7.5 tonne driver jobs in Solihull

C1 rounds straddle two counts. Solihull has 200 employee jobs in postal and courier activities and 1,750 in freight transport by road, and 7.5 tonne work is run out of both.

Parcel and wholesale operations are where most C1 rounds sit. In Solihull the courier side alone is 0.14% of the 145,000 employee jobs the survey counts locally.

Across all occupations in Solihull, median full-time pay was £42,587 a year in 2025. That is the whole local labour market rather than this job, and there is no published local figure for this job to set beside it.

UK Business Counts recorded 80 postal and courier activities workplaces in Solihull at the March 2025 reference date, 5 of them employing ten people or more. 75 of them, 93.8%, employ under ten. The handful that do not are where C1 rounds are loaded and dispatched.

Of the postal and courier activities employee jobs the 2024 survey splits by hours in Solihull, 15 are part time, 7.9% of the split. The middle across the West Midlands is 8.9%, so Solihull sits level with it, 10th of 14 areas on this measure. Almost all of it is full time, which for C1 work usually means a fixed round rather than relief cover.

Two further counts round out the Solihull picture: 3,000 employee jobs in warehousing and storage, and 4,950 employee jobs across freight, warehousing and courier work.

Measured on employee jobs in postal and courier activities, Solihull ranks 9th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 615, against 200 in Solihull. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 305. Next to Solihull in that order sit Worcestershire at 615 and Wolverhampton at 175.

On the separate business register count of postal and courier workplaces, Solihull ranks 11th of the 14 areas in the West Midlands. The middle across the West Midlands is 230, against 80 in Solihull. Across the 153 areas in England the middle is 150. Next to Solihull in that order sit Dudley at 120 and Telford and Wrekin at 75.

Every figure here counts what exists in Solihull: 200 courier jobs across 80 courier workplaces. How many 7.5 tonne rounds are being advertised today is the live list above.