Freelance Radar Q3 2025

In our “Freelance Radar” survey conducted in August 2025, 741 members of our community shared their insights about their current project situation, rates, skills and business prospects.

📋 The results at a glance

Aktuelle Projektsituation	36% assess their project situation as the same, while 26% see a slight improvement and 8% a significant improvement.
Aktuelles Projekt	Three-quarters of the respondents are in a client project.
Aktueller Stundensatz	One-quarter of the respondents report an hourly rate of 90€ to 99€.
Aufgabenbereiche	40% of respondents primarily worked in Backend Development.
Arbeitsort	Over three-quarters of respondents worked mostly from home in the last three months.
Projektakquise	38% of the respondents have not acquired any new clients in the last three months.
Geschäftsausblick	42% of respondents expect their project situation to remain about the same in the next six months.
KI Nutzung	Half of the respondents use AI tools daily, consistent with three months ago.
KI Prognose	Roughly one-third of respondents see equal positive and negative AI effects, while 30% perceive mostly positive impacts.

Aktuelle Projektsituation

Ist deine aktuelle Projektsituation besser oder schlechter im Vergleich zu vor 3 Monaten?

Results of current survey

Trend of recent surveys

36% assess their project situation as the same, while 26% see a slight improvement and 8% a significant improvement.

Aktuelles Projekt

Bist du derzeit in einem Kundenprojekt?

Results of current survey

Trend of recent surveys

Three-quarters of the respondents are in a client project.

Aktueller Stundensatz

Wo liegt dein aktueller Stundensatz?

Results of current survey

Trend of recent surveys

One-quarter of the respondents report an hourly rate of 90€ to 99€.

Aufgabenbereiche

In welchen Bereichen hast du in den letzten 3 Monaten gearbeitet?

Results of current survey

40% of respondents primarily worked in Backend Development.

Arbeitsort

Wo hast du in den letzten 3 Monaten hauptsächlich deine Arbeit verrichtet?

Results of current survey

Over three-quarters of respondents worked mostly from home in the last three months.

Projektakquise

Über welche Kanäle hast du in den letzten 3 Monaten Neukunden akquiriert?

Results of current survey

38% of the respondents have not acquired any new clients in the last three months.

Geschäftsausblick

Wie wird sich deine Projektsituation voraussichtlich in den nächsten 6 Monaten entwickeln?

Results of current survey

Trend of recent surveys

42% of respondents expect their project situation to remain about the same in the next six months.

KI Nutzung

Inwieweit nutzt du in deiner täglichen Arbeit KI-Tools?

Results of current survey

Trend of recent surveys

Half of the respondents use AI tools daily, consistent with three months ago.

KI Prognose

Wird sich die weitere Etablierung von KI-Tools deiner Einschätzung nach eher positiv oder negativ auf deine Arbeit auswirken?

Results of current survey

Trend of recent surveys

Roughly one-third of respondents see equal positive and negative AI effects, while 30% perceive mostly positive impacts.

Due to rounding, the presented numbers may not add up precisely to the totals provided, and percentages may not precisely reflect the absolute figures.