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Sales Engineer / Solutions Engineer Career Market Report 2026

4,706 active jobs. 1,330 companies. Median salary $126K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

4,706
Active Job Openings
1,330
Companies Hiring
$126K
Median Salary (US)
81%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Sales Engineer / Solutions Engineer 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: 81% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $126K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $100K to $208K.

Remote roles pay 14% 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 54%

AI/LLM demand rose +9.1pp — fastest-growing skill

Salesforce leads hiring with 96 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Junior → Mid-Level (+$36K, +38%)

Salary increase: +$36K · Sample: Junior → Mid-Level

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 78% 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
Senior285$101K$142K$224K
Mid-Level177$105K$130K$200K
Junior122$79K$94K$143K
Staff26$139K$163K$221K
Lead21$100K$136K$190K
Manager11$101K$101K$161K
Entry-Level5$55K$62K$100K

What jumps out

Junior → Mid-Level: +$36K (38%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States443$118KUSD
Remote183$135KUSD
United Kingdom9$145KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site3.1%
Remote24.4%
Hybrid1.8%

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

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
54%
Python
24%
Customer Success
22%
AWS
21%
Azure
19%
GCP
15%
JavaScript
12%
Salesforce
10%
SQL
9%
Kubernetes
8%
Linux
8%
Project Management
8%

Skills on the Rise

AI/LLM ↑+9.1ppDevOps ↑+7.5ppDocker ↑+6.4ppJava ↑+6.2ppData Analysis ↑+5.1pp

Declining in Demand

Public Speaking ↓-11.2ppJournalism ↓-9.9ppExcel ↓-6.6pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Salesforce962.0%
Talent Trader Group621.3%
Jobgether621.3%
Jci591.3%
Hpe511.1%
Esri471.0%
Snowflake461.0%
Crowdstrike461.0%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States1,197
Remote729
India203
United Kingdom191
Singapore143
Germany101
Japan88
Australia83

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree67.5%2,566
Bachelor's Degree9.8%371
Master's Degree8.6%327
PhD / Doctorate0.5%19
MBA0.3%12

Certifications

CISSP (3%)CEH (2%)CCNP (1%)CISM (1%)

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