What skills are most in demand for sales roles?

Salesforce, HubSpot, SaaS sales experience, pipeline management, and consultative selling are consistently among the most mentioned skills in ANZ sales job listings. Enterprise roles also frequently require experience with complex deal cycles and multi-stakeholder selling.

How is skills demand measured?

Skills are extracted from active GTM job descriptions using natural language processing. Each skill is counted by how many active listings mention it, and ranked by total mention count and percentage of roles. Data refreshes daily.

What technical skills do GTM roles require?

CRM platforms (Salesforce, HubSpot) are the most common technical requirement across all GTM functions. Marketing roles frequently require marketing automation tools (Marketo, Pardot), while RevOps roles require data analytics, SQL, and BI tools. Sales engineering roles demand product and API knowledge.

Skills Demand

What ANZ employers are looking for

Skills extracted from job descriptions across all active GTM roles.

Top 30 skills across all functions

SkillMentions% of Roles

Customer Service2.9k37.0%

Stakeholder Management1.9k23.6%

Communication1.6k20.9%

Time Management1.3k17.1%

Teamwork1.2k15.2%

Problem Solving1.1k14.6%

Attention To Detail1.1k13.7%

Communication Skills1k12.8%

Interpersonal Skills83510.7%

Stakeholder Engagement7809.9%

Risk Management7129.1%

Leadership6878.8%

Project Management6278.0%

Food Preparation6057.7%

Team Leadership5627.2%

Reliability5076.5%

Strategic Planning4926.3%

Inventory Management4475.7%

Coaching4265.4%

Data Analysis4135.3%

Visual Merchandising3945.0%

Mentoring3654.7%

Conflict Resolution3494.5%

Written Communication3484.4%

Budget Management3434.4%

Change Management3294.2%

Stock Management3264.2%

Relationship Building3174.0%

Performance Management3023.9%

Verbal Communication2953.8%

What ANZ employers are looking for

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