Sales engineering jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-30, Sales engineering appears in 192 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Solutions Architect has the most postings mentioning Sales engineering, with demand share up 13.2% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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Frequently asked questions about Sales engineering
+Is Sales engineering in demand in 2026?
Yes. Sales engineering appears in 192 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Solutions Architect accounts for the most postings mentioning Sales engineering (25.0% of all postings mentioning Sales engineering).
+What jobs require Sales engineering?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Sales engineering are Solutions Engineering Manager (26.7% of that role’s postings mention Sales engineering), Systems Analyst (13.8% of that role’s postings mention Sales engineering), AI Strategist (9.7% 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 2026-09-30), Sales engineering most often appears alongside solutions architecture, solution architecture, APIs, Solutions engineering, Python.
+Where is Sales engineering most in demand?
As of 2026-09-30, 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.
+How can I keep up with new Sales engineering content and jobs?
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+Which skills come before and after Sales engineering?
The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.
Weekly indexed postings requiring Sales engineering — last 90 days
Career paths around Sales engineering
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before Sales engineering
Skills after Sales engineering
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.
The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Network/VOIP/SIP/Voice | 1 |
| Before: Network Infrastructure | 1 |
| Before: Network Engineering | 1 |
| Before: customer solutions | 1 |
| Before: Emerging Technologies | 1 |
| Before: Subject Matter Expert | 1 |
| Before: Sales channels | 1 |
| Before: customer applications/requirements | 1 |
| After: network solutions | 1 |
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 | 26.7% |
| Systems Analyst | 4 | 13.8% |
| AI Strategist | 3 | 9.7% |
| Solution Consultant | 2 | 9.1% |
| Solutions Engineer | 2 | 6.5% |
| Applied Value Engineer | 2 | 5.0% |
| Customer Engineer | 6 | 4.7% |
| AI Deployment Lead | 1 | 4.3% |
| Sales Systems Engineer | 1 | 3.6% |
| Data Platform Architect | 1 | 2.7% |
Roles with the most Sales engineering postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Solutions Architect | 48 | 25.0% |
| Solution Architect | 15 | 7.8% |
| Solutions Engineering Manager | 12 | 6.2% |
| Sales Engineering Manager | 9 | 4.7% |
| Systems Engineer | 8 | 4.2% |
| Customer Engineer | 6 | 3.1% |
| Customer Solution Engineer | 4 | 2.1% |
| Product Manager | 4 | 2.1% |
| Systems Analyst | 4 | 2.1% |
| AI Strategist | 3 | 1.6% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring Sales engineering
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Verkada | 13 |
| Stripe | 10 |
| Palo Alto Networks | 10 |
| Fireblocks | 9 |
| Vercel | 8 |
| Celonis | 7 |
| Zuora | 6 |
| Datadog | 6 |
| ServiceNow | 6 |
| Cloudflare | 6 |
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 for Sales engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 19 | 9.9% |
| London | 14 | 7.3% |
| 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 2026-09-30. 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). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.1%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,595 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.
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