Sales engineering jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Sales engineering appears in 190 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Solutions Architect has the most postings mentioning Sales engineering, with demand down 25% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Sales engineering in demand in 2026?
Yes. Sales engineering appears in 190 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 25% vs the prior 4 weeks. Solutions Architect accounts for the most postings mentioning Sales engineering (24.7% of all postings mentioning Sales engineering).
+What jobs require Sales engineering?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Sales engineering are Solutions Engineering Manager (26.1% of that role’s postings mention Sales engineering), Systems Analyst (13.3% of that role’s postings mention Sales engineering), AI Strategist (10.0% of that role’s postings mention Sales engineering).
+What skills are commonly paired with Sales engineering?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Sales engineering most often appears alongside solutions architecture, solution architecture, APIs, Python, Solutions engineering.
+Where is Sales engineering most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Sales engineering are New York City, London, Austin, San Francisco, Washington, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring Sales engineering — last 90 days
Roles most likely to require Sales engineering
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Solutions Engineering Manager | 12 | 26.1% |
| Systems Analyst | 4 | 13.3% |
| AI Strategist | 3 | 10.0% |
| Solution Consultant | 2 | 9.1% |
| Solutions Engineer | 2 | 6.5% |
| Applied Value Engineer | 2 | 5.0% |
| Customer Engineer | 6 | 4.6% |
| Value Engineer | 2 | 4.2% |
| AI Deployment Lead | 1 | 4.2% |
| Sales Systems Engineer | 1 | 3.6% |
Roles with the most Sales engineering postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Solutions Architect | 47 | 24.7% |
| Solution Architect | 15 | 7.9% |
| Solutions Engineering Manager | 12 | 6.3% |
| Sales Engineering Manager | 8 | 4.2% |
| Systems Engineer | 8 | 4.2% |
| Customer Engineer | 6 | 3.2% |
| Customer Solution Engineer | 4 | 2.1% |
| Product Manager | 4 | 2.1% |
| Systems Analyst | 4 | 2.1% |
| AI Strategist | 3 | 1.6% |
Top metros hiring for Sales engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 19 | 10.0% |
| London | 14 | 7.4% |
| Austin | 5 | 2.6% |
| San Francisco | 5 | 2.6% |
| Washington | 5 | 2.6% |
| Boston | 4 | 2.1% |
| Chicago | 4 | 2.1% |
| San Mateo | 4 | 2.1% |
| Toronto | 4 | 2.1% |
Skills commonly paired with Sales engineering
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Sales engineering by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Sales engineering postings by all Sales engineering postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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