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AWS EKS freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for AWS EKS – calculated from 44 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)
44
Rank 359 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▲ 72 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
16 %
Rated for 44 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
100 %
41 % fully remote · stated in 93 % of postings
The jury's verdict on AWS EKS

Growing, but still small.

AWS EKS sits at rank 359 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is rising (▲ 72 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 359 of 531 skills, 44 postings in 90 days.
Growing marketMarket share ▲ 72 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible100 % of postings allow remote work.
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Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▲ 72 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 144 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
359 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for AWS EKS are rising: from an average of 1 to 5 per week (+375 %). Volume is developing better than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Which skills AWS EKS is wanted with – and which ones pay off

AWS appears in 77 % of AWS EKS postings.

Often named together

AWS77 %(opens in new tab)Kubernetes70 %(opens in new tab)Share of AWS EKS postings that also name the skill.

Who wants AWS EKS – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior82 %
Mid-level18 %

Senior dominates (82 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance73 %
Permanent16 %
Temp agency11 %

Freelance dominates (73 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote59 %
Fully remote41 %

Partly remote dominates (59 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 41 % of postings.

Stated in 93 % of listings

Project language

German86 %
English14 %

German dominates (86 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Current AWS EKS projects

Frequently asked questions about AWS EKS freelancing

How many AWS EKS projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 44 projects and jobs mentioning AWS EKS were posted. That is around 3 per week. The market share changed by ▲ 72 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is AWS EKS still in demand for freelancers?

AWS EKS ranks 359 of 531 skills.

Are AWS EKS projects possible remotely?

100 % of AWS EKS postings allow remote work. 41 % are fully remote.

Which skills should I learn as a AWS EKS freelancer?

AWS (77 %) and Kubernetes (70 %) are most often required together with AWS EKS. What actually pays off for your profile is shown by the free CV check.

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention AWS EKS. 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.

Basis: 10,565 IT listings in the window

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