System Engineer Daily Rates in Germany

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

Among the 3 cities compared, average daily rates range from:

797 € for Berlin → 921 € for Hamburg

Countrywide average:

780 € per day

Hamburg Munich Berlin

130 260 390 520 650 780 910 €/day

What the benchmark shows

Location shifts the picture as well: across the cities in Germany, average daily rates differ by up to 124 € — 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.

Frequently asked questions

Curious about System Engineer? Here are the answers that come up again and again.

The average daily rate for System Engineer in Germany is 780 € with a median of 800 €, based on an 8-hour working day — that corresponds to an average of 97 € per hour.

Based on the average daily rate of 780 €, a full-time month of 21 working days corresponds to about 16,375 € — the underlying hourly rate is 97 €.

The average of 780 € sits about 20 € per day below the median of 800 € (97 € versus 100 € per hour): a number of lower-priced offers pulls the average down, while the median marks the typical middle of the market — half of the freelancers charge less, half charge more.

Between Berlin (797 €) and Hamburg (921 €) the difference is about 124 € per day, roughly 15 € per hour — around 16% of the countrywide average of 780 €.

Hamburg shows the highest average of the 3 cities compared, at 921 € per day (115 € per hour) — about 18% above the countrywide average of 780 €.

Berlin shows the lowest average of the cities compared, at 797 € per day (100 € per hour).

All figures are calculated live from the hourly rates of the freelancers on FRATCH matched to System 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.