Most In-Demand Sales Skills
The most in-demand skills for Sales roles right now are business-development, crm, salesforce — ranked across 475792 open postings.
Updated October 10, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | business-development | 68,296 | +7,723 |
| 2 | crm | 48,963 | +5,316 |
| 3 | salesforce | 39,925 | +3,920 |
| 4 | ai | 36,104 | +3,026 |
| 5 | account-executive | 29,996 | +1,879 |
| 6 | saas | 22,125 | +1,143 |
| 7 | lead-generation | 20,491 | +1,813 |
| 8 | cloud | 17,545 | +1,352 |
| 9 | go-to-market | 15,845 | +848 |
| 10 | networking | 15,002 | +1,776 |
| 11 | analytics | 14,297 | +1,554 |
| 12 | pipeline-management | 13,586 | +1,584 |
| 13 | automation | 11,960 | +1,140 |
| 14 | hubspot | 10,303 | +561 |
| 15 | pre-sales | 7,048 | +783 |
| 16 | agentic-ai | 6,802 | +752 |
| 17 | stakeholder-management | 6,794 | +642 |
| 18 | ecommerce | 6,651 | +681 |
| 19 | cybersecurity | 6,582 | +581 |
| 20 | strategic-planning | 6,290 | +708 |
| 21 | performance-management | 6,054 | +655 |
| 22 | customer-retention | 5,221 | +741 |
| 23 | sales-enablement | 4,626 | +425 |
| 24 | erp | 4,274 | +447 |
| 25 | fintech | 4,200 | +115 |
| 26 | linkedin-sales-navigator | 3,814 | +93 |
| 27 | corrective-action | 3,671 | +865 |
| 28 | machine-learning | 3,345 | +124 |
| 29 | accessibility | 3,305 | +730 |
| 30 | api | 3,238 | +25 |
| 31 | powerbi | 3,153 | +481 |
| 32 | process-improvement | 3,147 | +406 |
| 33 | aws | 3,094 | +9 |
| 34 | sales-engineering | 2,940 | +283 |
| 35 | agile | 2,938 | +72 |
| 36 | contract-negotiation | 2,919 | +346 |
| 37 | demand-generation | 2,901 | +267 |
| 38 | data-analytics | 2,812 | +280 |
| 39 | sap | 2,801 | +208 |
| 40 | cold-outreach | 2,734 | +92 |