Data & AI Skills in the German Job Market 2026
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The DAISY Report is the first comprehensive skill analysis of the German AI job market.
Which AI skills are German companies really looking for? Not the ones they state in surveys — but the ones they require in their job advertisements.
For the DAISY Report 2026, nejo and data:unplugged analyzed 324,445 advertised positions in Germany. 13,076 of these require data and AI skills. The analysis is based on the DAISY Ontology — a specially developed skill classification with 525 data and AI skills that goes far beyond existing standards like ESCO.
What's in the report
Die unsichtbare KI-Belegschaft
Die gefragtesten Skills
Cloud & KI-Infrastruktur
Große Sprachmodelle
Wer KI-Talente sucht
Geographie
Arbeitsbedingungen
Die Junior-Lücke
5 surprising facts
90% of AI jobs are invisible
They are not called Data Scientists or AI Engineers. They are called Controllers, DevOps Engineers, Product Owners. The AI transformation is taking place within existing job roles, not in new job profiles.
Fraunhofer is the largest AI employer
Not Google, not Amazon, not SAP. The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft has the most open AI positions with 231 in May 2026. Research, industry, and banks dominate – not tech corporations.
For every junior position, there are four senior positions
Only 953 out of 13,076 AI positions are aimed at entry-level professionals. The German economy is consuming AI talent without training new talent.
Python is unrivaled
4,216 mentions, three times more frequent than Java. Every third AI position requires Python. And MATLAB remains in the German Top 4 – a unique characteristic found only here.
Governance is falling short
Only 1.9% of all skill mentions relate to Data & AI Governance. Germany is developing AI at a record pace, but barely safeguarding it.
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The DAISY Report is a joint study by nejo and data:unplugged. It is based on the analysis of 324,445 job advertisements and 525 skills – a solid data foundation for understanding what Germany truly excels at in AI and where the biggest gaps lie.
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