IT Project Manager Daily Rates in Germany
Compare the average daily rate of a freelance IT Project Manager with related roles and cities in Germany, calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
How IT Project Manager 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 2 related roles compared, average daily rates range from 919 € for ERP Project Manager up to 954 € for SAP Project Manager — IT Project Manager averages 886 € per day.
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 886 €, IT Project Manager is currently the most affordable entry into this field — every specialisation compared averages more, typically because a narrower cut of the same skill set meets a smaller pool of available freelancers.
Location shifts the picture as well: across the cities in Germany, average daily rates differ by up to 141 € — 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 Project Manager 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 4 cities in Germany, average daily rates range from 794 € in Hamburg up to 934 € in Berlin — the countrywide average is 886 € per day.
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.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about IT Project Manager — answered in short.
The average daily rate for IT Project Manager in Germany is 886 € with a median of 880 €, based on an 8-hour working day — that corresponds to an average of 111 € per hour.
Based on the average daily rate of 886 €, a full-time month of 21 working days corresponds to about 18,601 € — the underlying hourly rate is 111 €.
The average of 886 € sits about 6 € per day above the median of 880 € (111 € versus 110 € 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 Hamburg (794 €) and Berlin (934 €) the difference is about 141 € per day, roughly 18 € per hour — around 16% of the countrywide average of 886 €.
Berlin shows the highest average of the 4 cities compared, at 934 € per day (117 € per hour) — about 6% above the countrywide average of 886 €.
Hamburg shows the lowest average of the cities compared, at 794 € per day (99 € per hour) — about 10% below the countrywide average of 886 €.
Among the 2 related roles compared, average daily rates range from 919 € for ERP Project Manager up to 954 € for SAP Project Manager — that is 115 € to 119 € per hour.
SAP Project Manager currently averages 954 € per day (119 € per hour), about 69 € per day above the rate for IT Project Manager.
None of the related roles compared averages less — at 886 € per day (111 € per hour), IT Project Manager is already the most affordable option in this comparison.
All figures are calculated live from the hourly rates of the freelancers on FRATCH matched to IT Project Manager 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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