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Python freelance projects & contracts in Germany 2026

6.9% of the analysed German IT freelance listings name Python – 3,614 projects, rank 8 of the 60 most requested IT skills. In October 2026 it was 6.6% (−0.6 percentage points from the month before). Python is asked for most often in ML / AI Engineer projects: they make up 18% of the engineering projects with Python.

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

Is Python required or nice to have?

72% of the listings with Python name it as a required skill. That is about the median of the skills of this overview (69%). 18% name it as nice to have, 9.4% without a clear mark.

Python demand by month

Share of listings with Python 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 2026531 of 7,653 projects6.9%
  2. July 2026751 of 9,884 projects7.6%
  3. August 2026657 of 10,216 projects6.4%
  4. September 2026782 of 10,958 projects7.1%
  5. October 2026859 of 13,054 projects6.6%

Skills asked for together with Python

The 15 skills that listings with Python name most often besides it, as a share of those projects. Blue: typical for Python, 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. CI/CDall projects 9.2%35%
  2. Kubernetesall projects 7.1%24%
  3. SQLall projects 4.8%22%
  4. Dockerall projects 4.8%21%
  5. Gitall projects 5.1%19%
  6. Linuxall projects 4.7%18%
  7. AWSall projects 4.1%17%
  8. Azureall projects 4%16%
  9. REST APIsall projects 7.3%16%
  10. Javaall projects 6.6%14%
  11. Agile Methodsall projects 9.1%14%
  12. Test Automationall projects 5%14%
  13. Terraformall projects 2.6%13%
  14. Monitoringall projects 4.6%13%
  15. Scrumall projects 8.1%13%

Typical for Python – asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall – are Terraform (13%), SQL (22%), Docker (21%), AWS (17%), Azure (16%), CI/CD (35%).

Frequent anyway and often part of it here: REST APIs (16%), Java (14%), Agile Methods (14%), Test Automation (14%), Monitoring (13%), Scrum (13%).

Roles asking for Python

86% of the projects with Python are engineering projects (3,112 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; 5.7% fit none of the major roles. Under each role: how many of its projects name Python, and how often as required.

  1. ML / AI Engineerin 64% of the role's projects · required 87%18%
  2. Data Engineerin 42% of the role's projects · required 85%17%
  3. DevOps / Platform Engineerin 25% of the role's projects · required 71%16%
  4. Python Developerin 94% of the role's projects · required 94%11%
  5. Test Engineerin 19% of the role's projects · required 76%8.4%
  6. Embedded C/C++ Developerin 25% of the role's projects · required 59%6.5%
  7. Security Engineerin 11% of the role's projects · required 67%3.5%
  8. Cloud Solution Architectin 22% of the role's projects · required 72%3.1%

Skills related to Python

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

How to use the data

If Python 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 Python 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.