Sales Specialist jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-11-05, Skillenai has indexed 101 job postings with the title “Sales Specialist” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is forecasting.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-05
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Frequently asked questions about Sales Specialist jobs
+How many Sales Specialist jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 101 job postings with the title “Sales Specialist” over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05.
+What skills do Sales Specialist jobs require?
Across Sales Specialist postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05, the skills mentioned most often are forecasting, pipeline management, consultative selling, enterprise software sales, security software sales.
+Which cities are hiring the most Sales Specialist?
As of 2026-11-05, Sales Specialist postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Amsterdam, Chicago, Houston, New York City, Tokyo.
+Is Sales Specialist a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 101 Sales Specialist postings over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05. The skill mentioned most often in Sales Specialist postings is forecasting, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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+What roles do people move into and out of Sales Specialist?
The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.
Weekly indexed Sales Specialist postings — last 90 days
Career paths through Sales Specialist
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
36 employer moves kept the same role.
Roles before Sales Specialist
Roles after Sales Specialist
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Sales Specialist (different employer) | 36 |
| Before: Sales Associate | 20 |
| Before: Sales Representative | 16 |
| Before: Sales Manager | 12 |
| Before: Customer Service Representative | 9 |
| Before: Account Executive | 9 |
| Before: Assistant Manager | 8 |
| Before: Software Engineer | 7 |
| After: Sales Specialist (different employer) | 36 |
| After: Software Engineer | 29 |
| After: Product Manager | 22 |
| After: Data Analyst | 21 |
| After: Business Analyst | 20 |
| After: Sales Representative | 15 |
| After: Sales Manager | 13 |
| After: Account Manager | 13 |
Skills most often required for Sales Specialist
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| forecasting | 36 | 35.6% |
| pipeline management | 32 | 31.7% |
| consultative selling | 29 | 28.7% |
| enterprise software sales | 21 | 20.8% |
| security software sales | 19 | 18.8% |
| data security | 17 | 16.8% |
| reverse ETL | 17 | 16.8% |
| Postgres | 17 | 16.8% |
| CRM | 16 | 15.8% |
| microservices | 16 | 15.8% |
| OLTP | 15 | 14.9% |
| channel partner management | 15 | 14.9% |
| Business development | 14 | 13.9% |
| account planning | 13 | 12.9% |
| MySQL | 12 | 11.9% |
Top companies posting Sales Specialist jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Databricks | 17 |
| Veeam | 16 |
| Nimble Storage | 15 |
| HPE | 13 |
| Microsoft | 10 |
| Securiti | 5 |
| Amazon Web Services (AWS) | 3 |
| Teare | 3 |
| The Adaptavist Group | 3 |
| 2 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring Sales Specialist
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 4 | 4.0% |
| Chicago | 4 | 4.0% |
| Houston | 3 | 3.0% |
| New York City | 3 | 3.0% |
| Tokyo | 3 | 3.0% |
| Bengaluru | 2 | 2.0% |
| Istanbul | 2 | 2.0% |
| London | 2 | 2.0% |
| Melbourne | 2 | 2.0% |
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How this was computed
Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-05, matching postings whose canonical role is “Sales Specialist”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
- role
- Sales Specialist
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-11-05
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- 90