What are the most in demand jobs in Washington, DC?

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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 Washington, DC actually are based on current job postings. Lately it seems that companies in Washington have a particular interest in instructors.

The top ten most in demand jobs in Washington, DC are:

What's the most in demand job on the market in Washington? Turns out the most in demand job in Washington is instructor with 2,340 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Washington

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

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 Washington, DC

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Instructor	2,340	$52,496
2	Senior Associate	2,251	$88,986
3	Registered Nurse	2,197	$76,023
4	Program Manager	2,115	$98,666
5	Project Manager	2,083	$100,258
6	Engineer	1,978	$89,240
7	Senior Software Engineer	1,632	$105,295
8	Program Analyst	1,570	$87,197
9	Analyst	1,538	$76,404
10	Account Executive	1,465	$65,105
11	Systems Engineer	1,428	$81,366
12	Business Analyst	1,413	$78,763
13	Developer	1,390	$99,976
14	Clinical Research Nurse	1,382	$83,082
15	Information Technology Specialist	1,346	$99,565
16	Internship	1,340	$37,487
17	Systems Administrator	1,287	$77,752
18	Solutions Architect	1,210	$111,314
19	Software Engineer	1,204	$86,390
20	Data Scientist	1,193	$86,975
21	Sales Representative	1,166	$58,756
22	Senior Project Manager	1,166	$119,449
23	Administrative Assistant	1,055	$42,174
24	Server	1,011	$34,587
25	Finance Analyst	993	$69,947
26	Sales Associate	987	$38,276
27	Data Analyst	977	$76,846
28	Shift Supervisor	977	$45,037
29	Software Developer	956	$91,755
30	Management Analyst	949	$88,190
31	Brand Ambassador	919	$32,154
32	Security Officer	875	$36,484
33	Specialist	868	$78,039
34	Architect	839	$80,286
35	Executive Assistant	819	$52,693
36	Subject Matter Expert	810	$114,739
37	Representative	808	$51,912
38	Security Engineer	802	$102,870
39	Barista	796	$24,034
40	Instructor Nurse	773	$93,381
41	Devops Engineer	772	$100,109
42	General Manager	772	$87,049
43	Senior Engineer	768	$107,773
44	Human Resource Specialist	746	$76,244
45	Senior Consultant	745	$106,356
46	Information Technology Project Manager	739	$111,662
47	Maintenance Technician	726	$45,621
48	Cook	725	$30,680
49	Associate	710	$75,310
50	Certified Nursing Assistant	708	$30,727
51	Contracts Specialist	705	$103,039
52	Senior Analyst	699	$90,726
53	Faculty	698	$99,107
54	Intelligence Analyst	685	$80,459
55	Data Engineer	667	$95,858
56	Java Developer	646	$96,037
57	Manager	646	$106,658
58	Senior Manager	644	$133,847
59	Senior Systems Engineer	640	$100,337
60	Program Management Analyst	633	$97,792
61	Technical Support Specialist	613	$62,476
62	Network Engineer	591	$83,033
63	Consultant	589	$85,649
64	Technical Writer	581	$69,030
65	Cyber Security Analyst	571	$83,890
66	Information Systems Security Officer	550	$102,760
67	Sharepoint Developer	542	$104,100
68	Associate Director	528	$115,968
69	Sales Consultant	526	$58,446
70	Operations Manager	517	$91,624
71	Bartender	507	$22,037
72	Medical Assistant	492	$36,859
73	Post-Doctoral Scientist	488	$49,653
74	Principal Consultant	483	$134,439
75	Attorney	479	$117,679
76	Research Assistant	459	$48,678
77	Customer Service Representative	456	$32,394
78	Communications Specialist	455	$59,063
79	Account Manager	454	$57,007
80	Executive Chef	440	$65,708
81	Senior Director	426	$153,199
82	Web Developer	425	$79,423
83	Acquisition Analyst	409	$73,935
84	Physical Therapist	405	$69,712
85	Program Assistant	399	$40,689
86	Front End Developer	398	$101,910
87	Delivery Driver	394	$39,595
88	Associate Partner	390	$173,712
89	Management Consultant	389	$106,276
90	Cyber Security Engineer	383	$134,819
91	Team Leader	382	$83,448
92	Lead Technician	363	$105,940
93	Legal Assistant	360	$51,021
94	Director	356	$102,328
95	Research Associate	354	$67,084
96	Program Coordinator	350	$54,261
97	Product Manager	345	$109,460
98	Sales Specialist	340	$52,492
99	Nurse Practitioner	336	$103,645
100	Senior Specialist	335	$114,950