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Operating Systems freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for Operating Systems – calculated from 69 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)
69
Rank 241 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▲ 74 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
25 %
Rated for 69 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
60 %
4 % fully remote · stated in 97 % of postings
The jury's verdict on Operating Systems

Growing, but still small.

Operating Systems sits at rank 241 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is rising (▲ 74 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 241 of 531 skills, 69 postings in 90 days.
Growing marketMarket share ▲ 74 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible60 % of postings allow remote work.
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Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▲ 74 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 146 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
241 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for Operating Systems are falling: from an average of 7 to 5 per week (−29 %). Volume is developing better than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Who wants Operating Systems – and under which conditions

Seniority

Mid-level57 %
Senior23 %
Junior17 %

Mid-level dominates (57 %).

Stated in 94 % of listings

Industries

it_software80 %
public_sector6 %
energy4 %
manufacturing4 %

it_software dominates (80 %).

Stated in 72 % of listings

Contract type

Permanent84 %
Freelance14 %

Permanent dominates (84 %). 14 % of postings are aimed directly at freelancers.

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote55 %
On site40 %
Fully remote4 %

Partly remote dominates (55 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 4 % of postings.

Stated in 97 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Frankfurt am Main19 %
Mannheim14 %
Heidelberg9 %
Nordrhein-Westfalen6 %
Dresden3 %

Frankfurt am Main leads (19 %).

Stated in 93 % of listings

Project language

German100 %

German dominates (100 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Who posts Operating Systems projects

DIS AG16
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current Operating Systems projects

Frequently asked questions about Operating Systems freelancing

How many Operating Systems projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 69 projects and jobs mentioning Operating Systems were posted. That is around 6 per week. The market share changed by ▲ 74 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is Operating Systems still in demand for freelancers?

Operating Systems ranks 241 of 531 skills.

Are Operating Systems projects possible remotely?

60 % of Operating Systems postings allow remote work. 4 % are fully remote.

Who posts Operating Systems projects?

The most active recruiter accounts for 23 % of all Operating Systems postings of the last 90 days.

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