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DevSecOps freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for DevSecOps – 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 165 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▲ 14 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
31 %
Rated for 102 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
85 %
21 % fully remote · stated in 83 % of postings
The jury's verdict on DevSecOps

Growing, but still small.

DevSecOps sits at rank 165 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is rising (▲ 14 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 165 of 531 skills, 102 postings in 90 days.
Growing marketMarket share ▲ 14 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible85 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is DevSecOps – and why do companies hire DevSecOps freelancers?

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

Infrastructure and operations53 %
Cloud, automation and platform operations with DevSecOps.
Consulting and design22 %
Consulting, concept work, architecture and project leadership around DevSecOps.
New development16 %
Building new applications, platforms and products with DevSecOps.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are DevOps Engineer (36 %), Security Specialist (28 %), Software Architect (10 %) and Backend Developer (7 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 86 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▲ 14 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 62 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
165 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for DevSecOps are rising: from an average of 5 to 12 per week (+172 %). Volume is developing better than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Which skills DevSecOps is wanted with – and which ones pay off

CI/CD appears in 58 % of DevSecOps postings.

Often named together

CI/CD58 %(opens in new tab)Kubernetes49 %(opens in new tab)Share of DevSecOps postings that also name the skill.

Who wants DevSecOps – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior86 %
Mid-level9 %

Senior dominates (86 %). Pure junior roles are rare (1 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Industries

it_software36 %
public_sector31 %
banking_finance17 %
healthcare6 %
manufacturing4 %

it_software leads (36 %).

Stated in 79 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance73 %
Permanent26 %

Freelance dominates (73 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote64 %
Fully remote21 %
On site15 %

Partly remote dominates (64 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 21 % of postings.

Stated in 83 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Nürnberg13 %
Frankfurt11 %
Hannover7 %
Bonn7 %
München5 %

Nürnberg leads (13 %).

Stated in 60 % of listings

Project language

German72 %
English27 %

German dominates (72 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Market dynamics: how contested is DevSecOps?

Full time required86 %Share of postings stating a workload that expect full time.Basis: 37 postings with this information (36 % of all postings).

Who posts DevSecOps projects

Halian GmbH16
FERCHAU GmbH10
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current DevSecOps projects

Frequently asked questions about DevSecOps freelancing

How many DevSecOps projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 102 projects and jobs mentioning DevSecOps were posted. That is around 8 per week. The market share changed by ▲ 14 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is DevSecOps still in demand for freelancers?

DevSecOps ranks 165 of 531 skills.

Are DevSecOps projects possible remotely?

85 % of DevSecOps postings allow remote work. 21 % are fully remote.

Which skills should I learn as a DevSecOps freelancer?

CI/CD (58 %) and Kubernetes (49 %) are most often required together with DevSecOps. What actually pays off for your profile is shown by the free CV check.

Who posts DevSecOps projects?

The 2 most active recruiters account for 25 % of all DevSecOps postings of the last 90 days.

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