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Data Lakes freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for Data Lakes – calculated from 30 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)
30
Rank 524 of 545 skills
Trend (90 d)
▲ 24 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
17 %
Rated for 30 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
The jury's verdict on Data Lakes

Growing, but still small.

Data Lakes sits at rank 524 of 545, rather at the edge of demand. Its market share is rising (▲ 24 % vs. the 90 days before).

Small marketRank 524 of 545 skills, 30 postings in 90 days.
Growing marketMarket share ▲ 24 % vs. the 90 days before.
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What is Data Lakes – and why do companies hire Data Lakes freelancers?

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

Data and AI83 %
Data platforms, analytics and AI solutions with Data Lakes.
Consulting and design7 %
Consulting, concept work, architecture and project leadership around Data Lakes.
Integration7 %
Connecting systems and interfaces and exchanging data around Data Lakes.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are Data Engineer (70 %), Software Architect (20 %) and Tech Lead (7 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 73 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Who wants Data Lakes – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior73 %
Mid-level20 %
Junior3 %

Senior dominates (73 %). Pure junior roles are rare (3 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance73 %
Permanent23 %
Temp agency3 %

Freelance dominates (73 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Project language

German67 %
English33 %

German dominates (67 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Current Data Lakes projects

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention Data Lakes. 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. 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: 10,726 IT listings in the window

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