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VPN freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for VPN – calculated from 108 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)
108
Rank 153 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▲ 25 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
22 %
Rated for 108 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
77 %
6 % fully remote · stated in 88 % of postings
The jury's verdict on VPN

Growing, but still small.

VPN sits at rank 153 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is rising (▲ 25 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 153 of 531 skills, 108 postings in 90 days.
Growing marketMarket share ▲ 25 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible77 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is VPN – and why do companies hire VPN freelancers?

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

Infrastructure and operations89 %
Cloud, automation and platform operations with VPN.
Operations and enhancement6 %
Looking after, supporting and continuously extending existing systems with VPN.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are System Administrator (62 %), DevOps Engineer (19 %) and Security Specialist (11 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 43 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▲ 25 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 77 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
153 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for VPN are rising: from an average of 6 to 13 per week (+122 %). Volume is developing better than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

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

Firewalls appears in 43 % of VPN postings.

Often named together

Firewalls43 %(opens in new tab)Routing32 %(opens in new tab)VLAN32 %(opens in new tab)TCP/IP31 %(opens in new tab)DNS30 %(opens in new tab)Share of VPN postings that also name the skill.

Who wants VPN – and under which conditions

Seniority

Mid-level51 %
Senior43 %
Junior5 %

Mid-level dominates (51 %). Pure junior roles are rare (5 %).

Stated in 98 % of listings

Industries

it_software69 %
manufacturing8 %
public_sector8 %
telecommunications7 %
energy4 %

it_software dominates (69 %).

Stated in 69 % of listings

Contract type

Permanent56 %
Freelance40 %
Temp agency4 %

Permanent dominates (56 %). 40 % of postings are aimed directly at freelancers.

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote71 %
On site23 %
Fully remote6 %

Partly remote dominates (71 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 6 % of postings.

Stated in 88 % of listings

Regions (on site)

Frankfurt am Main9 %
Hamburg7 %
Nordrhein-Westfalen6 %
München5 %
Bayern3 %

Frankfurt am Main leads (9 %).

Stated in 81 % of listings

Project language

German91 %
English8 %

German dominates (91 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Market dynamics: how contested is VPN?

Full time required97 %Share of postings stating a workload that expect full time.Basis: 38 postings with this information (35 % of all postings).

Who posts VPN projects

FERCHAU GmbH22
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current VPN projects

Frequently asked questions about VPN freelancing

How many VPN projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 108 projects and jobs mentioning VPN were posted. That is around 8 per week. The market share changed by ▲ 25 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is VPN still in demand for freelancers?

VPN ranks 153 of 531 skills.

Are VPN projects possible remotely?

77 % of VPN postings allow remote work. 6 % are fully remote.

Which skills should I learn as a VPN freelancer?

Firewalls (43 %), Routing (32 %) and VLAN (32 %) are most often required together with VPN. What actually pays off for your profile is shown by the free CV check.

Who posts VPN projects?

The most active recruiter accounts for 20 % of all VPN postings of the last 90 days.

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