Is food delivery a full time job or a side hustle?

There have always been different perceptions of whether the food delivery market is a full time job or not.

Some people view delivery work as an opportunity for students or people with day jobs to earn a bit of extra cash in the evenings and at weekends. Others see it as an alternative to to holding a full time job.

The truth, as always is somewhere in between. So we decided to investigate…

What do the numbers say?

There might still be some part timers going out for a few hours on the weekend but it’s pretty clear that the food delivery market is now dominated by full time drivers.

*based on driver activity on Just Eat and Uber Eats. This is mostly likely to be an underestimate because we have not included Deliveroo activity and the majority of drivers work for multiple companies.