Career switch, measured
From Sales Development Representative to Sales Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 65% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Sales, B2B sales, Lead generation, Marketing; the main skills to add are Forecasting, Contract negotiation, AWS, Azure.
65%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillSales Development RepresentativeSales Engineer
- Sales97%96%
- B2B sales23%22%
- Lead generation76%21%
- Marketing61%27%
- Salesforce52%13%
- CRM46%14%
- Stakeholder management20%35%
- Communication41%26%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Sales Engineer postings, rarely in Sales Development Representative ones.
SkillSales Development RepresentativeSales Engineer
- Forecasting–21%
- Contract negotiation7%20%
- AWS–13%
- Azure–12%
- Product management–10%
- Manufacturing–9%
- Regulatory compliance–9%
- Google Cloud–9%
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