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SQL freelance projects & contracts in Germany 2026

4.8% of the analysed German IT freelance listings name SQL – 2,502 projects, rank 15 of the 60 most requested IT skills. In October 2026 it was 4.8% (+0.1 percentage points from the month before). SQL is asked for most often in Data Engineer projects: they make up 37% of the engineering projects with SQL.

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

Is SQL required or nice to have?

79% of the listings with SQL name it as a required skill. That is more often than for most skills of this overview (median 69%). 12% name it as nice to have, 9.4% without a clear mark.

SQL demand by month

Share of listings with SQL 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 2026437 of 7,653 projects5.7%
  2. July 2026422 of 9,884 projects4.3%
  3. August 2026483 of 10,216 projects4.7%
  4. September 2026512 of 10,958 projects4.7%
  5. October 2026627 of 13,054 projects4.8%

Skills asked for together with SQL

The 15 skills that listings with SQL name most often besides it, as a share of those projects. Blue: typical for SQL, 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. Pythonall projects 6.9%32%
  2. REST APIsall projects 7.3%27%
  3. Data Modelingall projects 3.6%25%
  4. CI/CDall projects 9.2%25%
  5. Gitall projects 5.1%24%
  6. Javaall projects 6.6%23%
  7. Dockerall projects 4.8%18%
  8. Scrumall projects 8.1%18%
  9. Agile Methodsall projects 9.1%17%
  10. Jiraall projects 8.5%17%
  11. Kubernetesall projects 7.1%17%
  12. ETLall projects 1.4%16%
  13. Azureall projects 4%14%
  14. Power BIall projects 1.9%14%
  15. Spring Bootall projects 3.7%13%

Typical for SQL – asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall – are ETL (16%), Power BI (14%), Data Modeling (25%), Git (24%), Python (32%), Docker (18%).

Frequent anyway and often part of it here: CI/CD (25%), Scrum (18%), Agile Methods (17%), Jira (17%), Kubernetes (17%).

Roles asking for SQL

74% of the projects with SQL are engineering projects (1,852 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; 8.6% fit none of the major roles. Under each role: how many of its projects name SQL, and how often as required.

  1. Data Engineerin 53% of the role's projects · required 91%37%
  2. Java Backend Developerin 17% of the role's projects · required 84%12%
  3. Java Fullstack Developerin 24% of the role's projects · required 87%11%
  4. ML / AI Engineerin 16% of the role's projects · required 81%7.8%
  5. Test Engineerin 7% of the role's projects · required 56%5.1%
  6. C# / .NET Developerin 13% of the role's projects · required 80%4.4%
  7. Python Developerin 16% of the role's projects · required 88%3.2%
  8. Low-Code Platform Developerin 5.6% of the role's projects · required 84%2.6%

Skills related to SQL

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

How to use the data

If SQL 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 SQL 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.