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Configuration Management freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for Configuration Management – calculated from 72 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)
72
Rank 226 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▲ 49 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
22 %
Rated for 72 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
72 %
28 % fully remote · stated in 85 % of postings
The jury's verdict on Configuration Management

Growing, but still small.

Configuration Management sits at rank 226 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is rising (▲ 49 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 226 of 531 skills, 72 postings in 90 days.
Growing marketMarket share ▲ 49 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible72 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is Configuration Management – and why do companies hire Configuration Management freelancers?

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

Infrastructure and operations50 %
Cloud, automation and platform operations with Configuration Management.
Consulting and design25 %
Consulting, concept work, architecture and project leadership around Configuration Management.
Testing and quality assurance14 %
Testing, quality assurance and acceptance of solutions with Configuration Management.
Operations and enhancement7 %
Looking after, supporting and continuously extending existing systems with Configuration Management.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are DevOps Engineer (41 %), Project Manager (16 %), QA Engineer (11 %) and System Administrator (9 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 61 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▲ 49 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 112 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
226 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for Configuration Management are rising: from an average of 3 to 11 per week (+223 %). Volume is developing better than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Who wants Configuration Management – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior61 %
Mid-level31 %

Senior dominates (61 %). Pure junior roles are rare (3 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Industries

it_software51 %
public_sector14 %
telecommunications12 %
manufacturing10 %
automotive6 %

it_software dominates (51 %).

Stated in 71 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance82 %
Permanent11 %
Temp agency7 %

Freelance dominates (82 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote44 %
On site28 %
Fully remote28 %

Partly remote leads (44 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 28 % of postings.

Stated in 85 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Bayern7 %
Hannover7 %
Zürich7 %
Berlin5 %
Frankfurt am Main5 %

Bayern leads (7 %).

Stated in 58 % of listings

Project language

German78 %
English21 %

German dominates (78 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Who posts Configuration Management projects

FERCHAU GmbH18
Darwin Recruitment12
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current Configuration Management projects

Frequently asked questions about Configuration Management freelancing

How many Configuration Management projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 72 projects and jobs mentioning Configuration Management were posted. That is around 5 per week. The market share changed by ▲ 49 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is Configuration Management still in demand for freelancers?

Configuration Management ranks 226 of 531 skills.

Are Configuration Management projects possible remotely?

72 % of Configuration Management postings allow remote work. 28 % are fully remote.

Who posts Configuration Management projects?

The 2 most active recruiters account for 42 % of all Configuration Management postings of the last 90 days.

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention Configuration Management. 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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