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Firewalls freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for Firewalls – calculated from 125 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)
125
Rank 133 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▼ 4 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
33 %
Rated for 125 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
78 %
11 % fully remote · stated in 85 % of postings
The jury's verdict on Firewalls

A solid base without momentum.

Firewalls sits at rank 133 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is stable (▼ 4 %).

Solid demandRank 133 of 531 skills, 125 postings in 90 days.
Stable marketMarket share ▼ 4 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible78 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is Firewalls – and why do companies hire Firewalls freelancers?

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

Infrastructure and operations92 %
Cloud, automation and platform operations with Firewalls.
Consulting and design7 %
Consulting, concept work, architecture and project leadership around Firewalls.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are System Administrator (51 %), DevOps Engineer (25 %) and Security Specialist (18 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 56 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▼ 4 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 36 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
133 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for Firewalls are rising: from an average of 8 to 15 per week (+82 %). Volume is developing more weakly than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

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

VPN appears in 37 % of Firewalls postings.

Often named together

VPN37 %(opens in new tab)Routing32 %(opens in new tab)IT Security28 %(opens in new tab)Share of Firewalls postings that also name the skill.

Who wants Firewalls – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior56 %
Mid-level39 %

Senior dominates (56 %). Pure junior roles are rare (2 %).

Stated in 98 % of listings

Industries

it_software62 %
manufacturing17 %
energy6 %
public_sector6 %
telecommunications4 %

it_software dominates (62 %).

Stated in 79 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance57 %
Permanent42 %

Freelance dominates (57 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote67 %
On site22 %
Fully remote11 %

Partly remote dominates (67 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 11 % of postings.

Stated in 85 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Baden-Württemberg7 %
Hamburg6 %
Bremen5 %
Mannheim4 %
Frankfurt am Main4 %

Baden-Württemberg leads (7 %).

Stated in 75 % of listings

Project language

German89 %
English10 %

German dominates (89 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Who posts Firewalls projects

FERCHAU GmbH33
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current Firewalls projects

Frequently asked questions about Firewalls freelancing

How many Firewalls projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 125 projects and jobs mentioning Firewalls were posted. That is around 10 per week. The market share changed by ▼ 4 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is Firewalls still in demand for freelancers?

Firewalls ranks 133 of 531 skills.

Are Firewalls projects possible remotely?

78 % of Firewalls postings allow remote work. 11 % are fully remote.

Which skills should I learn as a Firewalls freelancer?

VPN (37 %), Routing (32 %) and IT Security (28 %) are most often required together with Firewalls. What actually pays off for your profile is shown by the free CV check.

Who posts Firewalls projects?

The most active recruiter accounts for 26 % of all Firewalls postings of the last 90 days.

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