20 In-Demand Jobs With The Most Competition

20 In-Demand Jobs With The Most Competition20 In-Demand Jobs With The Most Competition It comes as no surprise that the job market can be competitive. After all, everyone wants a top job at an amazing company, with benefits, perks and a hefty salary. However, some jobs are harder to score than others, especially when lots of people want the same job. According to Glassdoor senior data analyst Jyotsna Jayaraman, competition is high for jobs when there are mora job seekers than open jobs. Knowing how competitive a job is will prepare you for a longer search, perhaps, but it can also motivate you to really make your resume, cover letter and experience shine.Here are 20 jobs that pay over six figures and will require you to bring your A-game.1. Creative Manager zentralwert Base Salary $112,000 Number of Open Jobs 1,243 Companies Hiring Bluewolf, Edelman Financial Services, Warner Bros. Entertainment Group, Clarus Commerce, FULLBEAUTY Brands, NFL, Saks Fifth Avenue , Aquent, BloomThat, Walt Disney Company & more. Cities Hiring Remote Rocky Hills, CT Burbank, CA Boston, MA San Francisco, CA Fairfax, VA New York, NY Paramus, NJ & more.2. IT Manager zentralwert Base Salary $118,000 Number of Open Jobs 2,718 Companies Hiring Weebly, Amadeus IT Group, Florida Blue, Uptima Group, RedPeg Marketing, Spectrum, CyberCoders, Walgreens, Lands End, FedEx, Amazon & more. Cities Hiring Annapolis, MD Jacksonville, FL Santa Cruz, CA Alexandria, VA Bloomington, IN Basking Ridge, NJ Deerfield, IL Maryland Heights, MO & more.3. Data Scientist Median Base Salary $110,000 Number of Open Jobs 6,875 Companies Hiring Glassdoor, America First Credit Union, Huntington National Bank, Smith Hanley Associates, Johns Hopkins University, Walmart eCommerce, Dicks Sporting Goods, AmeriHealth Caritas, Capital One, SpaceX & more. Cities Hiring Mill Valley, CA Ogden, UT Columbus, OH Chicago, IL Laurel, MD Sunnyvale, CA Laurel, MD Philadelphia, PA Pittsburgh, P A Seattle , WA & more.4. Supply Chain Manager Median Base Salary $102,000 Number of Open Jobs 1,668 Companies Hiring Llamasoft, Therma-Tru, Spectrum Brands, Heineken USA, Materne, QVC, Uline, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, JC Penney Company, United Technologies & more. Cities Hiring Ann Arbor, MI Maumee, OH Lake Forest, CA White Plains, NY Nampa, ID West Chester, PA Atlanta, GA Lenexa, KS & more.5. Pharmacist Median Base Salary $120,000 Number of Open Jobs 4,213 Companies Hiring Safeway, OhioHealth, Angel Medical Center, UnityPoint Health, Mission Healthcare Services, Lincare, Global Consulting International, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital & more. Cities Hiring North Pole, AK Marion, OH Asheville, NC Tappahannock, VA Clinton, NY Asheville, NC Moline, IL Dyess AFB, TX Omaha, NE Athens, GA & more.6. Procurement Manager Median Base Salary $104,000 Number of Open Jobs 1,205 Companies Hiring WineDirect, Lindt & Sprungli, Morton Salt, Harris Corporation, Bridgestone Am ericas, United Technologies Corporation, Uline, CLEAResult & more. Cities Hiring American Canyon, CA Stratham, NH Chicago, IL Palm Bay, FL Nashville, TN Phoenix, AZ Pleasant Prairie, WI Austin, TX & more.7. Finance Manager Median Base Salary $118,000 Number of Open Jobs 6,445 Companies Hiring Cavender Auto, PNC Bank, Amazon, Goodman Manufacturing Company, Stanford School of Medicine, NBC Universal, Fiserv, Ross School & more. Cities Hiring San Antonio, TX Pittsburgh, PA Sunnyvale, CA Waller, TX Alpharetta, GA Stanford, CA New York, NY Bridgehampton, NY & more.8. Medical Science Liaison Median Base Salary $140,000 Number of Open Jobs 1,373 Companies Hiring Shire Pharmaceuticals LLC, GlaxoSmithKline, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, UCB, Ashfield Commercial & Medical Services, Fairway Consulting Group, Bausch & Lomb & more. Cities Hiring Remote New Haven, CT Houston, TX National City, CA Florham Park,, NJ Northeast, NY & more.9. Engineering Manager Median Base Salary $145,000 Number of Open Jobs 5,263 Companies Hiring LeadGenius, Harris Corporation, Microsoft, VividCortex, EBSCO, NWG Solutions, RJN Group, Nuwest Group, Autodesk, Yelp, Ingredion & more. Cities Hiring Berkeley, CA Rochester, NY Bellevue, WA Charlottesville, VA Clanton, AL Charlottesville, VA Dalls, TX Wenatchee, WA Bedford Park, IL & more.10. Patent Attorney Median Base Salary $150,000 Number of Open Jobs 1,125 Companies Hiring US Department of Justice, DOJ Antitrust Division, Milwaukee Tool, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Dentons, MNF Global, BCG Attorney Search Inc, Barclay Damon LLP & more. Cities Hiring Brookefield, WI Washington, DC Cambridge, MA Dalls, TX Los Angeles, CA Raleigh, NC Rochester, NY Minneapolis, MN & more.11. Management Consultant Median Base Salary $110,000 