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DNS freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for DNS – calculated from 103 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)
103
Rank 163 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▲ 23 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
14 %
Rated for 103 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
80 %
11 % fully remote · stated in 87 % of postings
The jury's verdict on DNS

Growing, but still small.

DNS sits at rank 163 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is rising (▲ 23 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 163 of 531 skills, 103 postings in 90 days.
Growing marketMarket share ▲ 23 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible80 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is DNS – and why do companies hire DNS freelancers?

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

Infrastructure and operations82 %
Cloud, automation and platform operations with DNS.
Operations and enhancement9 %
Looking after, supporting and continuously extending existing systems with DNS.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are System Administrator (58 %), DevOps Engineer (27 %) and Security Specialist (9 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 41 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▲ 23 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 75 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
163 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for DNS are rising: from an average of 7 to 13 per week (+85 %). Volume is developing better than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

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

DHCP appears in 58 % of DNS postings.

Often named together

DHCP58 %(opens in new tab)TCP/IP48 %(opens in new tab)Active Directory44 %(opens in new tab)VPN31 %(opens in new tab)Share of DNS postings that also name the skill.

Who wants DNS – and under which conditions

Seniority

Mid-level46 %
Senior41 %
Junior12 %

Senior grows the most (+3 % vs. the previous quarter).

Stated in 99 % of listings

Industries

it_software85 %
healthcare5 %
telecommunications3 %
energy3 %
public_sector3 %

it_software dominates (85 %).

Stated in 64 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance50 %
Permanent48 %

Freelance leads (50 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote69 %
On site20 %
Fully remote11 %

Partly remote dominates (69 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 11 % of postings.

Stated in 87 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Frankfurt am Main13 %
München8 %
Baden-Württemberg5 %
Mainz5 %
Bayern4 %

Frankfurt am Main leads (13 %).

Stated in 76 % of listings

Project language

German87 %
English12 %

German dominates (87 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Who posts DNS projects

FERCHAU GmbH26
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current DNS projects

Frequently asked questions about DNS freelancing

How many DNS projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 103 projects and jobs mentioning DNS were posted. That is around 8 per week. The market share changed by ▲ 23 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is DNS still in demand for freelancers?

DNS ranks 163 of 531 skills.

Are DNS projects possible remotely?

80 % of DNS postings allow remote work. 11 % are fully remote.

Which skills should I learn as a DNS freelancer?

DHCP (58 %), TCP/IP (48 %) and Active Directory (44 %) are most often required together with DNS. What actually pays off for your profile is shown by the free CV check.

Who posts DNS projects?

The most active recruiter accounts for 25 % of all DNS postings of the last 90 days.

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