Jobs in County Durham
The jobs employers in County Durham advertise most, what they pay, and the kinds of work County Durham has more of than the rest of the UK.
New job adverts a quarter8,700on average, July 2025 to June 2026
Jobs advertised374 of 412occupations had at least one advert in the year
Most advertised jobs
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026The 25 jobs with the most new adverts in County Durham, as a quarterly average over the last year. Change is on the year before. Pay is typical full-time pay in North East, or across the UK where ONS publishes no regional figure.
- 1Care worker390 a quarter↑ 9.2% on last year£26,000
- 2Delivery drivers and couriers280 a quarter↑ 58% on last year£28,000
- 3Cleaner196 a quarter↑ 2.1% on last year£23,800
- 4Teaching assistant194 a quarter↑ 6% on last year£22,600
- 5Sales assistant187 a quarter↑ 3.9% on last year£25,000
- 6Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers161 a quarter↑ 96% on last year£37,700
- 7Kitchen and catering assistants154 a quarter↓ 7.8% on last year£18,900
- 8Warehouse operatives152 a quarter↑ 18% on last year£27,400
- 9Nursing auxiliaries and assistants146 a quarter↓ 7% on last year£26,900
- 10Other administrative occupations n.e.c.137 a quarter↓ 13% on last year£28,800
- 11IT support technician129 a quarter↓ 12% on last year£35,100 UK
- 12Maintenance fitter128 a quarter↑ 47% on last year£41,500
- 13Business development manager113 a quarter↑ 55% on last year£58,500
- 14Business sales executives106 a quarter↑ 56% on last year£37,900 UK
- 15Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks100 a quarter↑ 19% on last year£31,100
- 16Other registered nursing professionals97 a quarter↓ 37% on last year£40,800
- 17Chefs96 a quarter↓ 5% on last year£29,500
- 18Customer service occupations n.e.c.94 a quarter↓ 21% on last year£26,700
- 19Food, drink and tobacco process operatives93 a quarter↑ 16% on last year£27,700
- 20Senior care worker88 a quarter→ 0% on last year£29,100
- 21Other vocational and industrial trainers84 a quarter→ 0% on last year£29,200
- 22Records clerks and assistants81 a quarter↑ 19% on last year£26,400
- 23Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.79 a quarter↑ 2.6% on last year£30,100
- 24Educational support assistants77 a quarter↓ 7.2% on last year£21,400 UK
- 25Secondary education teaching professionals70 a quarter↑ 35% on last year£47,500
What County Durham has more of
ONS · online job adverts · July 2025 to June 2026Jobs that make up a bigger share of adverts in County Durham than across the UK. Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers adverts are 2.6 times as common.
Share of adverts compared with the UKSame as UK (1×)
Only jobs with at least 40 adverts in County Durham over the year are shown.Nearby areas
- Darlington
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Middlesbrough
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- Redcar and Cleveland
- South Tyneside
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Sunderland
Sources
- Job adverts, what County Durham has more of
- ONS, online job adverts by local authority (Textkernel), July 2025 to June 2026. An official statistic in development; counts are new online adverts, not every vacancy. Quarters ONS withheld are left out of averages.
- Typical pay
- ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, full-time employees
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.