Most In-Demand Sales Skills
The most in-demand skills for Sales roles right now are ai, account-executive, saas — ranked across 2182 open postings.
Updated October 18, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ai | 279 | +279 |
| 2 | account-executive | 217 | +217 |
| 3 | saas | 202 | +202 |
| 4 | crm | 160 | +160 |
| 5 | go-to-market | 135 | +135 |
| 6 | business-development | 125 | +125 |
| 7 | salesforce | 116 | +116 |
| 8 | agentic-ai | 87 | +87 |
| 9 | cloud | 86 | +86 |
| 10 | hubspot | 65 | +65 |
| 11 | automation | 59 | +59 |
| 12 | analytics | 44 | +44 |
| 13 | pipeline-management | 44 | +44 |
| 14 | networking | 38 | +38 |
| 15 | ecommerce | 36 | +36 |
| 16 | fintech | 33 | +33 |
| 17 | api | 32 | +32 |
| 18 | cybersecurity | 31 | +31 |
| 19 | pre-sales | 29 | +29 |
| 20 | linkedin-sales-navigator | 27 | +27 |
| 21 | lead-generation | 27 | +27 |
| 22 | machine-learning | 21 | +21 |
| 23 | sql | 21 | +21 |
| 24 | sales-enablement | 19 | +19 |
| 25 | zoominfo | 18 | +18 |
| 26 | gdpr | 18 | +18 |
| 27 | llm | 17 | +17 |
| 28 | devops | 17 | +17 |
| 29 | aws | 17 | +17 |
| 30 | slack | 16 | +16 |
| 31 | sales-engineering | 16 | +16 |
| 32 | ai-enablement | 16 | +16 |
| 33 | chatgpt | 15 | +15 |
| 34 | stakeholder-management | 15 | +15 |
| 35 | cold-outreach | 15 | +15 |
| 36 | observability | 14 | +14 |
| 37 | openai | 14 | +14 |
| 38 | n8n | 14 | +14 |
| 39 | accessibility | 14 | +14 |
| 40 | azure | 13 | +13 |