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MySQL freelance projects & contracts in Germany 2026

0.6% of the analysed German IT freelance listings name MySQL – 317 projects, rank 160 of the 200 most requested IT skills. In October 2026 it was 0.9% (+0.5 percentage points from the month before). MySQL is asked for most often in Java Backend Developer projects: they make up 17% of the engineering projects with MySQL.

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

Is MySQL required or nice to have?

66% of the listings with MySQL name it as a required skill. That is about the median of the skills of this overview (69%). 19% name it as nice to have, 15% without a clear mark.

MySQL demand by month

Share of listings with MySQL 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 202657 of 7,653 projects0.7%
  2. July 202649 of 9,884 projects0.5%
  3. August 202634 of 10,216 projects0.3%
  4. September 202650 of 10,958 projects0.5%
  5. October 2026122 of 13,054 projects0.9%

Skills asked for together with MySQL

The 15 skills that listings with MySQL name most often besides it, as a share of those projects. Blue: typical for MySQL, 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%37%
  2. Linuxall projects 4.7%37%
  3. Kubernetesall projects 7.1%35%
  4. Gitall projects 5.1%35%
  5. PostgreSQLall projects 2.9%35%
  6. Scrumall projects 8.1%32%
  7. Oracleall projects 1.4%32%
  8. CI/CDall projects 9.2%31%
  9. Javaall projects 6.6%31%
  10. SQLall projects 4.8%27%
  11. TypeScriptall projects 4.3%27%
  12. Dockerall projects 4.8%27%
  13. JavaScriptall projects 2.9%27%
  14. CSSall projects 1.5%26%
  15. SQL Serverall projects 1.4%25%

Typical for MySQL – asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall – are Oracle (32%), SQL Server (25%), CSS (26%), PostgreSQL (35%), JavaScript (27%), Linux (37%).

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

Roles asking for MySQL

80% of the projects with MySQL are engineering projects (254 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; 24% fit none of the major roles. Under each role: how many of its projects name MySQL, and how often as required.

  1. Java Backend Developerin 3.5% of the role's projects · required 66%17%
  2. DevOps / Platform Engineerin 1.9% of the role's projects · required 29%16%
  3. Java Fullstack Developerin 3.6% of the role's projects · required 72%11%
  4. Angular Developerin 3.8% of the role's projects · required 56%6.3%
  5. Cloud Solution Architectin 3.1% of the role's projects · required 93%5.5%
  6. Python Developerin 3.5% of the role's projects · required 92%5.1%
  7. React Developerin 2.6% of the role's projects · required 55%4.3%

Skills related to MySQL

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

How to use the data

If MySQL 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 MySQL 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 MySQL 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.