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Gradle freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for Gradle – calculated from 55 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)
55
Rank 296 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▲ 21 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
2 %
Rated for 55 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
93 %
17 % fully remote · stated in 98 % of postings
The jury's verdict on Gradle

Growing, but still small.

Gradle sits at rank 296 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is rising (▲ 21 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 296 of 531 skills, 55 postings in 90 days.
Growing marketMarket share ▲ 21 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible93 % of postings allow remote work.
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Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▲ 21 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 72 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
296 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for Gradle are rising: from an average of 3 to 7 per week (+136 %). Volume is developing better than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

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

Java appears in 75 % of Gradle postings.

Often named together

Java75 %(opens in new tab)Git56 %(opens in new tab)Share of Gradle postings that also name the skill.

Who wants Gradle – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior58 %
Mid-level35 %
Junior7 %

Senior dominates (58 %). Pure junior roles are rare (7 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Industries

it_software26 %
logistics24 %
healthcare21 %
public_sector21 %
insurance9 %

it_software leads (26 %).

Stated in 62 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance51 %
Permanent31 %
Temp agency18 %

Freelance dominates (51 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote76 %
Fully remote17 %
On site7 %

Partly remote dominates (76 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 17 % of postings.

Stated in 98 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Hamburg31 %
Frankfurt am Main24 %
Frankfurt9 %
Bremen7 %
Dresden4 %

Hamburg leads (31 %).

Stated in 82 % of listings

Project language

German96 %
English4 %

German dominates (96 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Current Gradle projects

Frequently asked questions about Gradle freelancing

How many Gradle projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 55 projects and jobs mentioning Gradle were posted. That is around 4 per week. The market share changed by ▲ 21 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is Gradle still in demand for freelancers?

Gradle ranks 296 of 531 skills.

Are Gradle projects possible remotely?

93 % of Gradle postings allow remote work. 17 % are fully remote.

Which skills should I learn as a Gradle freelancer?

Java (75 %) and Git (56 %) are most often required together with Gradle. 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 Gradle. 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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