Security Engineer Daily Rates in Germany
Compare the average daily rate of a freelance Security Engineer with related roles and cities in Germany, calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
How Security Engineer 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:
816 € for Network Security Engineer → 913 € for Cloud Security Engineer
Security Engineer averages:
810 € per day
What the benchmark shows
With an average daily rate of 810 €, Security Engineer 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 251 € — around 31% 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.
Security Engineer 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.
Among the 3 cities compared, average daily rates range from:
569 € for Berlin → 820 € for Hamburg
Countrywide average:
810 € per day
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Kartheek Kumar Kothapalli
Peter Konrad
Victor Omojoye
Sumalatha Bhuchupalle
Waseem Sattar
Mohamad Dib-Skhni
Uwe Schwarz
Abdelhak Mahou
Frank Bergmann
Firas Jradi
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Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with Security Engineer? These answers cover the essentials.
The average daily rate for Security Engineer in Germany is 810 € with a median of 800 €, based on an 8-hour working day — that corresponds to an average of 101 € per hour.
Based on the average daily rate of 810 €, a full-time month of 21 working days corresponds to about 17,010 € — the underlying hourly rate is 101 €.
The average of 810 € sits about 10 € per day above the median of 800 € (101 € 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 Berlin (569 €) and Hamburg (820 €) the difference is about 251 € per day, roughly 31 € per hour — around 31% of the countrywide average of 810 €.
Hamburg shows the highest average of the 3 cities compared, at 820 € per day (102 € per hour) — about 1% above the countrywide average of 810 €.
Berlin shows the lowest average of the cities compared, at 569 € per day (71 € per hour) — about 30% below the countrywide average of 810 €.
Among the 2 related roles compared, average daily rates range from 816 € for Network Security Engineer up to 913 € for Cloud Security Engineer — that is 102 € to 114 € per hour.
Cloud Security Engineer currently averages 913 € per day (114 € per hour), about 103 € per day above the rate for Security Engineer.
None of the related roles compared averages less — at 810 € per day (101 € per hour), Security Engineer 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 Security Engineer 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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