Most In-Demand Sales Skills
The most in-demand skills for Sales roles right now are business-development, crm, salesforce — ranked across 424044 open postings.
Updated September 14, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | business-development | 62,625 | +20,506 |
| 2 | crm | 42,810 | +10,358 |
| 3 | salesforce | 35,112 | +6,985 |
| 4 | ai | 31,751 | +3,780 |
| 5 | account-executive | 27,940 | +5,469 |
| 6 | saas | 20,259 | +2,374 |
| 7 | lead-generation | 18,895 | +5,836 |
| 8 | cloud | 15,352 | +1,772 |
| 9 | go-to-market | 14,434 | +2,075 |
| 10 | networking | 12,707 | +2,895 |
| 11 | analytics | 12,355 | +2,137 |
| 12 | pipeline-management | 11,719 | +2,961 |
| 13 | automation | 10,506 | +2,079 |
| 14 | hubspot | 9,581 | +1,743 |
| 15 | pre-sales | 6,122 | +1,307 |
| 16 | ecommerce | 5,873 | +1,088 |
| 17 | stakeholder-management | 5,805 | +1,437 |
| 18 | agentic-ai | 5,781 | +424 |
| 19 | cybersecurity | 5,715 | +923 |
| 20 | strategic-planning | 5,537 | +1,534 |
| 21 | performance-management | 5,173 | +1,201 |
| 22 | customer-retention | 4,403 | +1,525 |
| 23 | fintech | 4,062 | +586 |
| 24 | sales-enablement | 4,035 | +692 |
| 25 | erp | 3,755 | +1,063 |
| 26 | linkedin-sales-navigator | 3,590 | +432 |
| 27 | accounts-receivable | 3,498 | +1,908 |
| 28 | api | 3,111 | +304 |
| 29 | machine-learning | 3,107 | +182 |
| 30 | aws | 2,877 | +150 |
| 31 | process-improvement | 2,645 | +612 |
| 32 | agile | 2,644 | +188 |
| 33 | powerbi | 2,594 | +631 |
| 34 | cold-outreach | 2,578 | +483 |
| 35 | demand-generation | 2,557 | +635 |
| 36 | sap | 2,532 | +790 |
| 37 | contract-negotiation | 2,531 | +612 |
| 38 | sales-engineering | 2,525 | +586 |
| 39 | accessibility | 2,513 | +376 |
| 40 | data-analytics | 2,435 | +480 |