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Director of Sales Career Market Report 2026

1,112 active jobs. 574 companies. Median salary $150K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

1,112
Active Job Openings
574
Companies Hiring
$150K
Median Salary (US)
78%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Director of Sales market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 78% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $150K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $120K to $295K.

Remote roles pay 7% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 31%

Sales Forecasting demand rose +11.1pp — fastest-growing skill

Fortifyiq leads hiring with 74 open positions

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 31% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Director198$118K$150K$286K

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States85$140KUSD
Remote63$150KUSD
United Kingdom3$112KGBP

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site2.8%
Remote31.5%
Hybrid2.2%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
31%
Salesforce
26%
Customer Success
15%
Sales Pipeline
15%
Sales Forecasting
11%
Account Management
10%
Negotiation
10%
Lead Generation
6%
Upselling
6%
Go
5%
B2B Sales
5%

Skills on the Rise

Sales Forecasting ↑+11.1ppSalesforce ↑+10.7ppGo ↑+5.4ppB2B Sales ↑+5.3pp

Declining in Demand

Journalism ↓-21.0ppProcurement ↓-14.2ppPublic Speaking ↓-9.7ppExcel ↓-7.3ppMental Health ↓-6.4pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Fortifyiq746.7%
Accorhotel403.6%
Five121.1%
Minorinternational100.9%
archetypestrategy100.9%
Quantexa80.7%
Rezedentcom80.7%
Benchmark70.6%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States339
Remote257
United Kingdom46
Germany27
India19
Singapore16
Canada14
China13

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree66.2%577
Master's Degree8.2%71
Bachelor's Degree6.1%53
MBA1.3%11
High School / GED0.1%1

Certifications

MBA (4%)

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