Durrant was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to photochemistry and solar energy research.
*2018: Awarded Hughes Medal by the Royal Society
*2017: Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) for his research contributions in photochemistry of new materials for use in solar energy conversion – specifically targeting both solar cells in photovoltaic systems and solar to fuel in artificial photosynthesis. 
*2016: Elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales 
*2016: Awarded president's award for excellence in research supervision.
*2012: Awarded the Tilden Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry
*2009: Awarded the Environment Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry
*1994: Awarded the Meldola Medal and Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry