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Delivery jobs in Portsmouth
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Job Types
Delivery roles available in Portsmouth
Portsmouth packs about 208,000 people onto Portsea Island and the strip of mainland below Portsdown Hill, with a university of about 24,000 students, a ferry port at Gunwharf and Havant, Fareham and Gosport ringing the harbour. There is work here for a bike, a scooter, a car or a van.
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 Portsmouth
Hourly rates depend on the vehicle, the time of day and how many companies you stack. These are typical Portsmouth ranges, with peak figures from drivers running multiple apps during surge hours.
Bike or e-bike
- Typical
- £13-15/h typical
- Peak hours
- £18-21/h Fri-Sat nights
- Best for
- Food around Southsea, Gunwharf Quays and the city centre, on flat roads
Motorbike or scooter
- Typical
- £13-15/h typical
- Peak hours
- £20-25/h peak surges
- Best for
- Food across the island and over the creek to Cosham and Drayton
Car
- Typical
- £13-16/h typical
- Peak hours
- £17-22/h peak surges
- Best for
- Grocery and food out to Waterlooville, Havant and Fareham
Van
- Typical
- £14-19/h typical
- Peak hours
- £19-24/h block rates
- Best for
- Parcel routes out of Havant along the A3(M) and the A27
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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Delivery work across Portsmouth, Southsea and the harbour towns
Portsmouth is the only English city that sits mainly on an island. Portsea Island is cut off from the mainland by a narrow tidal creek, most of it lies less than three metres above the sea, and the 2021 census counted about 208,000 people in the city, packed more tightly than in any other council area in the South East. For a courier that means short hops on flat roads: the highest point on the island, the Kingston Cross junction, is only about six metres up, and terraced streets run almost unbroken from the harbour to the seafront. The kitchens gather in a handful of places. Gunwharf Quays, built on the old HMS Vernon naval base and open since 2001, sets restaurants beside its outlet shops under the Spinnaker Tower. In Southsea, Albert Road is lined with independent bars, restaurants and music venues around the Kings Theatre, and Palmerston Road and Osborne Road add more, so a Friday night of orders can stay inside a mile or two.
The University of Portsmouth teaches about 24,000 students from its campus in the middle of the island, which keeps late orders coming through term. Portsmouth FC play at Fratton Park, which holds about 21,000 and, despite the name, stands in Milton, so a home game sends orders into the streets of Milton, Copnor and Baffins rather than Fratton itself. Southsea Common keeps its own calendar: the Victorious Festival takes it over on the August bank holiday weekend, and more than 150,000 people came through in 2026. Further north, Hilsea and Anchorage Park are busy enough that Deliveroo treats them as an area of their own, and across the creek Cosham has its own high street at the foot of Portsdown Hill, with Drayton and Farlington beside it.
What it takes to deliver in Portsmouth
Portsmouth has a Clean Air Zone, but it is a class B zone and it does not charge delivery cars. It has run since 29 November 2021 over a small area in the south west of Portsea Island, around the city centre and the approach to the Gunwharf ferry port. Private cars, vans and motorbikes drive in free whatever their age. The charge falls on non-compliant taxis and private hire cars, at £10 a day, and on lorries, buses and coaches, at £50 a day, so it only matters to a courier who also drives private hire in an older car. Getting on and off the island matters more. Only three roads cross the creek, the M275, the A3 London Road and the A2030 Eastern Road, and the A2030 in particular is often congested at rush hour, so a shift that starts at a depot on the mainland can lose time before the first drop.
Gosport, across the harbour mouth, is minutes away by water and a long way round by road through Fareham. The Gosport Ferry takes a bike for £1.80 return and a motorbike for £2.40, with a boat every 15 minutes, which makes it the quick link for a rider working both sides. Parcel work sits on the mainland: DPD runs its depot at Dunsbury Park in Havant beside the A3(M), and Amazon delivery vans load at a station on New Lane in Havant before heading into Portsmouth and Fareham. Uber Eats and Deliveroo carry food across the island, from Southsea and Fratton to Copnor and Hilsea, and out to Waterlooville, Havant and Fareham. Private hire is a separate step: Portsmouth City Council licenses drivers in the city, with a driving assessment, safeguarding training, English tests and a DBS check repeated every six months, while Fareham, Gosport and Havant license their own. Sign up with Service Club once and the companies covering your postcode can see you.
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Portsmouth specifics
Everything you need to know to drive in Portsmouth
Portsmouth has specific rules for couriers, riders and drivers that you should know before you start. From emission zones to licensing, here is what matters.
