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PostgreSQL freelance projects & contracts in Germany 2026

2.9% of the analysed German IT freelance listings name PostgreSQL – 1,515 projects, rank 28 of the 60 most requested IT skills. In October 2026 it was 2.6% (−0.1 percentage points from the month before). PostgreSQL is asked for most often in Java Backend Developer projects: they make up 28% of the engineering projects with PostgreSQL.

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

Is PostgreSQL required or nice to have?

62% of the listings with PostgreSQL name it as a required skill. That is less often than for most skills of this overview (median 69%). 24% name it as nice to have, 14% without a clear mark.

PostgreSQL demand by month

Share of listings with PostgreSQL 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 2026245 of 7,653 projects3.2%
  2. July 2026286 of 9,884 projects2.9%
  3. August 2026307 of 10,216 projects3%
  4. September 2026300 of 10,958 projects2.7%
  5. October 2026343 of 13,054 projects2.6%

Skills asked for together with PostgreSQL

The 15 skills that listings with PostgreSQL name most often besides it, as a share of those projects. Blue: typical for PostgreSQL, 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%46%
  2. Javaall projects 6.6%45%
  3. Dockerall projects 4.8%41%
  4. REST APIsall projects 7.3%41%
  5. CI/CDall projects 9.2%40%
  6. Spring Bootall projects 3.7%38%
  7. TypeScriptall projects 4.3%32%
  8. Microservicesall projects 2.9%27%
  9. Angularall projects 2.6%24%
  10. Gitall projects 5.1%24%
  11. Pythonall projects 6.9%23%
  12. Test Automationall projects 5%22%
  13. AWSall projects 4.1%21%
  14. Agile Methodsall projects 9.1%21%
  15. Kafkaall projects 2%20%

Typical for PostgreSQL – asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall – are Spring Boot (38%), Kafka (20%), Microservices (27%), Angular (24%), Docker (41%), TypeScript (32%).

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

Roles asking for PostgreSQL

88% of the projects with PostgreSQL are engineering projects (1,330 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; 8.4% fit none of the major roles. Under each role: how many of its projects name PostgreSQL, and how often as required.

  1. Java Backend Developerin 30% of the role's projects · required 60%28%
  2. Java Fullstack Developerin 24% of the role's projects · required 77%15%
  3. DevOps / Platform Engineerin 7.5% of the role's projects · required 50%12%
  4. Angular Developerin 27% of the role's projects · required 63%8.6%
  5. Python Developerin 26% of the role's projects · required 68%7.1%
  6. React Developerin 17% of the role's projects · required 48%5.3%
  7. Data Engineerin 5.3% of the role's projects · required 72%5.1%
  8. C# / .NET Developerin 7.4% of the role's projects · required 63%3.5%

Skills related to PostgreSQL

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

How to use the data

If PostgreSQL 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 PostgreSQL projects or try it now.

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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.