Sales Specialist jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities

As of 2026-09-24, Skillenai has indexed 53 job postings with the title “Sales Specialist” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is MySQL, with demand up 7% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-24

Postings · last 90 days
53
Demand vs prior month
up 7% vs the prior 4 weeks
Most-required skill
Top hiring metro
Chicago

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+How many Sales Specialist jobs are being posted in 2026?

Skillenai has indexed 53 job postings with the title “Sales Specialist” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-24, with demand up 7% vs the prior 4 weeks.

+What skills do Sales Specialist jobs require?

Across Sales Specialist postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-24, the skills mentioned most often are MySQL, DBaaS, event-driven systems, microservices, reverse ETL.

+Which cities are hiring the most Sales Specialist?

As of 2026-09-24, Sales Specialist postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Chicago, Paris, Bengaluru, Munich, New York City.

+Is Sales Specialist a good career path right now?

Skillenai indexes 53 Sales Specialist postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-24, with demand up 7% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Sales Specialist postings is MySQL, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.

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Weekly Sales Specialist postings — last 90 days

Skills most often required for Sales Specialist

NamePostingsShare
MySQL2750.9%
DBaaS2750.9%
event-driven systems2750.9%
microservices2750.9%
reverse ETL2750.9%
Postgres2750.9%
OLTP2343.4%
whiteboarding2037.7%
POCs1935.8%
Data platforms1935.8%
Azure1732.1%
AWS1732.1%
operational analytics1630.2%
real-time decisioning1630.2%
forecasting1630.2%

Top metros hiring Sales Specialist

NamePostingsShare
Chicago35.7%
Paris35.7%
Bengaluru23.8%
Munich23.8%
New York City23.8%
São Paulo23.8%
Toronto23.8%
Amsterdam11.9%
Herzliya11.9%

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-24, matching postings whose canonical role is “Sales Specialist”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).

role
Sales Specialist
source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
data_as_of
2026-09-24
window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index