Appium Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used Appium
Michael S.
Last position:
IT & Test Consultant at Testing Experts GmbH
AI Readiness - Part 3: Creating an e-book on the use of AI in software testing
- Designed and created an e-book on the sensible and safe use of AI in software testing from the perspective of an experienced test expert.
- Used generative AI (ChatGPT, Perplexity Pro) as a sparring partner for structuring, wording suggestions and creating variations, with all content finally reviewed and approved using my own expertise.
- Developed practical insights into the opportunities and risks of AI in testing, with a special focus on collaboration between testers and AI instead of “tester vs. AI”.
- Title: “11 starke Gründe: Dream-Team statt Rivalen - Tester und KI sind gemeinsam unschlagbar”
- Subtitle: “Wie Mensch und Maschine im Softwaretest das perfekte Team bilden – und warum reines KI-Testing riskant ist.”
- Planned use of the e-book as a basis for workshops, customer meetings or internal training.
- Technology: Generative AI, ChatGPT, Perplexity Pro, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, many years of hands-on professional testing experience, common sense.
Yannide D.
Last position:
Development Engineer Test Automation at Vorwerk Elektrowerke GmbH & Co. KG
- Project: Thermomix Online Mock
- Manual execution of functional tests
- Implementation of automated end-to-end tests
- Execution of regression tests and analysis of results
- Further development of the QA website server using Express.js, Handlebars and Node.js
- Further development of the test environment
- Technologies: Agile software development Scrum, Robot Framework, Python, JavaScript, Git (GitLab), VS Code, Jira, Confluence, Express.js, Handlebars, Phoenix/Elixir
Mario S.
Last position:
Expert in Web Analytics, Tag Management and Consent Management at Deutsche Bahn AG
- Conducting and evaluating web analyses
- Creating and editing tags and scripts in the area of tag management as well as banners and other client-side web elements in the area of consent management
- Technologies used in development: Tealium, JavaScript, IntelliJ, Git, Android Studio, Selenium, Appium, Adobe Analytics, Power Automate, Power App
Anton L.
Last position:
Senior Solution Architect
Internal systems with regulatory and security requirements could not be used directly by AI tools for incident triage, troubleshooting, and documentation search. The goal was to securely integrate these systems through MCP while preserving existing acce...
Alexander K.
Last position:
Software Tester at Buhl Tax Service GmbH
- AI-assisted creation of test cases and test data
- Creation of test cases based on requirements
- Execution of manual tests
- Defect documentation, retesting and tracking
Technologies & Tools: SCRUM, Jira, Confluence, Zephyr Scale
Leslie R.
Last position:
QA Engineer at Florio GmbH
Working as a QA Engineer within a regulated digital health environment, supporting structured test planning, test analysis, verification evidence and release readiness across mobile and web applications.
Creating, maintaining and executing manual and automated (MAESTRO, Katalon, Cypress) functional, regression and SIT test cases for iOS, Android and web platforms. Performing daily activities using Jira, Xray, Confluence, BrowserStack and staged test environments.
Supporting traceability between requirements, risks, test cases, defects and test results, helping ensure QA evidence is clear, auditable and suitable for regulated software delivery.
Collaborating with development, product, medical, regulatory and business stakeholders to clarify requirements, investigate defects, assess severity and priority, and reduce release risk.
Applying ISTQB, Agile and SAFe testing principles across mobile apps (as mobile medical devices), web platforms, system integration and regulated documentation.
Using AI products and open-source AI tools to support QA activities, including test case design, user story analysis, test data creation, process optimisation and regression coverage estimation.
Nicole F.
Last position:
SAP FI Consultant & Test at DZB Bank
- Analysis and optimization of business processes in financial accounting
- Customizing in SAP FI (e.g. company codes, chart of accounts, payments)
- Integration with other modules such as CO, MM, SD
- Consulting on legal requirements (e.g. GoBD, UStG)
- Support with month-end and year-end closing
- Creation of test plans (system test, integration test, UAT)
- Definition of test cases (e.g. postings, payment runs, dunning runs)
- Selection of suitable test data and scenarios
- Manual testing of posting processes (e.g. customer invoice, payment run)
- Validation of automatic postings (e.g. for MM credit memo)
- Checking interfaces (e.g. to subsystems or non-SAP solutions)
- Documentation of defects in the test tool (e.g. Jira, ALM)
- Analysis and feedback to developers or the customizing team
- Retest after bug fixes
- E2E tests with SAP Solution Manager (SOLMAN)
- Use of tools such as SAP CBTA or Micro Focus UFT
René A.
Last position:
Test (Automation) Engineer at BWI GmbH
Introduced a unified test strategy to establish quality gates and define test activities for the 'ICaruS' subproject of the Bundeswehr
Built and implemented manual and automated tests, set up the test infrastructure, and introduced test management tools
Established KPIs and dashboards to present and distribute test metrics to project team members and stakeholders
Technologies used: Playwright, TypeScript, REST, PEGA Systems, Jira, HP ALM, GitLab Runner, Kubernetes, Git, VS Code, Angular, Scrum
Christoph S.
