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IT Consultant Daily Rates in Germany

Compare the average daily rate of a freelance IT Consultant with related roles and cities in Germany, calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.

How IT Consultant rates compare with related roles

Among the 20 related roles compared, average daily rates range from:

766 € for Test Consultant → 1135 € for Integration Consultant

IT Consultant averages:

836 € per day

Integration Consultant 1135 € · 1100 € IT Strategy Consultant 987 € · 1000 € ERP Consultant 978 € · 940 € Implementation Consultant 920 € · 920 € AI Consultant 919 € · 920 € IT Security Consultant 903 € · 896 € SAP Consultant 893 € · 880 € ITSM Consultant 881 € · 920 € Cloud Consultant 867 € · 880 € Migration Consultant 867 € · 880 € Functional Consultant 856 € · 920 € IT Infrastructure Consultant 850 € · 840 € Atlassian Consultant 849 € · 820 € CRM Consultant 815 € · 800 € Technical Consultant 814 € · 800 € Software Consultant 812 € · 800 € Oracle Consultant 803 € · 780 € DevOps Consultant 789 € · 800 € Automation Consultant 778 € · 800 € Test Consultant 766 € · 760 €
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What the benchmark shows

With an average daily rate of 836 €, IT Consultant sits mid-field in this comparison — 13 of the compared roles above it, 7 below. Sharper specialisations tend to settle above the role, broader ones below.

Location shifts the picture as well: across the cities in Germany, average daily rates differ by up to 135 € — around 16% of the countrywide average. Dense metropolitan markets usually carry a premium over the national rate, smaller ones a discount; the chart below shows where each city lands.

IT Consultant daily rates across cities in Germany

Among the 9 cities compared, average daily rates range from:

756 € for Stuttgart → 890 € for Essen

Countrywide average:

836 € per day

Essen 890 € · 880 € Berlin 884 € · 896 € Dortmund 844 € · 800 € Munich 834 € · 800 € Hamburg 831 € · 800 € Cologne 809 € · 800 € Frankfurt 803 € · 800 € Dusseldorf 780 € · 720 € Stuttgart 756 € · 760 €
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Frequently asked questions

Everything clients usually want to know about IT Consultant, in one place.

The average daily rate for IT Consultant in Germany is 836 € with a median of 800 €, based on an 8-hour working day — that corresponds to an average of 105 € per hour.

Based on the average daily rate of 836 €, a full-time month of 21 working days corresponds to about 17,563 € — the underlying hourly rate is 105 €.

The average of 836 € sits about 36 € per day above the median of 800 € (105 € versus 100 € per hour): a smaller number of high-priced specialists pulls the average up, while the median marks the typical middle of the market — half of the freelancers charge less, half charge more.

Between Stuttgart (756 €) and Essen (890 €) the difference is about 135 € per day, roughly 17 € per hour — around 16% of the countrywide average of 836 €.

Essen shows the highest average of the 9 cities compared, at 890 € per day (111 € per hour) — about 6% above the countrywide average of 836 €.

Stuttgart shows the lowest average of the cities compared, at 756 € per day (94 € per hour) — about 10% below the countrywide average of 836 €.

Among the 20 related roles compared, average daily rates range from 766 € for Test Consultant up to 1,135 € for Integration Consultant — that is 96 € to 142 € per hour.

Integration Consultant currently averages 1,135 € per day (142 € per hour), about 298 € per day above the rate for IT Consultant.

Test Consultant currently averages 766 € per day (96 € per hour), about 71 € per day below the rate for IT Consultant.

All figures are calculated live from the hourly rates of the freelancers on FRATCH matched to IT Consultant and its related roles and locations; daily rates assume an 8-hour working day. The average is a weighted mean with outliers trimmed, the median is the middle value of the individual rates, and both refresh continuously as freelancer profiles change.

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