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Role explorer

How is your role developing?

Search for a job title and combine it with filters: the baito Index shows you the weekly trend of postings, work modes, employer types and salaries.

Roles are based on ESCO, the EU's occupation taxonomy. It's the same taxonomy we use to classify every job on baito.

How we classify roles:

IT-Forschungsberater:in

Time series: all postings for this role – independent of the filters.

−8%
020Dec 29Feb 2Mar 9Apr 13May 18Jun 22
23
Overall 1,188

Data as of June 28, 2026·Source: baito job data·based on 425 postings · incl. 15 related roles

– – Overall: all new postings, own scale

Current snapshot

Rolling 90 days – responds to your filters.

Supporting
Postings, last 90 days235incl. postings that have since closed
Of which live now65open on baito right now

Work modes

  • Hybrid50%118
  • On-site49%116
  • Remote0%1

Source: baito job data·based on 235 postings with a stated mode

Employment type

  • Full-time49%105
  • Part-time39%84
  • Student Jobs19%41
  • Temporary Work17%37
  • 4 days job7%16
  • Thesis7%14

Source: baito job data·based on 215 postings with a stated mode

Multiple mentions possible – one posting can count more than once.

Seniority

  • Entry Level12%24
  • Junior30%60
  • Mid-Level34%68
  • Senior19%38
  • Lead5%9

Source: baito job data·based on 198 postings with a stated mode

Multiple mentions possible – one posting can count more than once.

Top organization types

  • Think Tank23%55
  • Government23%53
  • NGO18%43
  • Association16%37
  • Non-Profit Enterprise10%24

Source: baito job data·based on 235 postings

Multiple mentions possible – one posting can count more than once.

Top SDGs

  • 4 – Quality Education40%94
  • 9 – Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure29%68
  • 10 – Reduced Inequalities20%47
  • 8 – Decent Work & Economic Growth17%40
  • 3 – Good Health & Well-Being15%36

Source: baito job data·based on 235 postings

Multiple mentions possible – one posting can count more than once.

Top cities

  • Berlin25%58
  • München10%24
  • Bonn8%19
  • Hamburg7%16
  • Jena3%7
  • Köln3%7

Source: baito job data·based on 235 postings

Multiple mentions possible – one posting can count more than once.

Salary

Annual salary (median) of postings stating one

baitoNational median: €76,500
€0k€23k€45k€68k€90k
Entry€67,261
Median€67,261
Peak€69,138

Pay transparency

65%state salary or tariff
  • Salary only46%109
  • Salary and tariff5%11
  • Tariff only14%33
  • Not disclosed35%82

Source: baito job data·based on 118 postings

Collective agreement

How many postings name a collective agreement

19%

of postings name a collective agreement

Most common agreements

  • TV-L34%15
  • TVöD23%10
  • Gesamtbetriebsvereinbarung zur Beschäftigung studentischer Hilfskräfte5%2
  • TV-H5%2
  • TV-L (West)5%2
  • TV-L Berlin E 135%2

Source: baito job data·based on 44 postings with a collective agreement

Contract shares relative to postings naming a collective agreement.

AI index

How much of this occupation AI touches today, and whether it assists or takes over

Augmentation (AI assists)22%
Automation (AI takes over)13%

AI usage is recorded on 10 of 15 tasks; 33% of them carry no AI signal yet.

So far, AI is mostly used in a supporting role in this occupation – it helps with tasks rather than taking them over.

Since Dec 2024: automation +8 pts, augmentation -6 pts

Trend across releasesAugmentationAutomation

Split within the AI-used tasks over time, not the share of the whole role.

0%50%100%
Dec 24Aug 25Nov 25Feb 26

Data basis: Computer and Information Research Scientists · Match: medium · As of: Feb 2026

Source: Anthropic Economic Index (CC-BY 4.0)

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All figures come from the baito Index: postings on baito since January 2023 – not a statistic on the entire German labor market. More on the methodology

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