What are the most in demand jobs in Boulder, CO?

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Zippia Team · Accepted Answer

While the ebbs and flows of the economy will make some jobs more fashionable than others, there will always be a large number of jobs available in essential businesses like healthcare, public safety, law enforcement, education, and food and agriculture. So we asked our data scientists at Zippia to identify what the most in demand jobs in Boulder, CO actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in Boulder have a particular interest in software engineers.

The top ten most in demand jobs in Boulder, CO are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Boulder? Turns out the most in demand job in Boulder is software engineer with 1,285 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Boulder

Using the Zippia database of several million active job postings, we were able to identify the job titles with the most postings in Boulder.

We ordered them from the most to least with the job title having the largest number of active job postings being the most in demand jobs.

It's important to note that the data team did normalize the job titles. So, for example, "Accountant I" and "Accountant" would be normalized to "Accountant". Or "High School Teacher" and "High School English Teacher" would match to "High School Teacher".

Detailed List Of The Most In Demand Jobs In Boulder, CO

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Software Engineer	1,285	$73,012
2	Senior Software Engineer	876	$92,783
3	Sales Representative	854	$55,600
4	Certified Nursing Assistant	483	$31,030
5	Registered Nurse	414	$68,231
6	Sales Consultant	411	$53,262
7	Principal Consultant	371	$111,664
8	Sales Associate	370	$34,026
9	Software Developer	367	$75,521
10	Medical Assistant	286	$32,868
11	Account Executive	281	$56,374
12	Systems Engineer	277	$74,867
13	Principal Systems Engineer	263	$111,987
14	Product Manager	255	$102,358
15	Customer Service Representative	238	$28,708
16	Solutions Architect	226	$102,901
17	Engineer	200	$70,872
18	Principal Engineer	200	$101,038
19	Program Manager	200	$78,895
20	Senior Engineer	197	$91,850
21	Senior Security Engineer	195	$96,521
22	Project Engineer	193	$77,996
23	Postdoctoral Associate	190	$42,827
24	Physician	182	$224,759
25	Project Manager	181	$90,494
26	Security Officer	172	$32,461
27	Technical Specialist	172	$73,701
28	Data Engineer	168	$85,442
29	Cook	164	$27,109
30	Housekeeping Aide	159	$27,575
31	Mission Systems Engineer	158	$102,412
32	Senior Systems Security Engineer	157	$99,064
33	Maintenance Technician	153	$37,584
34	Consultant	146	$72,517
35	Cashier	144	$24,005
36	Developer	143	$80,624
37	Security Engineer	142	$80,008
38	Software Development Engineer	139	$84,015
39	Research Associate	138	$57,709
40	Server	132	$22,524
41	Devops Engineer	131	$86,452
42	Ground Systems Engineer	126	$90,707
43	Barista	122	$23,257
44	General Manager	122	$84,356
45	Shift Leader	121	$30,955
46	Information Technology Project Manager	120	$87,962
47	Sales Manager	120	$73,652
48	Senior Consultant	118	$93,975
49	Assistant Professor	117	$94,737
50	Certified Public Accountant	117	$64,097
51	Senior Systems Engineer	116	$91,172
52	Technical Sales Representative	116	$72,947
53	Embedded Software Engineer	113	$80,859
54	Senior Project Manager	113	$108,930
55	Software Test Engineer	112	$78,775
56	Integration And Test Engineer	108	$92,312
57	Assembler	107	$28,062
58	Delivery Driver	107	$39,348
59	Quality Control Inspector	105	$32,700
60	Principal Software Engineer	104	$116,911
61	Associate Account Executive	102	$55,103
62	Technical Support Specialist	101	$59,577
63	Food Service Assistant	100	$23,471
64	Professional Research Assistant	98	$48,100
65	Teacher	98	$37,542
66	Data Scientist	95	$84,450
67	Mechanical Engineer	94	$76,113
68	Housekeeper	93	$27,369
69	Administrative Assistant	92	$32,731
70	Pharmacist Technician	91	$34,557
71	Software Engineering Internship	91	$34,728
72	Senior Sales Representative	90	$87,565
73	Reliability Engineer	86	$87,142
74	Chief Engineer	84	$120,414
75	Internship	84	$30,318
76	Quality Assurance Engineer	84	$76,381
77	Service Representative	84	$33,826
78	Assistant Manager	83	$39,340
79	Instructor	83	$43,999
80	Product Owner	82	$95,929
81	Account Manager	81	$59,254
82	Assistant Store Manager	80	$37,646
83	Service Technician	79	$38,426
84	Systems Administrator	79	$65,987
85	Tutor	77	$30,517
86	Applications Developer	76	$74,631
87	Shift Supervisor	76	$35,903
88	Senior Product Manager	75	$128,559
89	Solutions Consultant	75	$90,818
90	Associate Systems Engineer	74	$70,764
91	Customer Service Associate	73	$26,508
92	Implementation Consultant	73	$91,196
93	Principal Product Manager	72	$142,390
94	Radio Frequency Engineer	72	$77,470
95	Scientist	72	$60,254
96	Support Team Member	72	$24,467
97	Business Analyst	69	$71,204
98	Test Project Engineer	69	$73,765
99	Receptionist	68	$28,757
100	Architect	67	$70,520