Career switch, measured
From Sales Representative to Sales Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 84% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Sales, Lead generation, Contract negotiation, Marketing; the main skills to add are Stakeholder management, Training and coaching, Cybersecurity, AWS.
84%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillSales RepresentativeSales Engineer
- Sales92%96%
- Lead generation25%21%
- Contract negotiation31%20%
- Marketing41%27%
- CRM17%14%
- B2B sales13%22%
- Salesforce10%13%
- Customer success11%25%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Sales Engineer postings, rarely in Sales Representative ones.
SkillSales RepresentativeSales Engineer
- Stakeholder management15%35%
- Training and coaching7%22%
- Cybersecurity–16%
- AWS–13%
- Azure–12%
- Product management–10%
- Manufacturing–9%
- Google Cloud–9%
Plan your move to Sales Engineer
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