers delivery use. Private hire work needs a licence from your own council: Exeter City Council licenses drivers in the city, and East Devon, Mid Devon and Teignbridge each issue their own. That is set to change, because the government decided in July 2026 to reorganise Devon into four unitary councils, with a new Exeter council taking in parts of the three districts from April 2028 if Parliament approves it.