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Git freelance projects & contracts in Germany 2026

5.1% of the analysed German IT freelance listings name Git – 2,640 projects, rank 12 of the 60 most requested IT skills. In October 2026 it was 4.4% (−0.2 percentage points from the month before). Git is asked for most often in Java Backend Developer projects: they make up 15% of the engineering projects with Git.

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

Is Git required or nice to have?

77% of the listings with Git name it as a required skill. That is more often than for most skills of this overview (median 69%). 9.9% name it as nice to have, 13% without a clear mark.

Git demand by month

Share of listings with Git 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 2026540 of 7,653 projects7.1%
  2. July 2026546 of 9,884 projects5.5%
  3. August 2026406 of 10,216 projects4%
  4. September 2026514 of 10,958 projects4.7%
  5. October 2026580 of 13,054 projects4.4%

Skills asked for together with Git

The 15 skills that listings with Git name most often besides it, as a share of those projects. Blue: typical for Git, 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%49%
  2. REST APIsall projects 7.3%38%
  3. Javaall projects 6.6%35%
  4. Dockerall projects 4.8%32%
  5. Kubernetesall projects 7.1%29%
  6. Scrumall projects 8.1%28%
  7. Jiraall projects 8.5%26%
  8. Pythonall projects 6.9%26%
  9. Test Automationall projects 5%25%
  10. TypeScriptall projects 4.3%25%
  11. SQLall projects 4.8%23%
  12. Agile Methodsall projects 9.1%22%
  13. Linuxall projects 4.7%21%
  14. Spring Bootall projects 3.7%21%
  15. Confluenceall projects 5.9%18%

Typical for Git – asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall – are Docker (32%), TypeScript (25%), Spring Boot (21%), CI/CD (49%), Java (35%), REST APIs (38%).

Frequent anyway and often part of it here: Agile Methods (22%).

Roles asking for Git

92% of the projects with Git are engineering projects (2,428 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; 9.2% fit none of the major roles. Under each role: how many of its projects name Git, and how often as required.

  1. Java Backend Developerin 30% of the role's projects · required 77%15%
  2. DevOps / Platform Engineerin 18% of the role's projects · required 90%15%
  3. Java Fullstack Developerin 35% of the role's projects · required 79%12%
  4. Test Engineerin 17% of the role's projects · required 70%9.6%
  5. Data Engineerin 12% of the role's projects · required 71%6.3%
  6. C# / .NET Developerin 25% of the role's projects · required 64%6.3%
  7. Embedded C/C++ Developerin 14% of the role's projects · required 84%4.8%
  8. Angular Developerin 25% of the role's projects · required 61%4.2%

Skills related to Git

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

How to use the data

If Git 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 Git 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.

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.