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OpenShift freelance projects & contracts in Germany 2026

1.9% of the analysed German IT freelance listings name OpenShift – 1,007 projects, rank 49 of the 60 most requested IT skills. In October 2026 it was 1.6% (−0.5 percentage points from the month before). OpenShift is asked for most often in DevOps / Platform Engineer projects: they make up 45% of the engineering projects with OpenShift.

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

Is OpenShift required or nice to have?

58% of the listings with OpenShift name it as a required skill. That is less often than for most skills of this overview (median 69%). 31% name it as nice to have, 11% without a clear mark.

OpenShift demand by month

Share of listings with OpenShift 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 2026172 of 7,653 projects2.2%
  2. July 2026247 of 9,884 projects2.5%
  3. August 2026153 of 10,216 projects1.5%
  4. September 2026222 of 10,958 projects2%
  5. October 2026203 of 13,054 projects1.6%

Skills asked for together with OpenShift

The 15 skills that listings with OpenShift name most often besides it, as a share of those projects. Blue: typical for OpenShift, 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. Kubernetesall projects 7.1%70%
  2. CI/CDall projects 9.2%45%
  3. Javaall projects 6.6%40%
  4. Dockerall projects 4.8%36%
  5. Spring Bootall projects 3.7%34%
  6. Helmall projects 1.7%26%
  7. ArgoCDall projects 1.2%24%
  8. PostgreSQLall projects 2.9%24%
  9. DevOpsall projects 4%23%
  10. Gitall projects 5.1%23%
  11. Monitoringall projects 4.6%23%
  12. AWSall projects 4.1%23%
  13. Grafanaall projects 2.2%22%
  14. Microservicesall projects 2.9%22%
  15. Agile Methodsall projects 9.1%21%

Typical for OpenShift – asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall – are ArgoCD (24%), Helm (26%), Grafana (22%), Kubernetes (70%), Spring Boot (34%), PostgreSQL (24%).

Frequent anyway and often part of it here: Agile Methods (21%).

Roles asking for OpenShift

89% of the projects with OpenShift are engineering projects (895 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; 1% fit none of the major roles. Under each role: how many of its projects name OpenShift, and how often as required.

  1. DevOps / Platform Engineerin 20% of the role's projects · required 76%45%
  2. Java Backend Developerin 16% of the role's projects · required 42%23%
  3. Java Fullstack Developerin 15% of the role's projects · required 69%14%
  4. Security Engineerin 3.9% of the role's projects · required 25%4.5%
  5. Python Developerin 7.6% of the role's projects · required 39%3.1%
  6. Angular Developerin 4.5% of the role's projects · required 32%2.1%
  7. Cloud Solution Architectin 3.7% of the role's projects · required 19%1.8%
  8. React Developerin 3.8% of the role's projects · required 50%1.8%

Skills related to OpenShift

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

How to use the data

If OpenShift 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 OpenShift 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.