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Maven freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for Maven – calculated from 124 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)
124
Rank 135 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▲ 2 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
0 %
Rated for 124 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
95 %
20 % fully remote · stated in 95 % of postings
The jury's verdict on Maven

A solid base without momentum.

Maven sits at rank 135 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is stable (▲ 2 %).

Solid demandRank 135 of 531 skills, 124 postings in 90 days.
Stable marketMarket share ▲ 2 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible95 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is Maven – and why do companies hire Maven freelancers?

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

New development74 %
Building new applications, platforms and products with Maven.
Operations and enhancement9 %
Looking after, supporting and continuously extending existing systems with Maven.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are Backend Developer (47 %), Fullstack Developer (27 %), Frontend Developer (11 %) and QA Engineer (8 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 76 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▲ 2 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 44 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
135 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for Maven are rising: from an average of 6 to 17 per week (+200 %).

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

Git appears in 64 % of Maven postings.

Often named together

Git64 %(opens in new tab)Jenkins48 %(opens in new tab)Spring Boot48 %(opens in new tab)REST API48 %(opens in new tab)CI/CD44 %(opens in new tab)Scrum43 %(opens in new tab)Docker42 %(opens in new tab)Jira39 %(opens in new tab)Share of Maven postings that also name the skill.

Who wants Maven – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior76 %
Mid-level20 %
Junior4 %

Senior dominates (76 %). Pure junior roles are rare (4 %).

Stated in 98 % of listings

Industries

it_software24 %
public_sector24 %
logistics16 %
banking_finance11 %
insurance8 %

it_software leads (24 %).

Stated in 70 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance69 %
Temp agency23 %
Permanent8 %

Freelance dominates (69 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote75 %
Fully remote20 %
On site5 %

Partly remote dominates (75 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 20 % of postings.

Stated in 95 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Nürnberg13 %
Hamburg12 %
Frankfurt am Main11 %
Frankfurt8 %
Bern8 %

Nürnberg leads (13 %).

Stated in 75 % of listings

Project language

German98 %

German dominates (98 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Market dynamics: how contested is Maven?

Typical duration12 monthsMedian of the postings that state it. 66 % run 12 months or longer.Basis: 65 postings with this information (52 % of all postings).
Full time required72 %Share of postings stating a workload that expect full time.Basis: 60 postings with this information (48 % of all postings).

Who posts Maven projects

emagine GmbH12
KMG Advisory GmbH & CO Kg12
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current Maven projects

Frequently asked questions about Maven freelancing

How many Maven projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 124 projects and jobs mentioning Maven were posted. That is around 10 per week. The market share changed by ▲ 2 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is Maven still in demand for freelancers?

Maven ranks 135 of 531 skills.

Are Maven projects possible remotely?

95 % of Maven postings allow remote work. 20 % are fully remote.

Which skills should I learn as a Maven freelancer?

Git (64 %), Jenkins (48 %) and Spring Boot (48 %) are most often required together with Maven. What actually pays off for your profile is shown by the free CV check.

Who posts Maven projects?

The 2 most active recruiters account for 19 % of all Maven postings of the last 90 days.

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