Telecommunications professionals will continue to be in demand as well. Cushman & Wakefield estimates that by the end of this decade, the field will grow by 209,000 positions. Telecommunications companies accounted for 3.3 percent of overall leasing in the third quarter.

It’s no secret that the healthcare field is expanding, with an expected increase of 2.5 million jobs between now and 2020, Cushman & Wakefield and Moody’s report. While a high percentage of these jobs will be hospital-based, some will undoubtedly require regular and medical office space. For instance, the number of biomedical engineers in the U.S. will grow by 26.6 percent by 2022, DOL estimates. The number of biochemists and biophysicists will rise by 18.6 percent. Companies in the healthcare sector were responsible for 9.0 percent of all leasing in the third quarter of 2013, according to CBRE.

Another growing industry is financial services. The sector will add approximately 560,000 jobs between today and 2020, according to data from Cushman & Wakefield and Moody’s. The number of personal financial advisors in U.S. will grow by 27 percent by 2022, DOL reports. According to CBRE, in the third quarter, financial services firms accounted for 11.9 percent of all leasing activity.

Technology firms, particularly those that employ information security analysts and computer information analysts, are undoubtedly at the top of the list. While growth in all existing occupations should average 10.8 percent in the period leading up to 2022, according to the DOL, the number of positions for information security analysts will likely increase a whopping 36.5.8 percent. The number of computer and information analysts will grow by 26.1 percent. CBRE reports that in the third quarter of 2013, the most recent period for which data is available, high tech firms accounted for 17.8 percent of all leasing activity nationwide, more than any other sector.