Automotive Contract Job Trends, Contractor Rates & Related Skills in Solihull

Automotive
West Midlands > Solihull

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Automotive in contract job vacancies in Solihull. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Automotive over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 13 Dec 2025	Same period 2024	Same period 2023
Rank	-	16	18
Rank change year-on-year	-	+2	-3
Contract jobs citing Automotive	0	1	2
As % of all contract jobs in Solihull	-	1.92%	2.67%
As % of the General category	-	3.85%	6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted	0	1	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	£265	£550
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	-	£270	£551
Median % change year-on-year	-	-50.95%	+22.33%
75^th Percentile	-	£275	£551
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
West Midlands median daily rate	£550	£425	£500
% change year-on-year	+29.41%	-15.00%	+3.65%

All General Skills
Solihull

Automotive falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Solihull.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills	26	26	30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Solihull	57.78%	50.00%	40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted	22	17	11
10^th Percentile	£188	£240	£340
25^th Percentile	£402	£313	£422
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£569	£365	£500
Median % change year-on-year	+55.82%	-27.00%	+11.11%
75^th Percentile	£609	£451	£563
90^th Percentile	£636	£470	£625
West Midlands median daily rate	£500	£511	£500
% change year-on-year	-2.20%	+2.25%	-