Job Market Insights

Germany Job Market 2026

Real data from 994 professions and 8 sources. No gut feeling — just numbers.

As of: 2026-03-16 · Period: 2026-Q1

994

Professions analyzed

51k+

Job postings

20

Rising Skills

8

Data sources

Top 10: Most in-demand professions

Sorted by demand score — based on real job postings

Rising Skills 2026

Skills gaining importance across many professions

Stakeholder-Management
391
Compliance Management
182
Content-Strategie
180
Supply Chain Management
161
Python (Data/Scripting)
154
Google Analytics 4 (GA4)
149
Strategisches Denken
126
CRM-Systeme (Salesforce/HubSpot)
113
SQL (Advanced)
105
Customer Success
88
SQL
88
Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)
80
Client Management
70
Figma
58
CRM
48

Salary by federal state

Average median gross income across all professions (source: BA Entgeltatlas)

Stuttgart
6.031 €
München
5.882 €
Frankfurt am Main
5.839 €
Hessen
5.607 €
Nürnberg
5.581 €
Baden-Württemberg
5.555 €
Düsseldorf
5.495 €
Bayern
5.480 €
Hannover
5.457 €
Bremen
5.435 €
Essen
5.379 €
Hamburg
5.359 €
Köln
5.342 €
Saarland
5.311 €
Nordrhein-Westfalen
5.288 €
Berlin
5.232 €
Niedersachsen
5.183 €
Schleswig-Holstein
5.135 €
Leipzig
5.094 €
Dortmund
5.069 €
Rheinland-Pfalz
5.043 €
Dresden
4.742 €
Sachsen
4.555 €
Thüringen
4.509 €
Brandenburg
4.401 €
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
4.276 €
Sachsen-Anhalt
3.169 €

Industry distribution

994 professions across 15 industries

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