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Kossi A.

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Project Manager

Frankfurt am Main
Kossi A.

Last position:

Project Manager at Deutsche Bank

Migration of an existing application to a new IT infrastructure.

  • Managed all project activities (infrastructure, applications, data, security, architecture)
  • Planned complex network architectures with security requirements
  • Designed and coordinated firewall configurations
  • Planned and managed interfaces between ERP, cloud, and third-party systems
  • Coordinated middleware solutions (e.g. SAP Integration Suite, MuleSoft, Boomi)
  • Defined data flows, mapping rules, and integration architectures
  • Managed data migrations and master data harmonization
  • Coordinated with business departments, IT teams, service providers, and external partners
  • Team size: International team of 35 employees – Germany | Poland | India | USA
  • Languages: English

Tools: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project), Brainloop, Jira, Confluence, MS SharePoint

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Ebru A.

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Business Analyst | Project & Product Manager | PMO | CRM & Salesforce | MarTech | SaaS & Rollout Management | Digital

Darmstadt
Ebru A.

Last position:

Product Analytics & App Tracking Consultant at EnBW mobility+ AG & Co. KG

  • Product Analytics, Mobile App Tracking & Tracking Governance (B2C Mobility App) – agile project management (Scrum/Kanban)
  • Product Ownership for Product Analytics and Mobile App Tracking of the EnBW mobility+ app; gathering, prioritizing, and translating business requirements into actionable concepts and Azure DevOps user stories with acceptance criteria.
  • Derivation of tracking requirements when introducing new app features (including Resilient Map), definition of tracking parameters (screens, events, custom definitions), and ensuring privacy-compliant tracking (Firebase, GA4, Adjust) based on the tracking concept.
  • Design and adaptation of dashboards and funnel reporting for campaigns (GA4 validation, onboarding and order flow analyses, conversion funnels, charging start flow) to identify drop-off points and optimization potential.
  • Management of the technical raw data export (Adjust to BigQuery) and connection to the data warehouse/data lakehouse, including data mapping; collaboration with international development teams, Data Engineering, Marketing/Sales, and Product Management.
  • Establishment of standardized tracking architecture, naming conventions, and governance; analysis and expansion of tracking (new features and “blind spots”), test design, handover to testers, and quality assurance and approval before releases; documentation in Conceptboard.
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Wolfgang O.

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Business Analyst

Freilassing
Wolfgang O.

Last position:

Project Manager at EnBW - Netze Südwest

  • New development and further development of the existing MS Dynamics CRM

IT systems: Microsoft Dynamics Customer Service, SharePoint, DevOps, SAP IS-U

  • CRM implementation / further development
  • Taking over from the previous service provider
  • Business process analysis
  • Agile project organization
  • Business analysis / requirements engineering with AI support
  • Use of AI in development
  • Analysis of master data processes
  • CRM customer data management
  • Requirements documentation
  • Stakeholder management
  • Workshop moderation
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Florian R.

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Principal, Program & Transformation Lead

Frankfurt am Main
Florian R.

Last position:

Global Programme Lead, Ecosystem Separation at Merck Group

  • Electronics – Surface Solutions | Carve-out of IT, data and system landscape*

  • Separation of a full business division's IT, data and system landscape following divestment; centrally governed investment envelope in the three-digit m€ range

  • Laboratory notebook and laboratory analytics platform stream: Palantir Foundry, Snowflake, Signals Notebook, Power BI and connected laboratory instrumentation; site transition completed without interruption to laboratory operations

  • Decision authority and escalation point for business, IT infrastructure, IT security and vendors; separation executed across globally distributed users and systems, handed over on schedule

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Bruno P.

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Self-employed Consultant for Digital Products & Processes

Freilassing
Bruno P.

Last position:

Product Owner

Design and implementation of a „unified-commerce“ platform for SMEs to sell and deliver multi-product bundles

Achievements: On-time design, delivery and customer acceptance of a 100% functional, CPQ-based „buy flow“ process for configuring and selling multi-product bundles within the specified time frame of 90 days. Successfully tested integration of various interface services for: customer search, enrichment of customer data, address validation, service qualification, phone number validation, credit check, appointment selection and Quote-to-Order transition.

