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Cyber Security freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for Cyber Security – calculated from 45 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)
45
Rank 353 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▼ 1 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
62 %
Rated for 45 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
59 %
11 % fully remote · stated in 82 % of postings
The jury's verdict on Cyber Security

A solid base without momentum.

Cyber Security sits at rank 353 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is stable (▼ 1 %).

Solid demandRank 353 of 531 skills, 45 postings in 90 days.
Stable marketMarket share ▼ 1 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible59 % of postings allow remote work.
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Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▼ 1 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 41 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
353 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for Cyber Security are rising: from an average of 4 to 6 per week (+64 %).

Who wants Cyber Security – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior61 %
Mid-level30 %

Senior dominates (61 %).

Stated in 98 % of listings

Industries

it_software56 %
banking_finance21 %
energy6 %
logistics6 %

it_software dominates (56 %).

Stated in 76 % of listings

Contract type

Permanent51 %
Freelance49 %

Permanent dominates (51 %). 49 % of postings are aimed directly at freelancers.

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote49 %
On site41 %
Fully remote11 %

Partly remote leads (49 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 11 % of postings.

Stated in 82 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Baden-Württemberg12 %
Ulm12 %
St. Gallen9 %
Mannheim6 %
Frankfurt am Main6 %

Baden-Württemberg leads (12 %).

Stated in 73 % of listings

Project language

German84 %
English9 %
Dutch7 %

German dominates (84 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Current Cyber Security projects

Frequently asked questions about Cyber Security freelancing

How many Cyber Security projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 45 projects and jobs mentioning Cyber Security were posted. That is around 4 per week. The market share changed by ▼ 1 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is Cyber Security still in demand for freelancers?

Cyber Security ranks 353 of 531 skills.

Are Cyber Security projects possible remotely?

59 % of Cyber Security postings allow remote work. 11 % are fully remote.

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention Cyber Security. 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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