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MongoDB freelance projects & contracts in Germany 2026

0.4% of the analysed German IT freelance listings name MongoDB – 206 projects, rank 234 of the 250 most requested IT skills. In October 2026 it was 0.2% (−0.3 percentage points from the month before). MongoDB is asked for most often in Java Backend Developer projects: they make up 37% of the engineering projects with MongoDB.

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

Is MongoDB required or nice to have?

52% of the listings with MongoDB name it as a required skill. That is less often than for most skills of this overview (median 69%). 33% name it as nice to have, 15% without a clear mark.

MongoDB demand by month

Share of listings with MongoDB 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 202642 of 7,653 projects0.5%
  2. July 202644 of 9,884 projects0.4%
  3. August 202639 of 10,216 projects0.4%
  4. September 202650 of 10,958 projects0.5%
  5. October 202625 of 13,054 projects0.2%

Skills asked for together with MongoDB

The 15 skills that listings with MongoDB name most often besides it, as a share of those projects. Blue: typical for MongoDB, 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. REST APIsall projects 7.3%56%
  2. Kubernetesall projects 7.1%49%
  3. Javaall projects 6.6%48%
  4. PostgreSQLall projects 2.9%44%
  5. Microservicesall projects 2.9%43%
  6. Spring Bootall projects 3.7%41%
  7. Dockerall projects 4.8%38%
  8. CI/CDall projects 9.2%37%
  9. Gitall projects 5.1%36%
  10. TypeScriptall projects 4.3%32%
  11. Kafkaall projects 2%30%
  12. Test Automationall projects 5%29%
  13. AWSall projects 4.1%23%
  14. Agile Methodsall projects 9.1%19%
  15. SQLall projects 4.8%19%

Typical for MongoDB – asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall – are PostgreSQL (44%), Microservices (43%), Kafka (30%), Spring Boot (41%), Docker (38%), REST APIs (56%).

Frequent anyway and often part of it here: Agile Methods (19%).

Roles asking for MongoDB

85% of the projects with MongoDB are engineering projects (175 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; 9.7% fit none of the major roles. Under each role: how many of its projects name MongoDB, and how often as required.

  1. Java Backend Developerin 5% of the role's projects · required 48%37%
  2. Java Fullstack Developerin 2.7% of the role's projects · required 64%13%
  3. DevOps / Platform Engineerin 1% of the role's projects · required 67%12%
  4. C# / .NET Developerin 2.4% of the role's projects · required 87%8.6%
  5. Python Developerin 3.2% of the role's projects · required 58%6.9%
  6. React Developerin 2.4% of the role's projects · required 70%5.7%

Skills related to MongoDB

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

How to use the data

If MongoDB 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 MongoDB 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 MongoDB compares with its alternatives: PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server: databases 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.