"sales process," "business development," and "sales support" aren't the only skills we found technical sales representatives list on their resumes. In fact, there's a whole list of technical sales representative responsibilities that we found, including:
See the full list of technical sales representative skills.
Before becoming a technical sales representative, 56.9% earned their bachelor's degree. When it comes down to graduating with a master's degree, 4.9% technical sales representatives went for the extra education. If you're wanting to pursue this career, it may be possible to be successful with a high school degree. In fact, most technical sales representatives have a college degree. But about one out of every six technical sales representatives didn't attend college at all.
Those technical sales representatives who do attend college, typically earn either a business degree or a biology degree. Less commonly earned degrees for technical sales representatives include a marketing degree or a chemistry degree.
When you're ready to become a technical sales representative, you might wonder which companies hire technical sales representatives. According to our research through technical sales representative resumes, technical sales representatives are mostly hired by Oracle, Ecolab, and Stoneridge Software. Now is a good time to apply as Oracle has 582 technical sales representatives job openings, and there are 63 at Ecolab and 52 at Stoneridge Software.
If you're interested in companies where technical sales representatives make the most money, you'll want to apply for positions at Google, Texas Instruments, and Apple. We found that at Google, the average technical sales representative salary is $184,948. Whereas at Texas Instruments, technical sales representatives earn roughly $163,933. And at Apple, they make an average salary of $163,452.
View more details on technical sales representative salaries across the United States.
If you earned a degree from the top 100 educational institutions in the United States, you might want to take a look at Techtronic Industries North America, Inc., Dell, and Oracle. These three companies have hired a significant number of technical sales representatives from these institutions.