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The technology job market: Germany

Market signals in the selected country’s latest published sample.

Source data through · Europe/Rome

Statistics published · Europe/Rome

Most requested skills by role

Country sample · Germany. Open a role family to see its most requested skills.

  • Cloud & infrastructure Adverts (1,550)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    Linux 147 9.5%
    Azure 86 5.5%
    Kubernetes 79 5.1%
    Docker 51 3.3%
    PowerShell 45 2.9%
    Terraform 40 2.6%
    AWS 32 2.1%
    Python 26 1.7%
    SQL 24 1.5%
    Java 13 0.8%
  • Software engineering Adverts (917)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    .NET 138 15.0%
    C# 135 14.7%
    Kubernetes 93 10.1%
    SQL 51 5.6%
    Python 35 3.8%
    Docker 32 3.5%
    Java 31 3.4%
    TypeScript 28 3.1%
    AWS 16 1.7%
    JavaScript 16 1.7%
  • IT support Adverts (289)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    Linux 14 4.8%
    SQL 13 4.5%
    AWS 3 1.0%
    Azure 3 1.0%
    Kubernetes 3 1.0%
    .NET 2 0.7%
    Machine learning 2 0.7%
    Docker 1 0.3%
    Java 1 0.3%
    JavaScript 1 0.3%
  • Data & AI Adverts (183)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    SQL 35 19.1%
    Python 30 16.4%
    AWS 6 3.3%
    Azure 6 3.3%
    Linux 6 3.3%
    LLM 5 2.7%
    Machine learning 5 2.7%
    Docker 2 1.1%
    Kubernetes 2 1.1%
    Terraform 2 1.1%
  • IT leadership & projects Adverts (136)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    GCP 1 0.7%
    LLM 1 0.7%
    Linux 1 0.7%
    SAP 1 0.7%
  • Business applications Adverts (95)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    SAP 8 8.4%
    SQL 6 6.3%
    .NET 1 1.1%
    C# 1 1.1%
    Java 1 1.1%
    Linux 1 1.1%
  • Cybersecurity Adverts (42)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    Azure 4 9.5%
    AWS 1 2.4%
    GCP 1 2.4%
    Linux 1 2.4%
    PowerShell 1 2.4%
  • Other roles Adverts (39)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    Docker 4 10.3%
    Kubernetes 4 10.3%
    JavaScript 1 2.6%
  • Product & design Adverts (15)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    LLM 1 6.7%
    Machine learning 1 6.7%
  • Industrial & embedded Adverts (6)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare of role adverts
    Linux 3 50.0%

How to read the rankings

Each role family shows up to 10 explicitly required skills, ranked by the number of distinct adverts that require them. Shares use all published adverts in that role family. An advert can require several skills.