Responsibilities:

  • Strategic goal implementation: Derivation and implementation of strategic customer goals (e.g. release content, business value).
  • Backlog Management: Creation and elaboration of backlog items (Initiatives, Epics, User Stories, Defects) in close coordination with the project team and customer.
  • Prioritization & Releases: Responsibility for prioritizing the Product Backlog and implementing defined release goals.
  • Deliverable Tracking: Tracking work results on the supplier and customer side.
  • Roadmap & Release planning: Development and implementation of roadmaps and release plans together with the customer.
  • Scope responsibility: Responsibility for the contractually agreed scope of services.
  • Claim Management: Active claim and change management towards the customer.
  • Team coordination: Management and coordination of the development team.
  • Use of synergies: Use of synergies between customer projects and product development.
  • Proposal preparation: Preparation of proposals (with supervision) and presentation on site to customers and partners.

Skills: Development, communication and implementation of product visions; Product Backlog Management; Stakeholder Management; Regular reporting to management and Steering Committees; Requirements analysis & engineering; Planning and documentation of workshops; Professional leadership and coordination of (distributed) project teams and external service providers; Epic Management; User Story specifications; Creation of use cases, support with software testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT); Release Management and Sprint Planning; Design of TO-BE processes; Process optimization; Planning, design and specification of interfaces to existing and new systems; Identification, assessment and management of project risks; Active claim and change management; Facilitation of sprint planning and reviews; Data migration; Scrum; Kanban; REST API; JSON; XML; BPMN; UML; Jira; Confluence

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Tobias R.

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M&A IT Project Manager / Cross-functional Technical and Integration Manager

Weikersheim
Tobias R.

Last position:

M&A IT Project Manager / Cross-functional Technical and Integration Manager at Sandoz AG

  • Worked for several M&A projects (Eire, Sunshine C, Coral) in the role of IT project manager and cross-functional technical manager / integration manager.
  • Preparation and maintenance of project charters, project change requests and project plans.
  • Weekly project status report.
  • Preparation of decision papers and steering committee slidedecks.
  • Risk & issue management.
  • Tracking and managing activities, dependencies and deliverables across all functional IT domains.
  • Data migration (planning and execution).
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Sergei M.

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Program Manager / Program Lead (Contractor)

Kaarst
Sergei M.

Last position:

Interim Program Manager at parcIT

Time-limited interim assignment filling a vacant program leadership position: joint leadership of a complex software project and orchestration of several agile teams (business, development, and DevOps teams), as well as actively driving change processes.

  • Program Management & Planning: Responsibility for creating and updating milestone, resource, and budget plans to ensure project objectives using agile and hybrid methods.
  • Cross-functional Collaboration: Promoting cooperation and knowledge sharing across teams; resolving blockers through proactive conflict management and targeted facilitation.
  • Stakeholder Management & Transparency: Ensuring transparent and audience-appropriate communication within and outside the project organization using modern project management tools.
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Maciej S.

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Product Owner

Nuremberg
Maciej S.

Last position:

Product Owner at Bundesagentur für Arbeit

  • As part of the project, the further development of the identity management system was driven forward. This included a comprehensive refactoring of the interfaces to the connected target systems. In addition, several special systems were successfully connected to the IAM to ensure end-to-end identity and authorization management.
  • Technical design and solution proposals for IAM system development
  • Requirements analysis and requirements management (IREB, BABOK)
  • Alignment of the strategy with the future target architecture (TOGAF)
  • Prototyping of solutions
  • Documentation of requirements (Innovator)
  • Analysis and documentation of requirements and creation of process models (UML, BPMN, ArchiMate)
  • Modeling of requirements and system functionalities (OOA/OOD, UML)
  • Further development of interfaces (SOAP, REST)
  • Carrying out architecture reviews
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Waseem S.

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Enterprise Solution Architect |5G / Mobile Communications|Mission Critical Services (MCx)|IMS and SIP

Frankfurt am Main
Waseem S.

Last position:

Solution Architect / Subject Matter Expert at FRMCS Device Manufacturer

Participation in the EU-funded MORANE-2 project to validate the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) in real-world use cases: preparation of the requirements specifications for TOBA and the associated test specifications.

Technologies: 5GS (Radio & Core), FRMCS, MCx (MCPTT, MCData, MCVideo), MC Gateway UE, MCx Priority/Security/QoS Management, ETCS, SIP, IMS

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Farid A.

