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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

Among the 2 related roles compared, average daily rates range from:

817 € for Network Security Engineer → 897 € for Cloud Security Engineer

Security Engineer averages:

789 € per day

Cloud Security Engineer 897 € · 880 € Network Security Engineer 817 € · 820 €
120 240 360 480 600 720 840 €/day

What the benchmark shows

With an average daily rate of 789 €, 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 247 € — 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

Among the 4 cities compared, average daily rates range from:

569 € for Berlin → 816 € for Munich

Countrywide average:

789 € per day

Munich 816 € · 780 € Essen 760 € · 780 € Hamburg 734 € · 760 € Berlin 569 € · 640 €
110 220 330 440 550 660 770 €/day
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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 789 € with a median of 760 €, based on an 8-hour working day — that corresponds to an average of 99 € per hour.

Based on the average daily rate of 789 €, a full-time month of 21 working days corresponds to about 16,560 € — the underlying hourly rate is 99 €.

The average of 789 € sits about 29 € per day above the median of 760 € (99 € versus 95 € 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 Munich (816 €) the difference is about 247 € per day, roughly 31 € per hour — around 31% of the countrywide average of 789 €.

Munich shows the highest average of the 4 cities compared, at 816 € per day (102 € per hour) — about 3% above the countrywide average of 789 €.

Berlin shows the lowest average of the cities compared, at 569 € per day (71 € per hour) — about 28% below the countrywide average of 789 €.

Among the 2 related roles compared, average daily rates range from 817 € for Network Security Engineer up to 897 € for Cloud Security Engineer — that is 102 € to 112 € per hour.

Cloud Security Engineer currently averages 897 € per day (112 € per hour), about 108 € per day above the rate for Security Engineer.

None of the related roles compared averages less — at 789 € per day (99 € 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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