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C++ freelance projects & contracts in Germany 2026

1.5% of the analysed German IT freelance listings name C++ – 775 projects, rank 68 of the 100 most requested IT skills. In October 2026 it was 1.1% (−0.3 percentage points from the month before). C++ is asked for most often in Embedded C/C++ Developer projects: they make up 65% of the engineering projects with C++.

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

Is C++ required or nice to have?

79% of the listings with C++ name it as a required skill. That is more often than for most skills of this overview (median 69%). 13% name it as nice to have, 8% without a clear mark.

C++ demand by month

Share of listings with C++ 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 2026132 of 7,653 projects1.7%
  2. July 2026155 of 9,884 projects1.6%
  3. August 2026192 of 10,216 projects1.9%
  4. September 2026149 of 10,958 projects1.4%
  5. October 2026140 of 13,054 projects1.1%

Skills asked for together with C++

The 15 skills that listings with C++ name most often besides it, as a share of those projects. Blue: typical for C++, 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. Pythonall projects 6.9%39%
  2. Call projects 0.7%32%
  3. Embedded Software Developmentall projects 0.8%23%
  4. Gitall projects 5.1%23%
  5. CI/CDall projects 9.2%20%
  6. Linuxall projects 4.7%20%
  7. Agile Methodsall projects 9.1%18%
  8. Software Architectureall projects 4%18%
  9. C#all projects 2.1%15%
  10. Embedded Linuxall projects 0.4%15%
  11. Debuggingall projects 1.6%13%
  12. Javaall projects 6.6%13%
  13. Software Developmentall projects 3.5%13%
  14. Test Automationall projects 5%12%
  15. Jiraall projects 8.5%11%

Typical for C++ – asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall – are C (32%), Embedded Linux (15%), Embedded Software Development (23%), Debugging (13%), C# (15%), Python (39%).

Frequent anyway and often part of it here: CI/CD (20%), Agile Methods (18%), Java (13%), Test Automation (12%), Jira (11%).

Roles asking for C++

93% of the projects with C++ are engineering projects (721 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; 8.3% fit none of the major roles. Under each role: how many of its projects name C++, and how often as required.

  1. Embedded C/C++ Developerin 48% of the role's projects · required 94%65%
  2. Test Engineerin 3.7% of the role's projects · required 63%7.5%
  3. C# / .NET Developerin 5.9% of the role's projects · required 62%5.1%
  4. ML / AI Engineerin 3.2% of the role's projects · required 76%4%
  5. DevOps / Platform Engineerin 1.1% of the role's projects · required 71%3.3%

Skills related to C++

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

How to use the data

If C++ 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 C++ projects or try it now.

All skills compared: Most in-demand IT skills in German freelance projects. Which skills form clusters: Which skills belong together? Which skills are in particular demand in Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt and other cities: IT freelance projects by city. How C++ compares with its alternatives: Python, Java, SQL: programming languages in demand.

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.