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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

See how closely related specialisations compare on price — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.

Among the 20 related roles compared, average daily rates range from 741 € for Test Consultant up to 1,226 € for Integration Consultant — IT Consultant averages 841 € per day.

Daily rate avg.
Median daily rate
IT Consultant average · 841 €
Integration Consultant
1226 €
1320 €
IT Strategy Consultant
978 €
1000 €
ERP Consultant
974 €
940 €
AI Consultant
933 €
960 €
IT Security Consultant
924 €
940 €
Implementation Consultant
920 €
920 €
SAP Consultant
906 €
920 €
ITSM Consultant
885 €
1000 €
Cloud Consultant
870 €
880 €
Migration Consultant
867 €
880 €
IT Infrastructure Consultant
849 €
860 €
Atlassian Consultant
848 €
820 €
Technical Consultant
830 €
800 €
Software Consultant
812 €
800 €
CRM Consultant
811 €
800 €
Functional Consultant
809 €
800 €
Oracle Consultant
803 €
780 €
DevOps Consultant
794 €
800 €
Automation Consultant
792 €
800 €
Test Consultant
741 €
740 €

Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 27 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

What the benchmark shows

With an average daily rate of 841 €, IT Consultant sits mid-field in this comparison — 12 of the compared roles above it, 8 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 122 € — around 14% 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

See where the role earns the most, city by city against the national average — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.

Across 9 cities in Germany, average daily rates range from 755 € in Stuttgart up to 876 € in Berlin — the countrywide average is 841 € per day.

Daily rate avg.
Median daily rate
Germany average · 841 €
Berlin
876 €
896 €
Munich
863 €
800 €
Essen
859 €
880 €
Hamburg
836 €
800 €
Cologne
807 €
800 €
Frankfurt
807 €
800 €
Dortmund
773 €
800 €
Dusseldorf
772 €
720 €
Stuttgart
755 €
760 €

Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 27 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

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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 841 € 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 841 €, a full-time month of 21 working days corresponds to about 17,660 € — the underlying hourly rate is 105 €.

The average of 841 € sits about 41 € 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 (755 €) and Berlin (876 €) the difference is about 122 € per day, roughly 15 € per hour — around 14% of the countrywide average of 841 €.

Berlin shows the highest average of the 9 cities compared, at 876 € per day (110 € per hour) — about 4% above the countrywide average of 841 €.

Stuttgart shows the lowest average of the cities compared, at 755 € per day (94 € per hour) — about 10% below the countrywide average of 841 €.

Among the 20 related roles compared, average daily rates range from 741 € for Test Consultant up to 1,226 € for Integration Consultant — that is 93 € to 153 € per hour.

Integration Consultant currently averages 1,226 € per day (153 € per hour), about 385 € per day above the rate for IT Consultant.

Test Consultant currently averages 741 € per day (93 € per hour), about 100 € 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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