Mechanical Engineering freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.
Demand and trends for Mechanical Engineering – calculated from 45 real project and job postings of the last 90 days. No survey, no guesswork without data.
- Listings (90 d)
- 45
- Rank 357 of 531 skills
- Trend (90 d)
- ▲ 9 %
- Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
- Of which must-have
- 0 %
- Rated for 45 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
- Remote possible
- 53 %
- 3 % fully remote · stated in 84 % of postings
Growing, but still small.
Mechanical Engineering sits at rank 357 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is rising (▲ 9 % vs. the 90 days before).
Demand over the last 12 weeks
new listings per weekWeekly postings for Mechanical Engineering are rising: from an average of 2 to 6 per week (+200 %). Volume is developing better than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).
Who wants Mechanical Engineering – and under which conditions
Seniority
Mid-level dominates (53 %). Pure junior roles are rare (7 %).
Stated in 96 % of listings
Industries
manufacturing dominates (78 %).
Stated in 82 % of listings
Contract type
Freelance dominates (53 %).
Stated in 100 % of listings
Workplace
Partly remote dominates (50 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 3 % of postings.
Stated in 84 % of listings
Regions (on site)
Nordrhein-Westfalen leads (14 %).
Stated in 82 % of listings
Project language
German dominates (98 %).
Stated in 100 % of listings
Who posts Mechanical Engineering projects
Postings of the last 90 days.Current Mechanical Engineering projects
- Do you fit? Check
- Do you fit? CheckNordrhein-Westfalen · 50 % remote · 01.01.2027
- Do you fit? CheckBerlin · on site
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- Do you fit? CheckLinz · 50 % remote
- Do you fit? CheckErftstadt · 80 % remote
Frequently asked questions about Mechanical Engineering freelancing
How many Mechanical Engineering projects are there right now?
In the last 90 days, 45 projects and jobs mentioning Mechanical Engineering were posted. That is around 3 per week. The market share changed by ▲ 9 % compared with the previous quarter.
Is Mechanical Engineering still in demand for freelancers?
Mechanical Engineering ranks 357 of 531 skills.
Are Mechanical Engineering projects possible remotely?
53 % of Mechanical Engineering postings allow remote work. 3 % are fully remote.
Who posts Mechanical Engineering projects?
The most active recruiter accounts for 71 % of all Mechanical Engineering postings of the last 90 days.
Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention Mechanical Engineering. 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.
Basis: 10,565 IT listings in the window
You now know the Mechanical Engineering market.
Now let the jury judge your profile.
Your CV against 45 Mechanical Engineering listings – with findings, strengths and an hourly-rate check.