Public Sector Job Trends, Salaries & Related Skills in Darlington

Public Sector
Durham > Darlington

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in Darlington. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 28 Aug 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	13	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector	1	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Darlington	1.45%	-	-
As % of the General category	3.70%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	1	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£35,000	-	-
Durham median annual salary	£55,000	£80,000	£42,500
% change year-on-year	-31.25%	+88.24%	-34.09%

All General Skills
Darlington

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Darlington.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	27	27	32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Darlington	39.13%	67.50%	48.48%
Number of salaries quoted	22	14	27
10^th Percentile	£35,000	-	£32,600
25^th Percentile	£47,139	-	£46,713
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£73,323	£28,188	£58,800
Median % change year-on-year	+160.12%	-52.06%	+4.73%
75^th Percentile	£77,686	£36,110	£75,000
90^th Percentile	£78,303	£68,106	£79,225
Durham median annual salary	£43,500	£32,000	£45,000
% change year-on-year	+35.94%	-28.89%	-