Last position:
Test Manager at Logistics
- Coordination and planning, execution, documentation, and analysis of test cases
- Development of test concepts considering best practices (e.g., test pyramid) with a focus on reliable, automatable test runs
- Implementation and maintenance of test cases according to the test concepts
- Technologies: Citrix Workspace, Shopify, Jira, Xray, MS Teams, MS SharePoint, Confluence, MS Office 365
Anastasiia K.
Last position:
Senior Test Automation Engineer at E.ON
- Reviewing functional and technical requirements from a testing perspective
- Creating test cases and automated tests to validate requirements
- Performing manual and automated functional, end-to-end, and regression tests
- Documenting test results and tracking defects
- Using models like GPT-4, BERT, and Hugging Face Transformers for automated test case generation, analysis of test results, and improving test coverage, including bias checks and security reviews
- Techs: MS Office, Jira, Zephyr, Confluence, Tosca, stakeholder communication, Agile, Kanban, Scrum, OpenAI API, Hugging Face, PyTorch, LangChain.
Ralph K.
Last position:
Product Owner / Business Owner at AXIS Management Consulting GmbH
- Full product responsibility from a business perspective: requirement analysis, UX design, product strategy, and go-to-market implemented without an internal dev team using fully AI-supported development (Claude Code / Anthropic)
- Technical differentiation: KRITIS-compliant air-gapped deployment (Windows/NSIS), GDT interface for PVS integration, DATEV-LODAS export for payroll
- Managed pilot operation with initial external client (Dormagen medical practice): structured requirement gathering, test support, error analysis, and release management
- Developed rollout and sales strategy for market entry in the segment of private practices and small medical centers
- Human-in-the-Loop development principle: business decision → AI implementation → manual review → approval → release – each sprint documented in Jira (TIME project), every change traceable via co-authored commits
- Product outcome: Tauri/Rust desktop app with GDT watcher, multi-tier model (Starter/Professional/Enterprise), cloud mirror on Hetzner/Traefik, complete ISMS framework based on ISO 27001 and BSI basic protection as product foundation
- Direct method validation for the test manager role: hands-on experience with quality assurance of AI-generated products from a user perspective, review gate discipline, release approval under GDPR and the EU AI Act
Holger G.
Last position:
Test Automation Engineer, Quality Assurance Consultant at T-Systems
- Poliks – State Police System for information, communication, and case management and other state variants (ViVa, Bravo, customs)
- Developed a test framework for test automation to replace an existing proprietary test client for new developments, focusing on easy maintenance and simple extensibility for new technologies
- Designed the architecture
- Implemented the architecture
- Created a proof of concept by migrating existing test cases into the new test framework
- Platform: C#, .NET, Jira, XRay, Confluence, Playwright, Selenium, UI Automation, Appium, HTML, Git, VMWare, Windows 11, Linux
Vitor R.
Last position:
Test Coordinator Automation at Pro4all
- Designed and built from scratch the automation framework using Playwright, Typescript, JavaScript, Gherkin, Cucumber, BDD, Maven, IntelliJ IDEA
- Defined, developed and maintained test plans, test scripts, reports and other QA documentation in Confluence
- Created and maintained test data with SQL Server Management Studio, Toad and Faker.js
- Performed web services and API testing using Swagger Open API, SoapUI, JSON, HTML and XML
- Executed functional, smoke, regression, black box, GUI, cross-browser, UAT and E2E testing using CrossBrowserTesting and Safari Web Inspector
- Integrated and maintained automated scripts within sprints following Kanban, CI/CD, GitHub, Docker, Azure Pipelines, Agile, Scrum, Kafka and Kibana
- Raised and managed defects in Azure DevOps
- Conducted mobile testing with Robot Framework and Appium
Ayhan G.
Last position:
Senior QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer / SDET at Rewe digital
Consulting, designing, and implementing the software testing lifecycle for multiple Android apps and backends Introducing test automation with Appium, SpringBootTest, RestAssured Setting up and managing emulators Developing an E2E library, an integration library, a Testcontainers library, and other libraries Developing, implementing, and advising on CI strategies Building the test environment with Testcontainers and virtualization Developing and implementing test cases for integration tests and end-to-end tests Establishing a maintainable test architecture with low entry barriers to simplify the creation of automated tests Some tools and technologies used: JUnit, RestAssured, Testcontainers, Kubedock, Appium, Android emulator, Jira Xray, Mockito, WireMock, Spring Framework, Kotlin
Martin G.
Last position:
SAP Test Data Management Consultant at Siemens AG
End-to-end quality assurance in a global S/4HANA transformation program.
Automated test data setup, evaluation of search and generation solutions, and PoC execution (K2View, EPI-USE).
