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Artificial Intelligence freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for Artificial Intelligence – calculated from 102 real project and job postings of the last 90 days. No survey, no guesswork without data.

As of: week 41/2026 · updated weekly
Listings (90 d)
102
Rank 167 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▼ 9 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
25 %
Rated for 102 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
88 %
19 % fully remote · stated in 92 % of postings
The jury's verdict on Artificial Intelligence

A shrinking market.

Artificial Intelligence sits at rank 167 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is falling (▼ 9 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 167 of 531 skills, 102 postings in 90 days.
Shrinking marketMarket share ▼ 9 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible88 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is Artificial Intelligence – and why do companies hire Artificial Intelligence freelancers?

The postings that mention Artificial Intelligence fall into these types of project (share of the classified postings):

Consulting and design45 %
Consulting, concept work, architecture and project leadership around Artificial Intelligence.
Data and AI22 %
Data platforms, analytics and AI solutions with Artificial Intelligence.
New development20 %
Building new applications, platforms and products with Artificial Intelligence.
Infrastructure and operations5 %
Cloud, automation and platform operations with Artificial Intelligence.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are Consultant (20 %), Project Manager (20 %), Backend Developer (15 %) and Data Scientist (13 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 66 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▼ 9 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 29 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
167 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for Artificial Intelligence are rising: from an average of 5 to 12 per week (+142 %). Volume is developing more weakly than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Who wants Artificial Intelligence – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior66 %
Mid-level26 %

Senior dominates (66 %). Pure junior roles are rare (2 %).

Stated in 97 % of listings

Industries

it_software47 %
manufacturing11 %
healthcare11 %
consulting9 %
telecommunications4 %

it_software grows the most (+23 % vs. the previous quarter).

Stated in 77 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance59 %
Permanent39 %

Freelance dominates (59 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote69 %
Fully remote19 %
On site12 %

Partly remote dominates (69 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 19 % of postings.

Stated in 92 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Frankfurt am Main11 %
Frankfurt am Main7 %
Nordrhein-Westfalen7 %
München5 %
Berlin5 %

Frankfurt am Main leads (11 %).

Stated in 73 % of listings

Project language

German92 %
English8 %

German dominates (92 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Market dynamics: how contested is Artificial Intelligence?

Full time required87 %Share of postings stating a workload that expect full time.Basis: 38 postings with this information (37 % of all postings).

Who posts Artificial Intelligence projects

FERCHAU GmbH34
APRIORI - business solutions AG12
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current Artificial Intelligence projects

Frequently asked questions about Artificial Intelligence freelancing

How many Artificial Intelligence projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 102 projects and jobs mentioning Artificial Intelligence were posted. That is around 8 per week. The market share changed by ▼ 9 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is Artificial Intelligence still in demand for freelancers?

Artificial Intelligence ranks 167 of 531 skills.

Are Artificial Intelligence projects possible remotely?

88 % of Artificial Intelligence postings allow remote work. 19 % are fully remote.

Who posts Artificial Intelligence projects?

The 2 most active recruiters account for 45 % of all Artificial Intelligence postings of the last 90 days.

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention Artificial Intelligence. Projects posted several times that are detected as duplicates count once; postings without an assignable IT category are missing, so the figures are a lower bound. The trend compares the share of all IT postings with the 90 days before and only appears with enough comparison data. We do not show figures based on fewer than 30 data points. The rating “must have” or “nice to have” comes from an AI analysis of the posting texts. Distributions only refer to postings that state the respective attribute; we state the coverage alongside. Recruiters are the posters of the listing according to the source, only above a minimum number of postings. An AI assigns the project type and role of each posting from its title, category and skills; the shares are counted postings, not estimates, and only appear with enough classified postings.

Basis: 10,565 IT listings in the window

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