Top 10 Best High Demand Jobs in Washington DC Suburbs - Aerospace and Other High Tech

Three suburbs to the west and northwest of our nation’s capital are recognized by Forbes.com on their 2009 Best 25 Places to Move for work in the country. These are:

1. Franconia VA – Number 13
2. Leesburg VA – Number 16
3. Centreville VA – Number 17

All 25 of these Best Places to Move are so-recognized, because more people move into these cities from out-of-state and from other countries than is true for other cities around the country, even if they are expanding. more people are migrating to the 25 places honored on the Forbes.com list.

Franconia is nearest Washington DC. It is about 15 miles away and an unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia. Its population approximately 35,000 in 2009. Franconia is also near to Alexandria VA, a historic city in its own right and often visited by vacationers in the DC area.

Franconia was established around 1870 after the Civil War by the construction of a railroad station called Franconia on the site, initiated by the old RF&P Railroad. It was just a whistle stop community until is began to develop 80 years later around 1950 during the Cold War. It drew increasing numbers of residents as a suburb of DC. It is likely growing the most quickly of the three suburbs mentioned here, because it is the closest to the American Capital.

Centerville is next farthest of this trio of suburbs from the capital, approximately 20 miles away. It is also located in Fairfax County and enjoys a population of 51,000+. It is also an unincorporated community.

Leesburg is furthest from DC – about 40 miles away to the northwest - and is the county seat of Loudoun County, Virginia. It sits along the Catoctin Mountains and beside the Potomac River with a population of about 40,000 people. Leesburg is also an incorporated city and located at the end of Dulles Greenway toll road that joins the Dulles Toll Road for Washington Dulles International Airport. This makes Leesburg an excellent residential suburb for Washington workers. The city is growing quickly, with marked expansions around the Dulles Greenway and along the Potomac River towards DC. In addition, another important feature of the city is the Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center, a vital transportation facility for our nation.

Another very quickly growing DC suburb on the Forbes list is Gaithersburg, Maryland (review at the link).

On August 20, 2009, the job search and trending organization Indeed.com named Washington DC the Easiest City in the US to Find a Job, because of the number of job openings compared to job seekers. Effective job matching services by government employment services, career coaches, recruiting agencies. and staffing services can help make these job openings useful job seekers. On 08/20/09, Indeed listed approximately 140,000 employment openings for this metro area, out to a radius of 25 miles from city center, largely in IT, Healthcare, and Sales.

Official government predictions for jobs expected to increase in number most significantly by 2016 in the larger DC area, including the suburbs include the following positions. Thios ein bold type indicate positions ofund in actual job listings further below:

1. Computer Applications Software Engineers
2. Janitors/Cleaners,except commerical and residential housekeepers
3. Office Clerks
4. Business Operations Specialists
5. Computer Systems Analysts
6. Security Guards
7. Registered Nurses (RNs)
8. Combined Food Prep & Service
9. Customer Service Representatives (CSRs)
10. Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts
11. Computer Systems Software Engineers
12. Retail Salespersons
13. Accountants and Auditors
14. Management Analysts
15. Lawyers
16. Landscaping and Groundskeeping
17. Network and Computer Systems Administrators
18. Waitstaff
19. Nursing Aides, Orderlies,etc.
20. Executive Secretaries and Admin. Assts.

Top jobs listings for summer 2009 are locateed within 15 miles of Franconia and do not overlap with Centreville job openings.

1. Registered Nurses (RNs)
2. Project Managers
3. Systems Engineers
4. Program Analysts
5. Program Managers
6. Administrative Assistants
7. Java Developers
8. Physical Therapists
9. Care Team Clincial Techs
10. Network Engineers
11. Business Analysts
12. Clinical Nurse III’s
13. Occupational Therapists
14. Web Developers
15. Systems Administrators

Over 50,000 job openings were found within a 20-mile radius of Leesburg, Virginia:

1. Intelligence Analysts
2. Project Managers
3. Systems Engineers
4. Network Engineers
5. Certified Nurse’s Assts (CNAs)
6. Java Developers
7. Software Engineers
8. Physical Therapists
9. Business Analysts
10. Systems Integrators
11. All Source Analyst - Intelligence
12. Systems Engineers
13. Administrative Assistants
14. Program Managers
15. Occupational Therapists

There are so many job openings, that each suburb above boasts a Top 15 Hot Jobs, rather than only 10 hot job titles. Although several similar job listings appear for the three suburbs listed above, these are not the same job openings. Each of the communities offers these positions within a 15-mile radius of city center. All of these suburbs are job-rich and many suburban residents commute back and forth to DC for their careers as well. Efficient, well maintained light rail services help to make this possible, reducing commuting times and drawing increasing numbers of new workers to the DC suburbs.

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