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IT Consulting freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for IT Consulting – calculated from 33 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)
33
Rank 482 of 532 skills
Trend (90 d)
▼ 6 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 40 %
Of which must-have
52 %
Rated for 33 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
The jury's verdict on IT Consulting

A shrinking market.

IT Consulting sits at rank 482 of 532, rather at the edge of demand. Its market share is falling (▼ 6 % vs. the 90 days before).

Small marketRank 482 of 532 skills, 33 postings in 90 days.
Shrinking marketMarket share ▼ 6 % vs. the 90 days before.
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What is IT Consulting – and why do companies hire IT Consulting freelancers?

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

Consulting and design82 %
Consulting, concept work, architecture and project leadership around IT Consulting.
Data and AI9 %
Data platforms, analytics and AI solutions with IT Consulting.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are Consultant (67 %), Software Architect (9 %), Business Analyst (6 %) and Project Manager (6 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 82 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Who wants IT Consulting – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior82 %
Mid-level9 %
Junior3 %

Senior dominates (82 %). Pure junior roles are rare (3 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Industries

it_software57 %
consulting17 %
energy7 %
banking_finance7 %
logistics7 %

it_software dominates (57 %).

Stated in 91 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance79 %
Permanent21 %

Freelance dominates (79 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Project language

German100 %

German dominates (100 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Current IT Consulting projects

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention IT Consulting. 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: 10,534 IT listings in the window

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