Most In-Demand Sales Skills
The most in-demand skills for Sales roles right now are business-development, crm, salesforce — ranked across 581220 open postings.
Updated November 3, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | business-development | 83,821 | -1,666 |
| 2 | crm | 61,596 | -1,862 |
| 3 | salesforce | 44,429 | -4,344 |
| 4 | ai | 40,925 | -3,257 |
| 5 | account-executive | 31,502 | -2,795 |
| 6 | lead-generation | 27,636 | +817 |
| 7 | saas | 24,148 | -2,048 |
| 8 | personal-protective-equipment | 19,878 | +11,993 |
| 9 | cloud | 19,589 | -1,839 |
| 10 | networking | 18,811 | -557 |
| 11 | go-to-market | 17,517 | -1,727 |
| 12 | analytics | 15,387 | -1,684 |
| 13 | pipeline-management | 14,977 | -1,001 |
| 14 | automation | 13,500 | -728 |
| 15 | hubspot | 13,122 | +310 |
| 16 | ecommerce | 11,937 | +883 |
| 17 | cybersecurity | 8,702 | -427 |
| 18 | pre-sales | 8,484 | -220 |
| 19 | stakeholder-management | 8,375 | -570 |
| 20 | performance-management | 7,118 | -502 |
| 21 | strategic-planning | 7,098 | -431 |
| 22 | agentic-ai | 6,883 | -522 |
| 23 | customer-retention | 6,187 | -362 |
| 24 | erp | 5,857 | +168 |
| 25 | chatgpt | 4,954 | +19 |
| 26 | sales-enablement | 4,836 | -609 |
| 27 | corrective-action | 4,809 | +76 |
| 28 | fintech | 4,765 | -322 |
| 29 | powerbi | 4,647 | -36 |
| 30 | linkedin-sales-navigator | 4,496 | -119 |
| 31 | sap | 4,133 | +162 |
| 32 | api | 3,785 | -170 |
| 33 | agile | 3,722 | -136 |
| 34 | machine-learning | 3,654 | -221 |
| 35 | accessibility | 3,631 | -131 |
| 36 | spark | 3,331 | +554 |
| 37 | aws | 3,305 | -548 |
| 38 | contract-negotiation | 3,257 | -238 |
| 39 | cold-outreach | 3,216 | -260 |
| 40 | process-improvement | 3,200 | -541 |