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SAP_S/4 Hana Senior Consultant & Global SAP Process Expert for MDG/EWM/MM/PP-MES and SAP Data & Cutover Manager

Hamburg
Farid A.

Last position:

SAP Data Migration & Data Management Consultant for SAP GEMINI at Montblanc

The consultant's responsibilities/actions are:

  • Consulting on the migration of material master & PP Master data
  • Prepare Article List template for Cutover Phase
  • Implementation of data cleansing measures using individual and bulk changes
  • SAP all mandatory fields data extraction regarding Business needed
  • SAP migration, Cutover, Testing, BAT, UAT
  • Align with the multiple Stakeholders regarding Data from Legacy and SAP System
  • Deployed SAP MM best practice (guided configurations, active methodologies and road map for project initiation)

SAP ERP | SAP GEMINI | SAP Fields Coordination | Documentation | SAP IDoc | SAP Integration | SAP End-to-End Process | SAP MM (Material Management) | SAP Functional Consultant | SAP Gap analysis | SAP MDM (Master Data Management) | Data Migration & Management

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Michael R.

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Project Manager

Wadern
Michael R.

Last position:

Project Manager at Payone GmbH (Worldline AG)

  • Objective/Motivation: PAYONE urgently needs a 360° view of its customers. So far, PAYONE has had no company-wide master data strategy. It is not possible to identify customers across all relevant systems.

The organization is to be enabled to identify customers across all relevant systems. Establishing the basis for master data management at PAYONE

  • Challenge: Due to company acquisitions, the system landscape is very heterogeneous. The company is highly dynamic and burdened with many system harmonization and integration projects, meaning that resource bottlenecks and changes in project priorities repeatedly create an almost impossible task.

Due to BaFin findings, the project has a central task and role. The first focus is the migration of all customers, including their AML/KYC data, from the master data backend systems to Salesforce. This is intended to resolve one of the largest findings and establish the corresponding ODD/EDD processes.

In addition, customer data must be harmonized in Salesforce. Previous migrations resulted in duplicate customer records in some cases. The aim is therefore to maintain only one customer in Salesforce and, using the relevant information from the backend systems, also be able to identify which products the customer uses and in which processing systems the customer obtains PAYONE services.

Project: ONE Customer

Budget: €1.5 million

Team: 10/30 employees (full-time/part-time); 4 vendors/providers

Integration: 8 (subsystems/interfaces)

Applications: Salesforce; SAP S4/HANA; in-house developments

Tools: MS Office; Jira, Confluence, SharePoint

Methods: Hands-on; Agile (SAFe); Prince2

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Nick F.

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SAP Senior Program Manager and Business Architect

Limburgerhof
Nick F.

Last position:

SAP Senior managing partner at INXAP Switzerland

Leading public Cloud Projects hands on. Develop the German market for SAP consulting company Inxap focused on edge technologies.

  • Built and expanded INXAP's SAP consulting presence in the German market, focusing on AI, automation, IoT, and next-generation financial process technologies.
  • Advised CIOs, CFOs, and IT leadership teams on SAP strategy, digital transformation, and Center of Excellence (CoE) operating models.
  • Led executive-level engagements, shaping solution roadmaps and driving high-value SAP S/4HANA, SAP Public Cloud and financial process automation initiatives.
  • Developed and negotiated strategic deals, ensuring alignment with corporate IT priorities and delivering measurable business outcomes.
  • Positioned INXAP as a trusted partner for edge technologies by translating complex innovations into actionable enterprise use cases.
  • Built relationships with key stakeholders across corporate IT, enabling long-term partnerships and repeat business.
  • Identified market opportunities, crafted go-to-market strategies, and represented INXAP in executive discussions with German enterprises.
  • Coordinated cross-border collaboration with Swiss leadership to align offerings, delivery models, and client acquisition strategies.
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Tobias S.

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Project Lead & Expert SAP S/4 HANA Public Cloud

Rostock
Tobias S.

Last position:

Project Manager SAP S/4 HANA Public Cloud at TIMETOACT Group

To achieve savings and optimize compliance, apps were restructured in line with the mappings in identity management, restrictions were defined and, above all, costs resulting from overuse were reduced. Communication with stakeholders, validation of authorizations with users and technical implementation in the SAP FI/CO and Sourcing & Procurement modules created significant added value for the group. This also included the corresponding documentation for the auditors.

