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Routing freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for Routing – calculated from 99 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)
99
Rank 173 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
±0
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
21 %
Rated for 99 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
73 %
10 % fully remote · stated in 87 % of postings
The jury's verdict on Routing

A solid base without momentum.

Routing sits at rank 173 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is stable (±0).

Solid demandRank 173 of 531 skills, 99 postings in 90 days.
Stable marketMarket share ±0 vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible73 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is Routing – and why do companies hire Routing freelancers?

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

Infrastructure and operations82 %
Cloud, automation and platform operations with Routing.
Consulting and design8 %
Consulting, concept work, architecture and project leadership around Routing.
Operations and enhancement5 %
Looking after, supporting and continuously extending existing systems with Routing.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are System Administrator (43 %), DevOps Engineer (20 %), Security Specialist (18 %) and Software Architect (8 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 56 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
±0
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 41 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
173 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for Routing are rising: from an average of 5 to 14 per week (+217 %).

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

Switching appears in 68 % of Routing postings.

Often named together

Switching68 %(opens in new tab)Firewalls40 %(opens in new tab)VLAN37 %(opens in new tab)VPN35 %(opens in new tab)TCP/IP31 %(opens in new tab)Share of Routing postings that also name the skill.

Who wants Routing – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior56 %
Mid-level39 %
Junior3 %

Senior dominates (56 %). Pure junior roles are rare (3 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Industries

it_software51 %
manufacturing16 %
energy12 %
telecommunications7 %
public_sector7 %

it_software dominates (51 %).

Stated in 75 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance61 %
Permanent38 %

Freelance dominates (61 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote63 %
On site27 %
Fully remote10 %

Partly remote dominates (63 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 10 % of postings.

Stated in 87 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Hamburg9 %
Koblenz5 %
Baden-Württemberg5 %
Nordrhein-Westfalen5 %
Frankfurt am Main5 %

Hamburg leads (9 %).

Stated in 77 % of listings

Project language

German95 %
English5 %

German dominates (95 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Market dynamics: how contested is Routing?

Full time required94 %Share of postings stating a workload that expect full time.Basis: 36 postings with this information (36 % of all postings).

Who posts Routing projects

FERCHAU GmbH21
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current Routing projects

Frequently asked questions about Routing freelancing

How many Routing projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 99 projects and jobs mentioning Routing were posted. That is around 8 per week. The market share changed by ±0 compared with the previous quarter.

Is Routing still in demand for freelancers?

Routing ranks 173 of 531 skills.

Are Routing projects possible remotely?

73 % of Routing postings allow remote work. 10 % are fully remote.

Which skills should I learn as a Routing freelancer?

Switching (68 %), Firewalls (40 %) and VLAN (37 %) are most often required together with Routing. What actually pays off for your profile is shown by the free CV check.

Who posts Routing projects?

The most active recruiter accounts for 21 % of all Routing postings of the last 90 days.

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