Most In-Demand Sales Skills
The most in-demand skills for Sales roles right now are business-development, crm, salesforce — ranked across 504988 open postings.
Updated October 17, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | business-development | 73,201 | +11,376 |
| 2 | crm | 52,111 | +7,793 |
| 3 | salesforce | 42,473 | +6,171 |
| 4 | ai | 37,636 | +4,507 |
| 5 | account-executive | 31,844 | +3,377 |
| 6 | saas | 22,865 | +1,811 |
| 7 | lead-generation | 21,709 | +2,714 |
| 8 | cloud | 18,598 | +2,598 |
| 9 | networking | 16,961 | +3,491 |
| 10 | go-to-market | 16,528 | +1,461 |
| 11 | analytics | 15,208 | +2,419 |
| 12 | pipeline-management | 14,317 | +2,135 |
| 13 | automation | 12,666 | +1,791 |
| 14 | hubspot | 10,632 | +621 |
| 15 | pre-sales | 7,255 | +904 |
| 16 | cybersecurity | 7,111 | +1,053 |
| 17 | stakeholder-management | 7,109 | +981 |
| 18 | ecommerce | 7,080 | +1,052 |
| 19 | agentic-ai | 6,973 | +890 |
| 20 | performance-management | 6,760 | +1,374 |
| 21 | strategic-planning | 6,698 | +971 |
| 22 | customer-retention | 5,865 | +1,274 |
| 23 | sales-enablement | 4,867 | +666 |
| 24 | erp | 4,551 | +681 |
| 25 | fintech | 4,311 | +183 |
| 26 | corrective-action | 4,183 | +1,093 |
| 27 | linkedin-sales-navigator | 4,008 | +242 |
| 28 | accessibility | 3,539 | +918 |
| 29 | machine-learning | 3,479 | +269 |
| 30 | powerbi | 3,363 | +657 |
| 31 | process-improvement | 3,337 | +594 |
| 32 | api | 3,334 | +112 |
| 33 | aws | 3,194 | +116 |
| 34 | agile | 3,169 | +406 |
| 35 | sales-engineering | 3,101 | +467 |
| 36 | contract-negotiation | 3,099 | +478 |
| 37 | sap | 3,030 | +417 |
| 38 | data-analytics | 3,029 | +519 |
| 39 | demand-generation | 3,012 | +360 |
| 40 | cold-outreach | 2,782 | +54 |