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

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

What's the most in demand job on the market in Portsmouth? Turns out the most in demand job in Portsmouth is registered nurse with 780 current open positions. It's not a software engineer or data scientist to our surprise.

How we determined the most in demand jobs in Portsmouth

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

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 Portsmouth, VA

Rank	Job Title	Open Jobs	Average Salary
1	Registered Nurse	780	$63,216
2	Sales Associate	202	$32,665
3	Licensed Practical Nurse	196	$42,475
4	Shift Supervisor	177	$39,124
5	Certified Nursing Assistant	174	$27,727
6	Registered Nurse PRN	139	$75,369
7	Customer Service Representative	120	$26,576
8	Physician	104	$196,860
9	Clinical Counselor	100	$43,550
10	Pharmacist Technician	99	$31,171
11	Information Technology Specialist	92	$79,032
12	Delivery Driver	90	$33,980
13	Engineering Technician	90	$58,022
14	Assistant Manager	85	$42,813
15	Certified Public Accountant	79	$77,641
16	Teacher	78	$47,297
17	Phlebotomist	77	$31,499
18	Telemetry Registered Nurse	77	$94,854
19	Registered Nurse In The ICU	75	$86,282
20	General Manager	74	$78,244
21	Patient Registrar	69	$27,949
22	Specialist	66	$65,800
23	Contracts Specialist	63	$86,116
24	Medical Assistant	63	$30,631
25	Electronics Technician	60	$52,532
26	Physical Therapist	58	$71,698
27	Program Manager	56	$93,799
28	Crew Member	55	$23,451
29	Epidemiologist	54	$62,947
30	Store Manager	54	$49,536
31	Cook	52	$26,146
32	Project Manager	51	$95,093
33	Software Engineer	51	$78,730
34	Driver	50	$30,138
35	Mental Health Professional	49	$38,027
36	Oncology Registered Nurse	49	$63,016
37	Systems Analyst	49	$72,826
38	Truck Driver	49	$57,377
39	Security Officer	48	$29,372
40	Medical Technologist	47	$49,139
41	Customer Service Associate	46	$30,730
42	Manufacturing Team Member	46	$21,428
43	Administrative Assistant	45	$32,350
44	Occupational Therapist	45	$73,298
45	Store Associate	45	$25,213
46	Company Driver	43	$65,102
47	Emergency Medical Technician	43	$46,388
48	Shift Leader	43	$38,243
49	Screener	42	$41,679
50	CDL Driver	41	$54,307
51	Electrician	41	$43,108
52	Information Technology Analyst	39	$80,516
53	Nurse Practitioner	39	$79,305
54	Support Team Member	39	$21,029
55	Automotive Technician	38	$45,662
56	Assistant Store Manager	37	$47,856
57	Maintenance Technician	37	$39,542
58	Planner	37	$65,195
59	Owner/Operator	36	$135,947
60	Cashier	35	$20,519
61	Driver/Owner Operator	35	$101,194
62	Floor Technician	35	$23,885
63	Housekeeper	35	$21,956
64	Manager	34	$101,635
65	Registered Nurse Med/Surg	33	$75,890
66	Senior Software Engineer	33	$93,525
67	Emergency Medicine Physician	32	$170,894
68	Hospitalist Physician	32	$193,258
69	Med Technician	32	$47,228
70	Substitute Teacher	32	$23,791
71	Account Executive	31	$64,961
72	Logistics Analyst	31	$60,441
73	Parts Delivery Driver	31	$26,037
74	Process Technician	31	$39,147
75	Certified Pharmacist Technician	30	$38,552
76	Engineer	30	$79,804
77	Medical Laboratory Technician	30	$52,040
78	Outside Machinist	30	$40,922
79	Clinic Registered Nurse	29	$58,574
80	Occupational Health And Safety Specialist	29	$67,658
81	Patient Care Technician	29	$26,777
82	Cab Driver	28	$37,778
83	Lead Teacher	28	$34,824
84	Respiratory Therapist	28	$54,324
85	Satellite Installation Technician	28	$34,121
86	Systems Administrator	28	$70,602
87	Traveling Nurse	28	$67,174
88	Certified Medical Assistant/Certified Nurse Assistant	27	$31,956
89	Dental Assistant	27	$40,551
90	Electrical Engineer	27	$78,027
91	General Service Technician	27	$25,619
92	Licensed Nursing Assistant	27	$39,088
93	Registered Health Nurse	27	$69,371
94	Registered Nurse Supervisor	27	$63,444
95	Administrator	26	$73,051
96	Developer	26	$89,942
97	Operations Manager	26	$88,185
98	Registered Nurse Charge Nurse	26	$62,221
99	Senior Engineer	26	$92,023
100	Analyst	25	$69,913