- Portsmouth's Clean Air Zone is class B: private cars, vans and motorbikes are never charged, whatever their age
- Non-compliant taxis and private hire cars pay £10 a day in the zone, so check your car before doing private hire work here
- Only three roads link Portsea Island to the mainland, the M275, the A3 and the A2030: allow for rush hour queues on routes from mainland depots
- The Gosport Ferry carries bikes for £1.80 return and motorbikes for £2.40, far quicker than the road round through Fareham
- Private hire in the city is licensed by Portsmouth City Council, with a driving assessment, English tests, safeguarding training and a DBS check every six months
- Every company asks for proof of your right to work in the UK
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Delivery hotspots in Portsmouth
Demand looks different across Portsmouth. Here's where the work concentrates, when it peaks, and the vehicle that wins for each area.
Southsea and the seafront
Albert Road, Palmerston Road, Osborne Road, Elm Grove, Southsea Common, Eastney
Fratton, Milton and the north of the island
Fratton, Milton, Baffins, Copnor, North End, Hilsea, Anchorage Park
Cosham, Havant and the harbour towns
Cosham, Drayton, Farlington, Waterlooville, Havant, Dunsbury Park, Fareham, Gosport
Coverage
Covering Portsmouth, Havant, Fareham and Gosport
We work across the whole of Portsea Island, from Old Portsmouth, Gunwharf and Southsea up through Fratton, Milton, Copnor and North End to Hilsea, then over the creek to Cosham, Paulsgrove, Drayton and Farlington. Beyond the city we cover Havant borough with Havant, Waterlooville, Leigh Park and Hayling Island, Fareham borough with Fareham and Portchester, and Gosport across the harbour. Most food orders come from Southsea, Gunwharf and the city centre, while parcel and grocery routes run from the mainland sites along the A3(M) and the A27. The postcode you sign up with decides which companies we put you in front of.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about driving in Portsmouth
Does the Portsmouth Clean Air Zone charge my car or van?
No. Portsmouth runs a class B zone, live since 29 November 2021, and private cars, vans and motorbikes are not charged in it, whatever their age. The daily charge applies to non-compliant taxis and private hire cars, at £10, and to lorries, buses and coaches, at £50, for any that miss Euro 6 diesel or Euro 4 petrol. If you also drive private hire, run your plate through the government checker: the charge is taken once a day however many times you enter, you can pay up to six days before or after, and a missed payment brings a penalty of up to £120 on top.
How do I get between Portsmouth and Gosport on a delivery shift?
On two wheels, take the Gosport Ferry. It crosses the harbour mouth with a boat every 15 minutes, and since 2 April 2026 a bike costs £1.80 return and a motorbike £2.40, with 10 trip tickets and season tickets for regular crossings. By car or van there is no bridge across the harbour, so the route runs north and round through Fareham, which turns a short hop into a long drive. Most couriers work one side or the other in a shift, and use the ferry when orders pull them across.
Is Portsmouth good for bike delivery?
It is about as flat as a British city gets. Most of Portsea Island lies less than three metres above the sea, the highest point is the Kingston Cross junction at about six metres, and the run from Gunwharf Quays to Albert Road or the seafront is short. The climbs start only on the mainland, where Portsdown Hill rises behind Cosham and Drayton, so pedal bikes tend to stay on the island and e-bikes and scooters take the runs north. Bikes also skip the queues on the three roads off the island and ride free of any zone charge.
Can I deliver in Havant, Waterlooville and Fareham from a Portsmouth signup?
Yes. Uber Eats lists Havant, Waterlooville, Fareham and Gosport among the places around Portsmouth where its couriers work, and the mainland is where much of the parcel work starts: DPD's depot is at Dunsbury Park in Havant beside the A3(M), and Amazon delivery vans load on New Lane in Havant before heading into the city and Fareham. Food demand is lighter than in Southsea, but grocery and parcel routes reach all of these towns. Outside the city, Havant, Fareham and Gosport each license their own private hire drivers.
How much can I earn delivering in Portsmouth?
Expect from about £13 an hour on a bike on a quiet weekday, up to around £19 an hour in a van on a booked parcel block out of Havant. Friday and Saturday nights pay best, and on a scooter running more than one app between Southsea, Gunwharf and the city centre you can reach up to £25 an hour. Treat those numbers as takings, not a wage: you pay for your own fuel, insurance and wear, put money aside for tax, cover any ferry fares, and a quiet week has no minimum wage beneath it.
Do I need a licence to deliver in Portsmouth?
Not for food or parcels on a bike, an e-bike or on foot. On a scooter, in a car or in a van you need a full UK driving licence and insurance that covers delivery work. Private hire is different: Portsmouth City Council licenses drivers in the city and asks that you are 21 or over with a full licence held for two years, pass a medical, drug screening, a driving assessment and oral and written English tests, complete safeguarding and disability awareness training, and keep an enhanced DBS check that is looked at again every six months. Fareham, Gosport and Havant issue their own licences.