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PKI freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for PKI – calculated from 31 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)
31
Rank 504 of 532 skills
Trend (90 d)
▼ 31 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 40 %
Of which must-have
29 %
Rated for 31 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
The jury's verdict on PKI

A shrinking market.

PKI sits at rank 504 of 532, rather at the edge of demand. Its market share is falling (▼ 31 % vs. the 90 days before).

Small marketRank 504 of 532 skills, 31 postings in 90 days.
Shrinking marketMarket share ▼ 31 % vs. the 90 days before.
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What is PKI – and why do companies hire PKI freelancers?

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

Infrastructure and operations55 %
Cloud, automation and platform operations with PKI.
Consulting and design26 %
Consulting, concept work, architecture and project leadership around PKI.
New development16 %
Building new applications, platforms and products with PKI.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are Software Architect (23 %), DevOps Engineer (23 %), Security Specialist (23 %) and Backend Developer (13 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 81 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

How demand is shifting

Compared with the previous quarter, the share of “New development” grows by 7 percentage points while “Infrastructure and operations” falls by 5 percentage points.

Who wants PKI – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior81 %
Mid-level10 %
Junior6 %

Senior dominates (81 %). Pure junior roles are rare (6 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance65 %
Permanent32 %
Temp agency3 %

Freelance dominates (65 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Project language

German81 %
English19 %

German dominates (81 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Current PKI projects

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