Number of Open Jobs 3,567 Companies Hiring Sia Partners, Point B, Riverbed Technologies, RealFoundations, Concurrency, Lincoln Financial Group, Logistics Management Institute, Vichara Te chnologies, Booz Allen Hamilton & more. Cities Hiring Charlotte, NC Chicago, IL Washington, DC Newport Beach, CA Fort Wayne, IN Alexandria, VA New York, NY Annapolis, MD & more.12. Technology Manager Median Base Salary $140,000 Number of Open Jobs 2,294 Companies Hiring Ogilvy & Mather, JPMorgan Chase & Co., USAA, TMP Worldwide, CDW, Quicken Loans, Yale University, Prelude Services, Sanford Health & more. Cities Hiring New York, NY Columbus, OH San Antonio, TX San Francisco, CA Detriot, MI New Haven, CT Mechanicsburg, PA Bemidji, MN & more.13. Product Marketing Manager Median Base Salary $116,000 Number of Open Jobs 2,537 Companies Hiring Walnut Street Finance, Hargray, McAfee, Uber, Kahtoola, Microsoft Corporation, LeanTaaS, Poshmark, TSYS, Expedia, US Bank, Aetna & more. Cities Hiring Fairfax, VA Hilton Head Island, SC Santa Clara, CA Alpharette, GA New York, NY Flagstaff, AZ San Diego, CA Redmond, WA Broomfield, CO Cambridge, MA & more.14. Product Manager Median Base Salary $110,00 Number of Open Jobs 17,731 Companies Hiring Facebook, MA Laboratories, Blue Microphones, STIHL Incorporated, Travelbank, Shochwave Medical, TrellisWare Technologies, GTO, Hargray, Nike, Olapic, Aquent & more. Cities Hiring Menlo Park, CA Virginia Beach, VA Washington, DC Tallahassee, FL Hilton Head Island, SC Beaverton, OR Tempe, AZ & more.15. Financial Planning and Analysis Manager Median Base Salary $115,000 Number of Open Jobs 1,380 Companies Hiring Cafepress, Cardinal Health, WellPet, Hulu, ABRA Auto Body & Glass, Patheon, Columbia Care, Foster McKay, Spectrum, Goldman Sachs, Liberty Mutual & more. Cities Hiring Louisville, KY Dublin, OH Tewksbury, MA Brooklyn Park, MN Boston, MA Morris, NJ New York, NY & more.16. Design Manager Median Base Salary $108,500 Number of Open Jobs 1,704 Companies Hiring Therma-Stor, Tuskes Home, SERA Architects, Nike, Ethan Allen, Acromag, United Technologies Corporation, Lands End, AltaSource & m ore. Cities Hiring Madison, WI Bethlehem, PA Houston, TX Portland, OR Schaumburg, IL Wixon, MI East Hartford, CT New York, NY Seattle, WA & more.17. Software Engineering Manager Median Base Salary $150,000 Number of Open Jobs 1,305 Companies Hiring Nike, Lyft, Evariant, AccessData, FastSpring, GuidedChoice.com, Google, Walmart eCommerce, Mobee, Sallie Mae, Comcast, h2o.ai & more Cities Hiring Beaverton, OR Seattle, WA Farmington, CT Lindon, UT Phoenix, AZ Mountain View, CA Boston, MA Newton, MA Mountain View, CA & more.18. Hardware Engineer Median Base Salary $110,000 Number of Open Jobs 1,494 Companies Hiring Open Systems International, Cisco Systems, Russound, Google, Ultra Electronics, PeopleTec, Amazon, Nokia, Mercury Systems, Tesla Motors, Qualcomm, KEYW, HP & more. Cities Hiring Median, MN Newmarket, NH Annapolis Junction, MD Greenford, OH Huntsville, AL Seattle, WA Mountain View, CA Andover, MA Palo Alto, CA Corvallis, OR & more.19. Technical Project Man ager Median Base Salary $100,000 Number of Open Jobs 1,749 Companies Hiring NovaCopy, Riverside Research Institute, Zemsania, Daugherty Business Solutions, Akmai, The HT Group, Blue Apron, PSI Talent Assessment, IBM & more. Cities Hiring Dallas, TX Wright Patterson AFB, OH Boston, MA Chicago, IL San Francisco, CA Irving, TX Richmond, CA Carmel, IN Hillsboro, OR & more.20. Software Engineer Median Base Salary $100,00 Number of Open Jobs 48,065 Companies Hiring Brose, Nike, Star Cutter, JOOR, BirchBox, Aquent, Evariant, Wisewire, NVIDIA, Warner Bros., Raytheon, K-Tek Resourcing LLC & more. Cities Hiring Detroit, MI Beaverton, OR Elk Rapids, MI New York, NY Farmington, CT Asheville, NC Baltimore, MD Santa Clara, CA Tuscon, AZ Houston, TX & more.Methodology For a job to be considered for 20 In-Demand Jobs With The Most Competition report, job titles must receive at least 1,000 searches over the past 30 days and have at least 1,000 active job openings per job title a s of 6/13/17. A job must have also received at least 25 salary reports shared by U.S.-based employees over the past two years (6/1/15-5/31/17). The number of job openings per job title represents active job listings on Glassdoor as of 6/13/17. The companies included represent a sample of companies, across diverse industries, hiring for the specific role as of 7/13/17. This list reveals just a sample of jobs in which U.S. employees report a total median annual compensation of $100,000 or more. Glassdoor data scientists define most competition as when there is more than one job seeker for every one job opening. This report takes into account job title normalization that groups similar job titles. Intern level jobs were excluded from this report.