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Burhan D.

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Experienced IT and AI Architect

Niederkassel
Burhan D.

Last position:

Enterprise Architect & Solution Architect at DB Netz AG

With project PRIZMA, DB will modernize its infrastructure on the one hand, and develop a fail-safe IT landscape on the other hand, which can be restored quickly and securely in case of a disaster.

  • Capture current architectures of existing systems as well as methodical consulting and development of target architectures
  • Deepen and maintain the building plan / target IT landscape
  • Implement technical architecture concepts & architecture descriptions
  • Implement migration concepts for updating and further developing the platform and information systems
  • Assess submitted improvement suggestions as part of the project
  • Capability management: identify capability gaps, develop target visions, and support transformation planning within the enterprise architecture.
  • Create a compatibility matrix of the components in use and compare dependencies of specific versions
  • Create an IT concept for extending the platform with the following topics: hardware and software requirements, security, licensing, high availability, load balancing, backup & recovery, update strategy, monitoring integration, etc.
  • Coordinate with business architects as well as technical architects from the cross-functional architecture area of the PRISMA program for the topics (backup, Active Directory, monitoring, Citrix, and business applications ...)
  • Status meetings and alignment of project planning with the Release Train Engineer / Project Manager
  • Advise the Release Train Engineer / Project Manager in identifying project risks
  • Advise the System Architect Engineers in steering the implementation of the concept
  • Implement the IT concept
  • Document the infrastructure

Label: MS Project, LINUX, Windows, ORACLE, Java, REST, SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange, UML, Enterprise Architect, BPMN, AZURE, AWS, V-MODEL, Micro Service, VisualStudio, SAP S/4HANA, SCRUM(SAFE), ESB (TIBCO), Python, Innovator, LeanIX (TOGAF), Ansible, Ansible Tower, Ansible Automation, ROBOT, SpringBoot

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Statistics of experts using Data Migration

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

22 years

Data Migration experts have 22 years of professional experience on average.

Position duration

3 years

Data Migration experts stay in a single position for 3 years on average.

Positions per freelancer

15

Data Migration experts have completed 15 positions on average over the course of their careers.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Data Migration experts have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development.

Top industries

Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance

Data Migration experts are most in demand in Information Technology, Professional Services, and Banking and Finance.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Data Migration experts earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development.

Bachelor's degree or higher

89%

89% of Data Migration experts hold at least a Bachelor's degree.

Master's degree or higher

50%

50% of Data Migration experts hold at least a Master's degree.

Doctorate

4%

4% of Data Migration experts have a doctorate (PhD).

Certifications per freelancer

3

Data Migration experts hold 3 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

German, English, French

Data Migration experts most often speak German, English, and French.

Speak two or more languages

96%

96% of Data Migration experts speak two or more languages.

Based on our profile pool as of 26 Sep 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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2% of Data Migration experts charge less than €400 per day.
31% of Data Migration experts charge between €400 and €800 per day.
55% of Data Migration experts charge between €800 and €1200 per day.
11% of Data Migration experts charge between €1200 and €1600 per day.
1% of Data Migration experts charge €1600 or more per day.
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The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology 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 using Data Migration

Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.

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Daily rate avg. 852 €

The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.

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Median rate 800 €

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 26 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

Data Migration 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 (90%)
  • Professional Services (59%)
  • Banking and Finance (49%)
  • Manufacturing (48%)
  • Retail (40%)
  • Automotive (38%)
  • Telecommunication (32%)
  • Transportation (30%)

Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.

About the technology

What Data Migration Covers

Data migration is the controlled movement of information from one system, database, application or storage environment to another. It includes discovery, mapping, extraction, transformation, loading and validation. Projects may involve a legacy system migration, a database migration or a move into cloud infrastructure.

Typical Project Work

  • Assess source systems, data quality and dependencies
  • Map fields between old and target data models
  • Clean, transform and deduplicate records
  • Load data through scripts, pipelines or migration tools
  • Reconcile results and support cutover

The work can support ERP replacement, CRM consolidation, application modernisation, data warehouse implementation and cloud adoption. A clear rollback plan helps protect business continuity when production data is involved.

