Career moves · 231,145 postings · 163 markets · 2026-07-16
Where can your career go next?
Search the role you're in. We count what employers ask for across 231,145 active postings, then show you the markets one step away: how big each one is, and exactly which skills you'd need to add.
What this is and isn't
Markets sit close together when employers on both sides ask for the same skills, measured across 350 normalized skills. This is not a record of people moving between them. That would need career histories we don't have. A close market also isn't automatically a good move. Skills counted are the ones postings list explicitly, so every figure is a floor.
You are here
Sales Engineer
342 open jobs·177 employers
10 markets are one step away
These are the 10 careers with the highest skill overlap with Sales Engineer. Bigger circles mean more openings; careers closer to the center require fewer new skills.
Among nearby careers, Solutions Architect has the most openings (680), while Solutions Engineer requires the fewest new skills.
Skill transition
How much each market's required skills differ from your
current role.
- Very close2
- Close8
Larger circles = more open jobs, from 121 to 680 here.
TapSelect a market to put it at the center.
Solutions Engineer
from Sales Engineer
Excellent match
Very close
Among the 2 closest moves from Sales Engineer.
428
openings in Solutions Engineer
6
skills you already have
6
skills to learn
2
skills to strengthen
You already have
Sales EngineerSolutions Engineershare of postingstechnical sales
68%35%
consultative selling
31%34%
enterprise sales
26%15%
value proposition
17%15%
presentation skills
17%15%
thought leadership
8%9%
You'll need to learn
- pythonasked for in 38% of Solutions Engineer postings
- awsasked for in 40% of Solutions Engineer postings
- roadmapasked for in 30% of Solutions Engineer postings
- javascriptasked for in 23% of Solutions Engineer postings
- twitterasked for in 15% of Solutions Engineer postings
- apiasked for in 23% of Solutions Engineer postings
Strengthen what you have
- consultative selling31% → 34%
- thought leadership8% → 9%
How much work is out there
Sales Engineer342Solutions Engineer428This market is about the size of yours.
What to do next
1 · Learn
python
Asked for in 38% of Solutions Engineer postings, and 5 other new skills.
2 · Strengthen
consultative selling
31% of Sales Engineer postings ask for it, against 34% of Solutions Engineer.
3 · Look at the work
428 Solutions Engineer postings
Observed active in this snapshot.
342 Sales Engineer postings · 428 Solutions Engineer postings · 350 normalized skills · snapshot 2026-07-16
Methodology
What is this based on?
231,145 live job postings from 28,870 employers across 163 markets, captured 2026-07-16. Skills come from each posting's stated requirements.
How is distance calculated?
Each market becomes a profile of the skills its postings request, and markets are compared by how much those profiles overlap (an IDF-weighted cosine similarity, so skills that appear in almost every role count for less). The closest markets sit nearest the center, grouped into five bands from Very close to Different field.
What do the skill lists mean?
Shared skills are the ones both roles commonly ask for. Skills to learn are the ones the target market asks for that your current role doesn't, ranked by how much more often they come up.
What isn't included?
Years of experience, seniority, salary, portfolio or certification requirements, or how competitive a role is to land. Skill overlap is one axis of a move, not the whole picture.
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