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Networking freelance projects & contracts in Germany 2026

3.1% of the analysed German IT freelance listings name Networking – 1,621 projects, rank 26 of the 60 most requested IT skills. In October 2026 it was 3.2% (0.0 percentage points from the month before). Networking is asked for most often in DevOps / Platform Engineer projects: they make up 41% of the engineering projects with Networking.

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

Is Networking required or nice to have?

75% of the listings with Networking name it as a required skill. That is more often than for most skills of this overview (median 69%). 11% name it as nice to have, 14% without a clear mark.

Networking demand by month

Share of listings with Networking 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 2026263 of 7,653 projects3.4%
  2. July 2026305 of 9,884 projects3.1%
  3. August 2026275 of 10,216 projects2.7%
  4. September 2026351 of 10,958 projects3.2%
  5. October 2026417 of 13,054 projects3.2%

Skills asked for together with Networking

The 15 skills that listings with Networking name most often besides it, as a share of those projects. Blue: typical for Networking, 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. Linuxall projects 4.7%24%
  2. Kubernetesall projects 7.1%15%
  3. Troubleshootingall projects 4%15%
  4. Monitoringall projects 4.6%14%
  5. IT Securityall projects 3.5%14%
  6. IT Infrastructureall projects 2.2%14%
  7. Documentationall projects 10%14%
  8. Securityall projects 3.1%13%
  9. Firewallsall projects 1.2%13%
  10. Pythonall projects 6.9%12%
  11. Routingall projects 1.2%12%
  12. CI/CDall projects 9.2%12%
  13. Virtualizationall projects 1.1%12%
  14. Storageall projects 1%12%
  15. Windowsall projects 1.8%11%

Typical for Networking – asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall – are Storage (12%), Virtualization (12%), Firewalls (13%), Routing (12%), IT Infrastructure (14%), Windows (11%).

Frequent anyway and often part of it here: Kubernetes (15%), Documentation (14%), Python (12%), CI/CD (12%).

Roles asking for Networking

31% of the projects with Networking are engineering projects (499 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; 4.4% fit none of the major roles. Under each role: how many of its projects name Networking, and how often as required.

  1. DevOps / Platform Engineerin 10% of the role's projects · required 70%41%
  2. Security Engineerin 7% of the role's projects · required 85%14%
  3. Test Engineerin 4.5% of the role's projects · required 69%12%
  4. Cloud Solution Architectin 12% of the role's projects · required 87%11%
  5. Embedded C/C++ Developerin 3.3% of the role's projects · required 89%5.4%
  6. PLC / Automation Programmerin 2.9% of the role's projects · required 75%4%

Skills related to Networking

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

How to use the data

If Networking 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 Networking 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.