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SQL Server freelance projects & contracts in Germany 2026

1.4% of the analysed German IT freelance listings name SQL Server – 727 projects, rank 75 of the 100 most requested IT skills. In October 2026 it was 1.4% (−0.1 percentage points from the month before). SQL Server is asked for most often in C# / .NET Developer projects: they make up 34% of the engineering projects with SQL Server.

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

Is SQL Server required or nice to have?

72% of the listings with SQL Server name it as a required skill. That is about the median of the skills of this overview (69%). 12% name it as nice to have, 16% without a clear mark.

SQL Server demand by month

Share of listings with SQL Server 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 2026160 of 7,653 projects2.1%
  2. July 2026121 of 9,884 projects1.2%
  3. August 2026106 of 10,216 projects1%
  4. September 2026155 of 10,958 projects1.4%
  5. October 2026177 of 13,054 projects1.4%

Skills asked for together with SQL Server

The 15 skills that listings with SQL Server name most often besides it, as a share of those projects. Blue: typical for SQL Server, 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. C#all projects 2.1%27%
  2. SQLall projects 4.8%27%
  3. .NETall projects 1.6%26%
  4. REST APIsall projects 7.3%26%
  5. Oracleall projects 1.4%20%
  6. Gitall projects 5.1%20%
  7. Scrumall projects 8.1%20%
  8. Linuxall projects 4.7%19%
  9. Azureall projects 4%18%
  10. Agile Methodsall projects 9.1%17%
  11. CI/CDall projects 9.2%17%
  12. Javaall projects 6.6%16%
  13. Jiraall projects 8.5%15%
  14. Windows Serverall projects 1.5%14%
  15. Data Modelingall projects 3.6%14%

Typical for SQL Server – asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall – are .NET (26%), Oracle (20%), C# (27%), Windows Server (14%), SQL (27%), Azure (18%).

Frequent anyway and often part of it here: Scrum (20%), Agile Methods (17%), CI/CD (17%), Java (16%), Jira (15%).

Roles asking for SQL Server

67% of the projects with SQL Server are engineering projects (490 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; 8.2% fit none of the major roles. Under each role: how many of its projects name SQL Server, and how often as required.

  1. C# / .NET Developerin 27% of the role's projects · required 71%34%
  2. Data Engineerin 7.6% of the role's projects · required 82%22%
  3. Java Backend Developerin 4.1% of the role's projects · required 71%11%
  4. Java Fullstack Developerin 3.7% of the role's projects · required 83%6.1%
  5. DevOps / Platform Engineerin 1% of the role's projects · required 50%4.5%
  6. Low-Code Platform Developerin 2% of the role's projects · required 86%4.3%
  7. Security Engineerin 1.2% of the role's projects · required 73%3.1%
  8. Cloud Solution Architectin 2.6% of the role's projects · required 58%2.4%

Skills related to SQL Server

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

How to use the data

If SQL Server 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 Server 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 SQL Server compares with its alternatives: PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server: databases 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.