Tools And Skills

Professionals may work with SQL, Python, APIs, flat files and scripting languages alongside ETL and ELT tools. Their ecosystem can include Azure Data Factory, AWS Database Migration Service, Google Cloud Dataflow, Talend, Informatica, Fivetran and dbt. Strong specialists also understand relational databases, NoSQL stores, schemas, metadata, encryption and access controls.

When Companies Need Help

  • A legacy platform must be replaced without losing history
  • Several databases need consolidation after an acquisition
  • An application is moving from on-premises infrastructure to cloud services
  • Poor records, duplicate values or missing fields block reporting

Freelance expertise is useful when internal teams know the business data but lack migration capacity or specialist tooling experience. External professionals can bring an independent plan, focused delivery and practical risk control.

What Quality Looks Like

Good migration work starts with a documented inventory and measurable acceptance rules. Strong professionals test representative data, preserve relationships, log rejected records and make transformations traceable. They separate trial runs from the final cutover and explain assumptions clearly to technical and business stakeholders.

Security matters throughout the process. Access should be limited, sensitive fields protected and temporary copies removed when no longer needed. Reliable specialists also monitor performance, plan downtime carefully and provide reconciliation evidence after loading.

Choosing A Specialist

Look for experience with the source and target systems, not just generic transfer work. Ask how the professional handles schema changes, incomplete records, duplicate data, failed loads and rollback decisions. A useful portfolio should show the reasoning behind the approach as well as the final result.

Clarify whether the project needs batch migration, near-real-time replication or a one-time cutover. Adjacent skills in data governance, cloud infrastructure, database administration, testing and compliance can make a major difference. Clear documentation and a collaborative working style are as important as technical execution.

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Frequently asked questions

What clients ask us most about Data Migration — answered in short.

Data Migration moves information from one system, database or storage environment to another. Companies use it for application replacement, cloud adoption, database consolidation, ERP or CRM changes, and data warehouse projects.

Data Migration usually describes the broader move from a source environment to a target environment, including planning, cutover and validation. ETL focuses on extracting, transforming and loading data, often for analytics, and may be one part of a migration project.

A strong Data Migration specialist often brings SQL, Python, database design, API integration and data quality skills. Experience with cloud services, ETL or ELT pipelines, security controls, testing and data governance is also valuable.

The right Data Migration experience depends on data volume, system complexity, business risk and the number of integrations. A simple database move may need focused expertise, while a legacy replacement with complex relationships requires planning, rehearsals, reconciliation and cutover leadership.

Much Data Migration work can be completed remotely through secure access, shared documentation and scheduled testing sessions. On-site collaboration may help when systems are isolated, hardware must be handled directly or business teams need intensive cutover support.

A credible Data Migration plan names the source and target systems, transformation rules, dependencies, security measures, test approach and rollback path. It should also define how completeness, accuracy, relationships and rejected records will be checked.

Common Data Migration tooling includes SQL scripts, Python, database-native utilities, Azure Data Factory, AWS Database Migration Service, Google Cloud Dataflow, Talend and Informatica. The best choice depends on connectivity, transformation needs, latency, security and the systems involved.

Poor discovery, unclear ownership, undocumented transformations and weak data-quality checks commonly damage Data Migration projects. Failures also occur when teams skip rehearsal runs, underestimate integrations or lack a controlled plan for downtime and rollback.

The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used Data Migration in their recent projects is 107 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 852 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers who have used Data Migration in their recent projects, 89% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 50% hold at least a Master's degree, and 4% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers who have used Data Migration in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3 years.

The most common languages among freelancers who have used Data Migration in their recent projects are German (99%), English (95%), and French (16%).

The most common industries among freelancers who have used Data Migration in their recent projects are Information Technology (90%), Professional Services (59%), and Banking and Finance (49%).

The most common business areas among freelancers who have used Data Migration in their recent projects are Information Technology (99%), Project Management (81%), and Product Development (65%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Data Migration

Our freelancers and interim experts are at home all over Germany — available on-site in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and every major business hub, or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

In Austria our freelancers and interim experts support companies from Vienna to Graz — on-site where your project needs them, or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

Vienna Graz

Across Switzerland our specialists are active in Zurich, Geneva, Basel and Bern — working on-site or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

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