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Grafana freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for Grafana – calculated from 167 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)
167
Rank 95 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▼ 16 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
7 %
Rated for 167 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
93 %
25 % fully remote · stated in 87 % of postings
The jury's verdict on Grafana

In demand, but declining.

Grafana is among the most in-demand skills, at rank 95 of 531. Its market share is falling (▼ 16 % vs. the 90 days before).

High demandRank 95 of 531 skills, 167 postings in 90 days.
Shrinking marketMarket share ▼ 16 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible93 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is Grafana – and why do companies hire Grafana freelancers?

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

Infrastructure and operations51 %
Cloud, automation and platform operations with Grafana.
New development33 %
Building new applications, platforms and products with Grafana.
Consulting and design6 %
Consulting, concept work, architecture and project leadership around Grafana.
Testing and quality assurance6 %
Testing, quality assurance and acceptance of solutions with Grafana.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are DevOps Engineer (49 %), Backend Developer (16 %), Software Architect (9 %) and Fullstack Developer (6 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 73 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▼ 16 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 19 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
95 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for Grafana are rising: from an average of 11 to 17 per week (+56 %). Volume is developing more weakly than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

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

Kubernetes appears in 62 % of Grafana postings.

Often named together

Kubernetes62 %(opens in new tab)Prometheus57 %(opens in new tab)CI/CD46 %(opens in new tab)Docker44 %(opens in new tab)AWS36 %(opens in new tab)Terraform33 %(opens in new tab)DevOps31 %(opens in new tab)GitLab CI29 %(opens in new tab)Share of Grafana postings that also name the skill.

Who wants Grafana – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior73 %
Mid-level23 %

Senior dominates (73 %). Pure junior roles are rare (2 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Industries

it_software38 %
logistics25 %
banking_finance9 %
public_sector9 %
telecommunications6 %

it_software leads (38 %).

Stated in 63 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance80 %
Permanent11 %
Temp agency9 %

Freelance dominates (80 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote68 %
Fully remote25 %
On site7 %

Partly remote dominates (68 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 25 % of postings.

Stated in 87 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Frankfurt am Main27 %
Frankfurt10 %
Bern7 %
Berlin6 %
Köln5 %

Frankfurt am Main grows the most (+16 % vs. the previous quarter).

Stated in 63 % of listings

Project language

German85 %
English15 %

German dominates (85 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Market dynamics: how contested is Grafana?

Typical duration12 monthsMedian of the postings that state it. 62 % run 12 months or longer.Basis: 52 postings with this information (31 % of all postings).
Full time required66 %Share of postings stating a workload that expect full time.Basis: 73 postings with this information (44 % of all postings).

Who posts Grafana projects

mund consulting AG22
FERCHAU GmbH20
Westhouse Consulting GmbH12
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current Grafana projects

Frequently asked questions about Grafana freelancing

How many Grafana projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 167 projects and jobs mentioning Grafana were posted. That is around 13 per week. The market share changed by ▼ 16 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is Grafana still in demand for freelancers?

Grafana ranks 95 of 531 skills.

Are Grafana projects possible remotely?

93 % of Grafana postings allow remote work. 25 % are fully remote.

Which skills should I learn as a Grafana freelancer?

Kubernetes (62 %), Prometheus (57 %) and CI/CD (46 %) are most often required together with Grafana. What actually pays off for your profile is shown by the free CV check.

Who posts Grafana projects?

The 3 most active recruiters account for 32 % of all Grafana postings of the last 90 days.

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