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Node.js freelance projects & contracts in Germany 2026

1.1% of the analysed German IT freelance listings name Node.js – 574 projects, rank 98 of the 100 most requested IT skills. In October 2026 it was 0.6% (−0.6 percentage points from the month before). Node.js is asked for most often in React Developer projects: they make up 18% of the engineering projects with Node.js.

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

Is Node.js required or nice to have?

71% of the listings with Node.js name it as a required skill. That is about the median of the skills of this overview (69%). 10% name it as nice to have, 18% without a clear mark.

Node.js demand by month

Share of listings with Node.js 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 202696 of 7,653 projects1.3%
  2. July 2026183 of 9,884 projects1.9%
  3. August 202664 of 10,216 projects0.6%
  4. September 2026132 of 10,958 projects1.2%
  5. October 202676 of 13,054 projects0.6%

Skills asked for together with Node.js

The 15 skills that listings with Node.js name most often besides it, as a share of those projects. Blue: typical for Node.js, 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%72%
  2. CI/CDall projects 9.2%45%
  3. REST APIsall projects 7.3%43%
  4. JavaScriptall projects 2.9%35%
  5. Reactall projects 2.2%33%
  6. Dockerall projects 4.8%33%
  7. Kubernetesall projects 7.1%26%
  8. Gitall projects 5.1%26%
  9. Test Automationall projects 5%26%
  10. Pythonall projects 6.9%26%
  11. Javaall projects 6.6%25%
  12. PostgreSQLall projects 2.9%25%
  13. AWSall projects 4.1%24%
  14. Vue.jsall projects 0.9%24%
  15. Scrumall projects 8.1%22%

Typical for Node.js – asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall – are Vue.js (24%), TypeScript (72%), React (33%), JavaScript (35%), PostgreSQL (25%), Docker (33%).

Frequent anyway and often part of it here: Scrum (22%).

Roles asking for Node.js

98% of the projects with Node.js are engineering projects (560 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; 31% fit none of the major roles. Under each role: how many of its projects name Node.js, and how often as required.

  1. React Developerin 24% of the role's projects · required 71%18%
  2. Angular Developerin 13% of the role's projects · required 72%9.6%
  3. SAP Developerin 4.1% of the role's projects · required 69%8.8%
  4. ML / AI Engineerin 4.3% of the role's projects · required 79%7%
  5. Java Fullstack Developerin 4.2% of the role's projects · required 71%6.1%
  6. DevOps / Platform Engineerin 1.4% of the role's projects · required 40%5.4%
  7. Python Developerin 8.1% of the role's projects · required 93%5.4%
  8. Java Backend Developerin 1.1% of the role's projects · required 57%2.5%

Skills related to Node.js

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

How to use the data

If Node.js 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 Node.js 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 Node.js 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.