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TCP/IP freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for TCP/IP – calculated from 117 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)
117
Rank 141 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▲ 47 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
26 %
Rated for 117 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
76 %
7 % fully remote · stated in 87 % of postings
The jury's verdict on TCP/IP

Growing, but still small.

TCP/IP sits at rank 141 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is rising (▲ 47 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 141 of 531 skills, 117 postings in 90 days.
Growing marketMarket share ▲ 47 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible76 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is TCP/IP – and why do companies hire TCP/IP freelancers?

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are System Administrator (58 %), DevOps Engineer (22 %) and Security Specialist (14 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 40 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▲ 47 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 109 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
141 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for TCP/IP are rising: from an average of 6 to 12 per week (+104 %). Volume is developing better than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Which skills TCP/IP is wanted with – and which ones pay off

DNS appears in 42 % of TCP/IP postings.

Often named together

DNS42 %(opens in new tab)VPN29 %(opens in new tab)VLAN28 %(opens in new tab)DHCP27 %(opens in new tab)Linux26 %(opens in new tab)Routing26 %(opens in new tab)Share of TCP/IP postings that also name the skill.

Who wants TCP/IP – and under which conditions

Seniority

Mid-level49 %
Senior40 %
Junior11 %

Mid-level grows the most (+10 % vs. the previous quarter).

Stated in 97 % of listings

Industries

it_software69 %
manufacturing13 %
public_sector6 %
automotive4 %

it_software dominates (69 %).

Stated in 68 % of listings

Contract type

Permanent51 %
Freelance49 %

Permanent dominates (51 %). 49 % of postings are aimed directly at freelancers.

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote70 %
On site24 %
Fully remote7 %

Partly remote dominates (70 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 7 % of postings.

Stated in 87 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Frankfurt am Main10 %
Ulm7 %
Nordrhein-Westfalen6 %
Hamburg5 %
Baden-Württemberg5 %

Frankfurt am Main leads (10 %).

Stated in 80 % of listings

Project language

German87 %
English12 %

German dominates (87 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Market dynamics: how contested is TCP/IP?

Full time required100 %Share of postings stating a workload that expect full time.Basis: 37 postings with this information (32 % of all postings).

Who posts TCP/IP projects

FERCHAU GmbH33
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current TCP/IP projects

Frequently asked questions about TCP/IP freelancing

How many TCP/IP projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 117 projects and jobs mentioning TCP/IP were posted. That is around 9 per week. The market share changed by ▲ 47 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is TCP/IP still in demand for freelancers?

TCP/IP ranks 141 of 531 skills.

Are TCP/IP projects possible remotely?

76 % of TCP/IP postings allow remote work. 7 % are fully remote.

Which skills should I learn as a TCP/IP freelancer?

DNS (42 %), VPN (29 %) and VLAN (28 %) are most often required together with TCP/IP. What actually pays off for your profile is shown by the free CV check.

Who posts TCP/IP projects?

The most active recruiter accounts for 28 % of all TCP/IP postings of the last 90 days.

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention TCP/IP. 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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