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Cloud Computing freelance projects in Germany 2026

2.5% of the analysed German IT freelance listings name Cloud Computing – 1,303 projects, rank 37 of the 60 most requested IT skills. In October 2026 it was 2.8% (0.0 percentage points from the month before). Cloud Computing is asked for most often in DevOps / Platform Engineer projects: they make up 26% of the engineering projects with Cloud Computing.

By . Data: 52,106 listings on German IT freelance project boards, May 2026 – October 2026. Published , last updated .

Is Cloud Computing required or nice to have?

52% of the listings with Cloud Computing name it as a required skill. That is less often than for most skills of this overview (median 69%). 27% name it as nice to have, 21% without a clear mark.

Cloud Computing demand by month

Share of listings with Cloud Computing per month of first publication, with the number of projects under each month; months with fewer than 1,000 projects are left out. Single months fluctuate.

  1. June 2026224 of 7,653 projects2.9%
  2. July 2026209 of 9,884 projects2.1%
  3. August 2026196 of 10,216 projects1.9%
  4. September 2026305 of 10,958 projects2.8%
  5. October 2026360 of 13,054 projects2.8%

Skills asked for together with Cloud Computing

The 15 skills that listings with Cloud Computing name most often besides it, as a share of those projects. Blue: typical for Cloud Computing, i.e. asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall; the tick shows the share across all projects.

Under each skill: its share across all projects.

  1. CI/CDall projects 9.2%34%
  2. Kubernetesall projects 7.1%28%
  3. Agile Methodsall projects 9.1%23%
  4. AWSall projects 4.1%21%
  5. Scrumall projects 8.1%18%
  6. REST APIsall projects 7.3%18%
  7. DevOpsall projects 4%17%
  8. Pythonall projects 6.9%17%
  9. Dockerall projects 4.8%16%
  10. Jiraall projects 8.5%16%
  11. Javaall projects 6.6%15%
  12. Stakeholder Managementall projects 12%15%
  13. Monitoringall projects 4.6%15%
  14. Azureall projects 4%14%
  15. Gitall projects 5.1%13%

Typical for Cloud Computing – asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall – are AWS (21%), DevOps (17%), Kubernetes (28%), CI/CD (34%), Azure (14%), Docker (16%).

Frequent anyway and often part of it here: Agile Methods (23%), Scrum (18%), REST APIs (18%), Python (17%), Jira (16%), Java (15%).

Roles asking for Cloud Computing

54% of the projects with Cloud Computing are engineering projects (698 projects) – projects that build software or technical systems; the rest are e.g. consulting, project management or IT operations. The bars show the roles with the most of those projects and their share of them; 5.3% fit none of the major roles. Under each role: how many of its projects name Cloud Computing, and how often as required.

  1. DevOps / Platform Engineerin 8.8% of the role's projects · required 59%26%
  2. ML / AI Engineerin 8.7% of the role's projects · required 50%11%
  3. Java Fullstack Developerin 7.2% of the role's projects · required 66%8.3%
  4. Java Backend Developerin 3.9% of the role's projects · required 73%7%
  5. Cloud Solution Architectin 11% of the role's projects · required 66%6.7%
  6. Data Engineerin 3.4% of the role's projects · required 48%6.3%
  7. Security Engineerin 4.2% of the role's projects · required 51%6.2%
  8. Test Engineerin 3.1% of the role's projects · required 40%6%

Skills related to Cloud Computing

Skills of this overview that are asked for together with Cloud Computing much more often than chance would predict.

How to use the data

If Cloud Computing is in your profile, the blue skills often belong with it – name them if you have them. Projectmatch automatically matches new projects against your profile and shows for each project which of the required skills your profile covers. Browse current Cloud Computing projects or try it now.

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Method

An AI model reads the requested skills from each project description, and a project's role from its title and skills; the figures are updated monthly. Details: method of the IT skills analysis.