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Java EE freelance projects & contracts in Germany 2026

0.8% of the analysed German IT freelance listings name Java EE – 408 projects, rank 131 of the 150 most requested IT skills. In October 2026 it was 0.5% (−0.4 percentage points from the month before). Java EE is asked for most often in Java Backend Developer projects: they make up 50% of the engineering projects with Java EE.

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

Is Java EE required or nice to have?

80% of the listings with Java EE name it as a required skill. That is more often than for most skills of this overview (median 69%). 8.8% name it as nice to have, 12% without a clear mark.

Java EE demand by month

Share of listings with Java EE 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 2026102 of 7,653 projects1.3%
  2. July 202666 of 9,884 projects0.7%
  3. August 202674 of 10,216 projects0.7%
  4. September 202697 of 10,958 projects0.9%
  5. October 202661 of 13,054 projects0.5%

Skills asked for together with Java EE

The 15 skills that listings with Java EE name most often besides it, as a share of those projects. Blue: typical for Java EE, 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. Javaall projects 6.6%79%
  2. Gitall projects 5.1%55%
  3. Scrumall projects 8.1%54%
  4. Mavenall projects 1.3%52%
  5. REST APIsall projects 7.3%50%
  6. Jiraall projects 8.5%42%
  7. Dockerall projects 4.8%36%
  8. Jenkinsall projects 2%36%
  9. JPAall projects 0.6%34%
  10. JUnitall projects 1.1%34%
  11. Kubernetesall projects 7.1%34%
  12. Confluenceall projects 5.9%34%
  13. SQLall projects 4.8%33%
  14. Microservicesall projects 2.9%31%
  15. Spring Bootall projects 3.7%30%

Typical for Java EE – asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall – are JPA (34%), Maven (52%), JUnit (34%), Jenkins (36%), Java (79%), Git (55%).

All of the most frequent companion skills are typical for this skill.

Roles asking for Java EE

86% of the projects with Java EE are engineering projects (351 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; 3.1% fit none of the major roles. Under each role: how many of its projects name Java EE, and how often as required.

  1. Java Backend Developerin 14% of the role's projects · required 84%50%
  2. Java Fullstack Developerin 13% of the role's projects · required 87%30%
  3. DevOps / Platform Engineerin 1.2% of the role's projects · required 85%7.4%
  4. Test Engineerin 0.9% of the role's projects · required 62%3.7%
  5. Angular Developerin 2.4% of the role's projects · required 20%2.8%

Skills related to Java EE

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

How to use the data

If Java EE 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 Java EE 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 Java EE 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.