Find the freelance projects that fit you — faster.
Projectmatch reads five German IT project boards every hour, scores every project against your profile with AI and shows the skills you are missing — and applies for you with one click, individual cover letter included.
Or browse today’s projects without an account →Java backend development (Spring Boot) for an insurer
Required skills
Nice to have
Figures from the market insights, as of October 2026.
Three steps, one decision per project
Upload your profile
Your CV as a PDF is enough. Projectmatch reads your skills, your role and your terms from it; in a few words you add what you are looking for, e.g. “Java backend, remote”. Or first check, without an account, which current projects match your CV.
Free profile check →Hourly matches with skill gaps
Projectmatch checks five boards every hour and scores every new project from 0 to 100 against your profile – with a score per required skill, so you see at once which skills you are missing.
Apply with one click
“Apply for me” writes an individual cover letter and sends your application on the board in your name. Auto-apply proposes new matches; you approve each one before anything is sent.
Two things Projectmatch does for you
The projects with the highest match
Every new project gets a match score against your profile; per skill you see how well you fit and what is missing. Boolean search and remote share narrow the list.
All matches at a glance, applications with one click
The applications list shows all matches; you choose which ones to apply to. One click on “Apply to 10 selected” writes a cover letter for each selected project and submits the application with your project-board account.
Price
- All projects of the five boards, scored every hour
- Cover letter and application with one click
- Daily match e-mail and skill gaps
Questions and answers
What does Projectmatch cost, and how is it different from freelancermap Premium?
€49 per month including VAT; the first 14 days are free and you can cancel monthly. Projectmatch and the project boards complement each other: Projectmatch specialises in the search and finds more projects than any single board, because it scores the projects of all five boards – freelance.de, gulp.de, freelancermap.de, projekt-pool.de and solcom.de – against your profile, shows the skills you are missing and writes the cover letters; the applications go through your account on the respective board. Included per month: unlimited matching of your profile, up to 1,000 cover letters, up to 10 new profile PDFs and up to 1,000 profile uploads to the boards.
What does “Apply for me” do – and is anything sent without my approval?
“Apply for me” applies to a project with one click: Projectmatch writes an individual cover letter from your profile and sends the application on the project board in your name. Auto-apply proposes new projects that fit your rules on your applications page, where you approve or dismiss each proposal. Nothing is sent without your approval, and every application is tracked there.
Who can subscribe?
Businesses and freelancers only: Projectmatch is sold to businesses, not to consumers. You pay by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or PayPal, and an e-mail reminds you three days before the first charge.
Where do the projects and the figures come from?
From five German project boards: freelance.de, gulp.de, freelancermap.de, projekt-pool.de and solcom.de. Projectmatch checks them every hour from 6 am to 6 pm German time, shows every project in one feed and removes projects that were closed on their board. You can browse the current projects without an account; match scores need a subscription. The monthly market insights come from the same data.
How do I cancel?
With one click on your profile page, effective at the end of the paid month. Cancelling during the free trial ends it at once and costs nothing; the trial is available once per e-mail address.
The IT freelance market in numbers, from tens of thousands of listings
Profile check: does your CV match current projects?
Upload your CV as PDF, have the 20 best-matching projects of the last 2 days scored by AI and see which skills you lack – free, no account.
Read the analysis →IT freelance market report
Each month: how many projects were listed and which developer roles and skills gained or lost demand.
Read the analysis →How many projects are about AI?
The share of IT freelance projects with AI at their core, per role, with the skills they ask for.
Read the analysis →IT contractor rates in Germany
Hourly and day rates as the listings state them, overall and for developer roles.
Read the analysis →IT contractor rate calculator
Work out your day rate and yearly revenue from an hourly rate – with vacation, sick days and gaps – and compare it with the rates listings state.
Read the analysis →Freelance or employee leasing?
How many listings are really freelance – and how many are employee leasing or employment, per role and quarter.
Read the analysis →Largest IT recruitment agencies
Who posts the IT freelance projects: the share of each agency, overall and of development projects, with contract type and remote offer.
Read the analysis →IT contract job boards compared
Which board lists the most projects, which roles and contract types each carries, and how many projects appear on one board only.
Read the analysis →IT freelance projects by city
Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt and more: projects, remote share, German requirement and the skills each city asks for.
Read the analysis →IT freelance projects by industry
Energy, public sector, banking and more: how many projects each industry posts, its remote share, contract types and the skills it asks for.
Read the analysis →When are IT projects posted?
New listings per weekday and hour, over the month and around quarter ends.
Read the analysis →Most in-demand developer roles
Which engineering roles freelance projects ask for most — and which skills each role requires.
Read the analysis →Most in-demand IT skills
A page for each of the most requested skills: demand per month, skills asked for together, roles.
Read the analysis →Which skills belong together?
Skill clusters from thousands of project listings, to compare with your own CV.
Read the analysis →How remote are IT freelance projects?
Remote, hybrid or on site: the stated shares per developer role and city, and how many listings say nothing.
Read the analysis →English-speaking IT contracts in Germany
How many freelance listings need no German, which roles and cities are most open, and which can be done remotely from abroad.
Read the analysis →IT contract length in Germany
How long freelance contracts run, when they start and how often an extension is offered — per role and remote share.
Read the analysis →Security clearance for IT contracts
How often listings require a German security clearance (Ü1, Ü2, Ü3), in which roles – and what it means for contractors.
Read the analysis →See today’s projects – no account needed
All of today’s projects are open; the match score comes with your profile.