What are the most in demand jobs in Richmond, VA?

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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 Richmond, VA actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in Richmond have a particular interest in registered nurses.

The top ten most in demand jobs in Richmond, VA are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Richmond? Turns out the most in demand job in Richmond is registered nurse with 4,534 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Richmond

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

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 Richmond, VA

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Registered Nurse	4,534	$62,933
2	Clinical Research Nurse	2,417	$64,049
3	Sales Associate	1,453	$32,384
4	Licensed Practical Nurse	1,392	$42,593
5	Sales Representative	1,000	$56,391
6	Certified Nursing Assistant	983	$27,780
7	Senior Software Engineer	974	$92,572
8	Registered Nurse PRN	848	$75,435
9	Shift Supervisor	707	$38,914
10	Patient Care Technician	706	$26,751
11	Physician	678	$199,491
12	Account Executive	673	$64,777
13	Software Engineer	663	$77,633
14	General Manager	649	$78,990
15	Delivery Driver	633	$34,104
16	Customer Service Representative	616	$26,596
17	Physical Therapist	581	$71,258
18	Medical Assistant	568	$30,725
19	Project Manager	533	$94,535
20	Technician	533	$37,253
21	Sales Consultant	514	$51,755
22	Cashier	500	$20,559
23	Cook	500	$26,073
24	Care Partner	497	$26,098
25	Registered Nurse Med/Surg	474	$76,544
26	Maintenance Technician	461	$39,721
27	Security Officer	443	$29,583
28	Business Analyst	442	$73,716
29	Server	433	$25,885
30	Assistant Manager	430	$42,567
31	Customer Service Associate	430	$30,587
32	Store Manager	430	$49,199
33	Driver	429	$30,351
34	Food Service Worker	422	$19,164
35	Data Engineer	420	$84,688
36	Nurse Practitioner	370	$79,708
37	Pharmacist Technician	367	$31,114
38	Restaurant Associate	360	$28,976
39	Senior Associate	359	$89,015
40	Support Team Member	350	$21,241
41	Speech Language Pathologist	345	$68,958
42	Respiratory Therapist	338	$53,938
43	Solutions Architect	338	$109,417
44	Shift Manager	332	$32,381
45	Assistant Store Manager	328	$47,492
46	Service Technician	328	$37,791
47	Assistant Professor	316	$88,974
48	Barista	313	$23,351
49	Product Manager	309	$116,577
50	Developer	306	$88,588
51	Associate	300	$46,034
52	Analyst	293	$69,910
53	Clinical Coordinator	292	$56,402
54	Crew Member	290	$23,555
55	Software Developer	281	$83,692
56	Registered Nurse In The ICU	279	$86,283
57	Medical Technologist	267	$48,726
58	Account Manager	263	$69,181
59	Team Leader	261	$67,088
60	Principal Consultant	260	$122,809
61	Occupational Therapist	256	$73,218
62	Field Service Technician	253	$55,563
63	Service Manager	251	$68,716
64	Java Developer	248	$93,155
65	Devops Engineer	240	$91,624
66	Engineer	236	$79,256
67	Senior Project Manager	234	$118,014
68	Registrar	233	$39,975
69	Baker	232	$24,242
70	Administrative Assistant	231	$32,460
71	Sales Manager	229	$104,706
72	Specialist	226	$65,254
73	Clinic Registered Nurse	219	$58,589
74	Data Analyst	218	$71,807
75	Telemetry Registered Nurse	215	$95,228
76	Restaurant Manager	211	$48,046
77	Coordinator	200	$42,147
78	Med Technician	200	$46,360
79	Service Representative	200	$28,437
80	Department Manager	193	$67,072
81	Substitute Teacher	192	$24,020
82	CT Technologist	191	$56,050
83	Housekeeper	184	$22,044
84	Internship	184	$31,854
85	Senior Manager	184	$133,109
86	CDL Driver	182	$54,573
87	Adjunct Faculty	179	$64,100
88	Physician Assistant	179	$107,837
89	Consultant	169	$79,510
90	Medical Director	167	$200,571
91	Service Associate	165	$37,463
92	Registered Nurse Case Manager	164	$66,382
93	Scrum Master	164	$97,427
94	Manager	163	$101,280
95	Shift Leader	163	$38,304
96	Bartender	162	$22,977
97	Warehouse Associate	160	$26,549
98	Program Manager	159	$93,908
99	Service Agent	158	$21,288
100	Nurse	153	$61,350