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NIS2 freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for NIS2 – calculated from 42 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)
42
Rank 380 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▼ 28 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
17 %
Rated for 42 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
80 %
23 % fully remote · stated in 83 % of postings
The jury's verdict on NIS2

A shrinking market.

NIS2 sits at rank 380 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is falling (▼ 28 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 380 of 531 skills, 42 postings in 90 days.
Shrinking marketMarket share ▼ 28 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible80 % of postings allow remote work.
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Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▼ 28 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 2 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
380 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for NIS2 are rising: from an average of 3 to 6 per week (+100 %). Volume is developing more weakly than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Who wants NIS2 – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior74 %
Mid-level21 %

Senior dominates (74 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Industries

it_software50 %
energy15 %
public_sector12 %
manufacturing6 %
automotive6 %

it_software dominates (50 %).

Stated in 81 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance60 %
Permanent36 %
Temp agency5 %

Freelance dominates (60 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote57 %
Fully remote23 %
On site20 %

Partly remote dominates (57 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 23 % of postings.

Stated in 83 % of listings

Project language

German95 %
English5 %

German dominates (95 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Who posts NIS2 projects

FERCHAU GmbH11
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current NIS2 projects

Frequently asked questions about NIS2 freelancing

How many NIS2 projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 42 projects and jobs mentioning NIS2 were posted. That is around 3 per week. The market share changed by ▼ 28 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is NIS2 still in demand for freelancers?

NIS2 ranks 380 of 531 skills.

Are NIS2 projects possible remotely?

80 % of NIS2 postings allow remote work. 23 % are fully remote.

Who posts NIS2 projects?

The most active recruiter accounts for 26 % of all NIS2 postings of the last 90 days.

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention NIS2. 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

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