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negotiate price

🔄 Evolving ESCO reuse: cross-sector

Arrange an agreement on price of products or services provided or offered.

negotiate price — arrange an agreement on price of products or services provided or offered. McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the evolving band (SCI 50.68/100) — the skill will still matter in 2030 but the nature of the work is changing. ESCO classifies it as a cross-sector (useful across many industries) skill within skills. It is currently listed by 9 occupations in our catalogue, including contract manager, door to door seller, green coffee buyer, and hawker.

Category: skills › negotiating and managing contracts and agreements SCI: 50.68/100 Also known as: agree on prices, discuss prices, negotiate the price

Occupations that require negotiate price

Showing top 9 of 9 occupations · ranked by India employment volume, then AI-durability.

contract manager · 🤖 5.0/10
door to door seller · 🤖 5.0/10
green coffee buyer · 🤖 5.0/10
hawker · 🤖 5.0/10
hospitality entertainment manager · 🤖 5.0/10
location manager · 🤖 5.0/10
sales account manager · 🤖 5.0/10
shipbroker · 🤖 5.0/10
timber trader · 🤖 5.0/10

Frequently asked questions

What is negotiate price?

Arrange an agreement on price of products or services provided or offered.

What category of skill is negotiate price?

ESCO classifies negotiate price under the skills category, specifically in the negotiating and managing contracts and agreements subcategory.

Is negotiate price an AI-durable skill?

McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the evolving band (SCI 50.68/100) — the skill will still matter in 2030 but the nature of the work is changing. Continue investing, but pair it with the AI-tool workflow that is reshaping the field so you evolve with it.

Which jobs require negotiate price?

In our catalogue, 9 occupations list negotiate price as a required or important skill. The top occupations by employment volume include contract manager, door to door seller, green coffee buyer, hawker, hospitality entertainment manager, location manager.

How transferable is negotiate price between industries?

ESCO tags negotiate price as a cross-sector (useful across many industries) skill — a signal of how portable it is when you change field.

Is negotiate price the same as agree on prices?

Yes — negotiate price is also known as agree on prices, discuss prices, or negotiate the price. They refer to the same underlying capability in the ESCO taxonomy.

How can I learn negotiate price?

The most reliable path is to pick a job or project that demands negotiate price and learn through delivery. Complement that with role-specific roadmaps and short courses. Explore the occupations below to see where this skill is used in practice.

Data: ESCO v1.2.1 (CC-BY-4.0). Durability framework informed by McKinsey Global Institute (Nov 2025). See our methodology.