Coordination between Siemens teams and external partners, and structured knowledge transfer to internal stakeholders.
Created a basis for PoC decisions and sped up tool selection.
Standardized test data provisioning and noticeably reduced lead times.
Established governance for test data processes (policies, roles, KPIs).
Sustainable know-how transfer: empowered internal teams to operate solutions on their own.
Methods & technologies: S/4HANA, SAP, K2View, EPI-USE, test data management, data masking, data provisioning, test strategy, test management, coaching & enablement, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Office 365, Gemini.
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Statistics of experts using Appium
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
18 years
Position duration
1.4 years
Positions per freelancer
15
Top business areas
Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Automotive
Certification focus areas
Quality Assurance, Information Technology, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
91%
Master's degree or higher
32%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
96%
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
Average rates of experts in Germany using Appium
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Appium experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (100%)
- Banking and Finance (56%)
- Automotive (48%)
- Healthcare (48%)
- Transportation (48%)
- Retail (48%)
- Insurance (44%)
- Government and Administration (44%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Mobile test automation
Appium is an open-source framework for automating native, hybrid and mobile web applications. It uses the WebDriver protocol and supports iOS, Android and other mobile environments without requiring teams to rewrite the application for testing. Tests can be written in languages such as Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby and C#.
Appium ecosystem
Appium 2 uses a modular driver and plugin model. Specialists work with drivers such as UiAutomator2 for Android and XCUITest for iOS, while Appium Inspector helps explore element locators and session capabilities. They also connect tests with Selenium concepts, device farms, emulators, simulators and reporting tools.
Typical delivery work
- Create page-object and data-driven mobile test suites
- Automate login, checkout, payments and other critical user journeys
- Cover native views, web views, gestures, permissions and deep links
- Configure parallel execution across real devices and virtual environments
- Integrate results with CI pipelines and defect workflows
A strong implementation keeps test code readable, isolates unstable dependencies and makes failures easy to reproduce.
When companies need specialists
Companies often bring in freelance Appium expertise when manual regression slows releases, mobile coverage is inconsistent or an existing suite produces too many false failures. Support is also valuable during a migration from older Appium setups, a shift to Appium 2, or the launch of a new iOS and Android application. Teams in Germany may choose on-site collaboration for device-lab work and remote delivery for framework design and maintenance.
Skills beyond Appium
Useful adjacent knowledge includes mobile application behavior, REST APIs, WebDriver, Git, test design and CI systems such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions or GitLab CI. Specialists should understand Android Studio and Xcode well enough to inspect logs, signing issues, capabilities and platform permissions. Familiarity with cloud device services and languages used by the product team improves handover.
What strong professionals show
Look for professionals who can explain locator strategy, synchronization, app lifecycle handling and the trade-offs between emulators and real devices. They measure suite stability through actionable failure analysis rather than simply adding waits. Strong specialists document environment setup, keep credentials and test data safe, and communicate clearly in English or German when working with local product and quality teams.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with Appium? These answers cover the essentials.
Appium is used to automate functional and regression tests for native, hybrid and mobile web applications. It can drive real devices, emulators and simulators across iOS and Android, making it useful for repeated user journeys and release checks.
Appium offers cross-platform automation through WebDriver, while Espresso is focused on Android and XCUITest is focused on Apple platforms. Native frameworks can provide deeper platform integration, but Appium can reduce duplicated test design when a product supports both mobile ecosystems.
A strong Appium specialist usually understands mobile test strategy, WebDriver, Git, API testing and CI pipelines. Knowledge of Android Studio, Xcode, device logs, app signing, JavaScript or another supported language is also valuable.
The right level depends on the scope and condition of the test setup. A small suite may need someone who can create stable flows, while a large mobile product benefits from a professional who can design the framework, manage parallel execution and diagnose platform-specific failures.
Appium projects can be handled remotely when device access, logs and build pipelines are available through secure services. On-site work may help when a company relies on a physical device lab or strict internal access rules; clear English or German documentation keeps collaboration effective.
Appium can connect to physical iOS and Android devices through the relevant platform drivers and local or cloud device infrastructure. Real-device runs reveal issues involving permissions, performance, hardware behavior and network conditions that simulators may not reproduce.
Reliable Appium suites use resilient locators, explicit synchronization, controlled test data and clear environment management. They separate test intent from implementation details, collect useful logs and avoid masking defects with excessive waits or repeated retries.
Ask the professional to explain the suite structure, failure handling, device strategy and CI feedback loop. Review whether the tests cover meaningful risks, run consistently across target environments and produce evidence that helps the product team fix defects rather than merely report them.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Appium in their recent projects is 83 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 665 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Appium in their recent projects, 91% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 32% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Appium in their recent projects have 18 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Appium in their recent projects are English (96%), German (93%), and French (37%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Appium in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (56%), and Automotive (48%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Appium in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Quality Assurance (89%), and Product Development (81%).
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