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ETL/ELT freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for ETL/ELT – calculated from 47 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)
47
Rank 339 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▲ 58 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
36 %
Rated for 47 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
95 %
38 % fully remote · stated in 83 % of postings
The jury's verdict on ETL/ELT

Growing, but still small.

ETL/ELT sits at rank 339 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is rising (▲ 58 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 339 of 531 skills, 47 postings in 90 days.
Growing marketMarket share ▲ 58 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible95 % of postings allow remote work.
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Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▲ 58 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 124 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
339 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for ETL/ELT are rising: from an average of 4 to 5 per week (+50 %). Volume is developing better than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Which skills ETL/ELT is wanted with – and which ones pay off

SQL appears in 66 % of ETL/ELT postings.

Often named together

SQL66 %(opens in new tab)Share of ETL/ELT postings that also name the skill.

Who wants ETL/ELT – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior70 %
Mid-level28 %

Senior dominates (70 %). Pure junior roles are rare (2 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance74 %
Permanent19 %
Temp agency6 %

Freelance dominates (74 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote56 %
Fully remote38 %
On site5 %

Partly remote dominates (56 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 38 % of postings.

Stated in 83 % of listings

Project language

German66 %
English32 %

German dominates (66 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Current ETL/ELT projects

Frequently asked questions about ETL/ELT freelancing

How many ETL/ELT projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 47 projects and jobs mentioning ETL/ELT were posted. That is around 4 per week. The market share changed by ▲ 58 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is ETL/ELT still in demand for freelancers?

ETL/ELT ranks 339 of 531 skills.

Are ETL/ELT projects possible remotely?

95 % of ETL/ELT postings allow remote work. 38 % are fully remote.

Which skills should I learn as a ETL/ELT freelancer?

SQL (66 %) are most often required together with ETL/ELT. What actually pays off for your profile is shown by the free CV check.

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention ETL/ELT. 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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