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JavaScript freelance projects & contracts in Germany 2026

2.9% of the analysed German IT freelance listings name JavaScript – 1,524 projects, rank 27 of the 60 most requested IT skills. In October 2026 it was 2.3% (+0.2 percentage points from the month before). JavaScript is asked for most often in Java Fullstack Developer projects: they make up 12% of the engineering projects with JavaScript.

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

Is JavaScript required or nice to have?

70% of the listings with JavaScript name it as a required skill. That is about the median of the skills of this overview (69%). 14% name it as nice to have, 16% without a clear mark.

JavaScript demand by month

Share of listings with JavaScript 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 2026379 of 7,653 projects5%
  2. July 2026362 of 9,884 projects3.7%
  3. August 2026198 of 10,216 projects1.9%
  4. September 2026237 of 10,958 projects2.2%
  5. October 2026304 of 13,054 projects2.3%

Skills asked for together with JavaScript

The 15 skills that listings with JavaScript name most often besides it, as a share of those projects. Blue: typical for JavaScript, 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. TypeScriptall projects 4.3%46%
  2. REST APIsall projects 7.3%42%
  3. HTMLall projects 1.5%37%
  4. Javaall projects 6.6%35%
  5. CSSall projects 1.5%35%
  6. CI/CDall projects 9.2%34%
  7. Gitall projects 5.1%29%
  8. Scrumall projects 8.1%29%
  9. Jiraall projects 8.5%26%
  10. Angularall projects 2.6%25%
  11. Dockerall projects 4.8%24%
  12. Agile Methodsall projects 9.1%23%
  13. Test Automationall projects 5%22%
  14. Kubernetesall projects 7.1%22%
  15. SQLall projects 4.8%21%

Typical for JavaScript – asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall – are HTML (37%), CSS (35%), TypeScript (46%), Angular (25%), REST APIs (42%), Git (29%).

Frequent anyway and often part of it here: Agile Methods (23%).

Roles asking for JavaScript

88% of the projects with JavaScript are engineering projects (1,334 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; 15% fit none of the major roles. Under each role: how many of its projects name JavaScript, and how often as required.

  1. Java Fullstack Developerin 20% of the role's projects · required 84%12%
  2. Angular Developerin 36% of the role's projects · required 78%11%
  3. Low-Code Platform Developerin 16% of the role's projects · required 87%10%
  4. React Developerin 32% of the role's projects · required 84%10%
  5. Test Engineerin 9.6% of the role's projects · required 62%9.7%
  6. Java Backend Developerin 8.2% of the role's projects · required 34%7.7%
  7. SAP Developerin 8.1% of the role's projects · required 80%6.2%
  8. Python Developerin 12% of the role's projects · required 72%3.2%

Skills related to JavaScript

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

How to use the data

If JavaScript 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 JavaScript 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.