What are the most in demand jobs in Denver, 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 Denver, CO actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in Denver have a particular interest in registered nurses.

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

What's the most in demand job on the market in Denver? Turns out the most in demand job in Denver is registered nurse with 3,510 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Denver

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

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 Denver, CO

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Registered Nurse	3,510	$68,303
2	Account Executive	2,083	$56,449
3	Sales Associate	1,896	$34,160
4	Security Officer	1,892	$32,443
5	Sales Representative	1,746	$55,533
6	Senior Software Engineer	1,577	$92,644
7	Certified Nursing Assistant	1,499	$31,000
8	Customer Service Representative	1,411	$28,682
9	Project Manager	1,330	$90,414
10	Server	1,203	$22,700
11	Senior Associate	1,156	$84,713
12	Software Engineer	1,114	$73,146
13	Solutions Architect	1,085	$102,959
14	Maintenance Technician	1,044	$37,617
15	Barista	1,005	$23,240
16	Cook	979	$27,113
17	Associate	900	$44,339
18	Delivery Driver	872	$39,358
19	Account Manager	868	$59,221
20	Shift Supervisor	860	$35,917
21	Engineer	851	$70,984
22	Senior Manager	818	$111,167
23	General Manager	789	$83,902
24	Sales Consultant	774	$53,027
25	Licensed Practical Nurse	770	$42,763
26	Warehouse Associate	767	$29,956
27	Medical Assistant	760	$32,871
28	Developer	721	$80,561
29	Housekeeper	720	$27,391
30	Line Cook	706	$28,415
31	Senior Engineer	697	$91,779
32	Devops Engineer	689	$86,484
33	Administrative Assistant	675	$32,871
34	Senior Consultant	672	$93,994
35	Assistant Manager	669	$39,538
36	Crew Member	661	$26,419
37	Service Technician	661	$38,573
38	Cashier	660	$24,037
39	Business Analyst	659	$71,058
40	Specialist	642	$46,876
41	Software Developer	637	$75,688
42	Lecturer	582	$52,959
43	Sales Manager	573	$74,042
44	Analyst	570	$63,567
45	Manager	565	$79,933
46	Senior Project Manager	557	$109,036
47	Consultant	551	$72,611
48	Internship	532	$30,467
49	Registered Nurse PRN	518	$70,762
50	Field Service Technician	514	$57,612
51	Bartender	510	$19,303
52	Data Engineer	509	$85,571
53	Architect	474	$70,665
54	Business Development Manager	471	$100,575
55	Shift Leader	469	$31,075
56	Service Manager	461	$75,983
57	Product Manager	453	$102,368
58	Team Leader	443	$49,492
59	Surgical Technician	437	$51,604
60	Assistant Store Manager	434	$37,847
61	Store Manager	423	$44,410
62	Pharmacist Technician	422	$34,635
63	Senior Accountant	420	$63,267
64	Director	395	$78,703
65	Physician	385	$224,914
66	Staff Accountant	381	$45,931
67	Tax Manager	378	$86,165
68	Accountant	377	$49,814
69	Operations Manager	377	$71,190
70	Principal Consultant	374	$111,659
71	Outside Sales Representative	362	$54,206
72	Prep Cook	357	$26,987
73	Technician	354	$40,870
74	Driver	349	$29,414
75	Recruiter	340	$41,220
76	CDL Driver	334	$49,700
77	Construction Manager	333	$85,934
78	Shift Manager	329	$31,115
79	Director Of Sales	326	$122,450
80	Systems Administrator	325	$65,881
81	Program Manager	321	$79,227
82	Finance Analyst	320	$62,835
83	Data Scientist	318	$84,582
84	Regional Sales Manager	308	$86,907
85	Technical Support Specialist	305	$59,846
86	Massage Therapist	299	$48,119
87	Room Attendant	297	$27,120
88	Food Service Worker	296	$26,536
89	Inside Sales Representative	296	$52,426
90	Java Developer	296	$81,181
91	Security Guard	296	$30,918
92	Service Representative	294	$33,732
93	Business Development Representative	292	$41,567
94	Customer Service Associate	290	$26,672
95	Associate Account Executive	289	$55,181
96	Project Engineer	287	$78,030
97	Supervisor	286	$51,191
98	Data Analyst	285	$63,232
99	Superintendent	284	$81,183
100	Information Technology Project Manager	281	$88,069