What are the most in demand jobs in San Mateo, CA?

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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 San Mateo, CA actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in San Mateo have a particular interest in senior software engineers.

The top ten most in demand jobs in San Mateo, CA are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in San Mateo? Turns out the most in demand job in San Mateo is senior software engineer with 520 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in San Mateo

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

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 San Mateo, CA

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Senior Software Engineer	520	$131,279
2	Sales Associate	476	$39,762
3	Software Engineer	476	$112,047
4	Senior Engineer	317	$120,418
5	Registered Nurse	266	$100,758
6	Shift Supervisor	208	$48,661
7	Engineer	207	$98,634
8	Senior Product Manager	189	$158,476
9	Barista	178	$28,598
10	Assistant Store Manager	176	$38,679
11	Data Engineer	169	$123,431
12	Certified Nursing Assistant	164	$32,917
13	Physical Therapist	158	$101,131
14	Retail Sales Lead	155	$34,834
15	Store Manager	155	$51,895
16	Product Manager	136	$129,220
17	Account Executive	135	$63,899
18	Specialist	135	$63,322
19	Cashier	128	$29,254
20	Delivery Driver	126	$42,020
21	Data Scientist	125	$104,777
22	Engineering Manager	119	$158,414
23	Research Associate	119	$61,266
24	Cook	117	$32,804
25	Security Officer	117	$34,609
26	Assistant Manager	116	$55,299
27	Server	115	$33,554
28	Customer Service Representative	110	$32,796
29	Devops Engineer	108	$122,915
30	Business Analyst	104	$82,018
31	Home Health Aid	102	$28,906
32	Retail Merchandiser	100	$33,883
33	Support Team Member	96	$34,460
34	Project Manager	95	$102,093
35	Massage Therapist	94	$55,451
36	Senior Accountant	94	$82,265
37	Teacher	93	$56,054
38	Developer	92	$111,971
39	Associate	90	$70,914
40	Senior Manager	87	$131,697
41	Internship	86	$41,984
42	Personal Trainer	83	$49,959
43	Administrative Assistant	82	$44,988
44	Architect	80	$89,979
45	Licensed Practical Nurse	78	$49,070
46	Psychiatric Social Worker	78	$85,362
47	Service Representative	77	$38,103
48	Housekeeper	75	$34,125
49	Customer Success Manager	72	$97,595
50	Accounting Manager	70	$91,669
51	Substitute Teacher	70	$36,235
52	Quality Assurance Engineer	68	$96,288
53	Retail Sales Consultant	68	$40,429
54	General Manager	66	$114,375
55	Crew Member	65	$29,356
56	Data Analyst	64	$70,306
57	Life Insurance Agent	62	$72,246
58	Principal Software Engineer	62	$161,216
59	Senior Director	61	$199,498
60	Health Insurance Agent	56	$61,783
61	Product Designer	55	$99,313
62	Accountant	53	$57,665
63	Reset Merchandiser	53	$34,029
64	Associate Retailer	52	$32,104
65	Maintenance Technician	52	$45,568
66	Senior Manager Of Marketing	52	$153,864
67	Speech Language Pathologist	52	$75,275
68	Account Manager	51	$73,295
69	Consultant	50	$80,800
70	Receptionist	50	$35,375
71	Machining Engineer	49	$136,275
72	Manager	49	$103,867
73	Nurse Practitioner	49	$115,422
74	Restaurant Manager	49	$51,427
75	Senior Finance Analyst	49	$104,556
76	Client Associate	48	$55,173
77	Nursing Faculty	48	$84,510
78	Program Manager	48	$100,717
79	Reliability Engineer	45	$115,449
80	Customer Service Associate	44	$37,603
81	Registered Health Nurse	44	$105,015
82	Tax Associate	44	$62,663
83	Brand Ambassador	43	$38,098
84	Executive Assistant	43	$61,615
85	Counter Manager	42	$66,360
86	Finance Advisor	42	$76,621
87	Recruiter	42	$61,615
88	Group Fitness Instructor	41	$51,359
89	Senior Product Marketing Manager	41	$166,114
90	Solutions Architect	41	$117,382
91	Senior User Experience Designer	40	$124,376
92	Summer School Teacher	40	$73,809
93	Service Team Member	39	$33,973
94	Software Development Engineer	39	$120,982
95	Associate Director	38	$133,849
96	Business Development Manager	38	$118,340
97	Parts Delivery Driver	38	$32,169
98	Pharmacist Technician	38	$44,943
99	Product Marketing Manager	38	$142,714
100	Sales Representative	38	$52,617