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Accounting technician jobs in County Durham
The 2021 census counted 793 residents working as finance associate professionals living in County Durham.
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Published figures for County Durham
What the official data says about County Durham
The 2021 census recorded that, 793 people living in County Durham were in work as finance associate professionals. It was 0.36% of everyone in work in the area. That count put County Durham 1st of 12 areas in the North East, where the middle area recorded 393. Northumberland was the next area down.
Full-time pay across all jobs in County Durham, every occupation counted together, had a median of £32,945. That is 9th of 12 in the North East, against a regional middle of £33,920.
Accounting work sits inside other businesses as well as inside accountancy firms: County Durham had 1,310 employee jobs in financial services, insurance and related activities in 2024, out of 188,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 0.7% of every job here, that ranks 8th of 12 in the North East, where the middle area sits at 1%.
For County Durham the publishers did not release a regional pay figure for the occupation group. That is disclosure control on a small count or a thin sample, not a zero, and this page leaves the row out rather than filling it with a national figure.
- Residents in work as finance associates (SOC 353)
- 793
- Finance associates, share of everyone in work in the area
- 0.36%
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £32,945
- Residents in work as finance professionals (SOC 242)
- 1,779
- Residents of the area in work at the census
- 222,216
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 188,000
The accounting technician role
This is the accounting a business actually runs on day to day. Ledgers, reconciliations, payroll, credit control and getting month end closed on time.
Accounting technician jobs in County Durham: common questions
How many people do this kind of work in County Durham?
793 residents of County Durham were in work as finance associates at the 2021 census, which was 0.36% of everyone in work there. That counts people who live in the area, whether or not they work there, and it is not a count of current vacancies.
What does this work pay around County Durham?
In County Durham itself the median across all occupations together is £32,945. ONS publishes pay by occupation for regions rather than for single councils, so the first figure covers the whole region. What any particular advert pays is on the advert.
Is there much of this work based in County Durham?
1,310 of the 188,000 employee jobs in County Durham are in the industries this role sits in, on the 2024 business survey. That counts jobs located in the area rather than people living there, and it is a count of jobs that exist, not of jobs being advertised.