Career switch, measured
From Technical Sales Representative to Sales Engineer
Yes, it's a realistic move with some upskilling. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 49% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Sales, Marketing, CRM, Communication; the main skills to add are Stakeholder management, Lead generation, Forecasting, Contract negotiation.
49%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillTechnical Sales RepresentativeSales Engineer
- Sales78%96%
- Marketing45%27%
- CRM19%14%
- Communication39%26%
- Training and coaching24%22%
- Customer success11%25%
- IT support6%7%
- B2B sales7%22%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Sales Engineer postings, rarely in Technical Sales Representative ones.
SkillTechnical Sales RepresentativeSales Engineer
- Stakeholder management10%35%
- Lead generation–21%
- Forecasting6%21%
- Contract negotiation8%20%
- Cybersecurity–16%
- Salesforce6%13%
- AWS–13%
- Azure–12%
Plan your move to Sales Engineer
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