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GIS freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for GIS – 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 521 of 545 skills
Trend (90 d)
▲ 32 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
47 %
Rated for 30 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
The jury's verdict on GIS

Growing, but still small.

GIS sits at rank 521 of 545, rather at the edge of demand. Its market share is rising (▲ 32 % vs. the 90 days before).

Small marketRank 521 of 545 skills, 30 postings in 90 days.
Growing marketMarket share ▲ 32 % vs. the 90 days before.
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What is GIS – and why do companies hire GIS freelancers?

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

Consulting and design47 %
Consulting, concept work, architecture and project leadership around GIS.
Data and AI27 %
Data platforms, analytics and AI solutions with GIS.
Infrastructure and operations10 %
Cloud, automation and platform operations with GIS.
Operations and enhancement7 %
Looking after, supporting and continuously extending existing systems with GIS.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are Business Analyst (30 %), Data Engineer (23 %), Consultant (20 %) and Project Manager (10 %).

Who wants GIS – and under which conditions

Contract type

Freelance63 %
Permanent27 %
Temp agency10 %

Freelance dominates (63 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Project language

German100 %

German dominates (100 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Current GIS projects

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