FileMaker Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used FileMaker
Bianca A.
Last position:
Interim Payroll Specialist at Arval GmbH
- Supporting payroll processing with P&I Loga (including handling all payroll-related topics such as company cars, long-term illness, maternity leave and parental leave, furloughs, etc.)
- Maintaining and managing employee data
- Creating contracts, contract adjustments, contract changes
- Preparing various letters (parental leave, anniversary, bonus and special payments)
Annette B.
Last position:
Scientific Institute of the AOK (WIdO)
- Creation of publications, reports, and posters (layout, infographics, image editing)
- Proofreading
- Writing and sending newsletters
- Creating forms
- Back office and support for user administration and administration for online portals
- Database and mailing list maintenance
- Dispatch campaigns for publications
- Organization of meetings, workshops, and events
- Contact person for external and press inquiries
- Assistance to management (appointment management, business trips, committee management)
- Office administration
Michael S.
Last position:
Project Manager – Business Analyst – Demand Manager at Rheinmetall AG
- Gathering, evaluating, and prioritizing strategic demands from the Electronics and Power Systems business units
- Supporting the digitalization of business processes for Electronics and Power Systems
- Process digitalization and IT architecture planning, including network infrastructure
- Reviewing demands with regard to existing solutions in coordination with IT and business departments
- Designing and implementing possible business architectures
- Planning implementation projects, in particular supporting import control through the introduction of SAP GTS
- Acting as the interface between business departments and IT
- Creating and implementing concepts for IT security, compliance, data protection, and the protection of classified information
- Conducting workshops, process analyses, and training sessions
- Stakeholder management and change management
- Technologies used: SAP GTS, SAP MM, SAP SD, MS Office 2016, MS SharePoint, ServiceNow, SharePoint
Thomas D.
Last position:
Interim Management / Project Management at Freelancer
- Design and integration of complex applications based on market and segment-specific customer journeys
- End-to-end project management from software/process design to rollout
- Stakeholder management and requirements engineering
- Business and process analysis
- Business strategy and business development
- UI/UX design and management
- Accessibility according to WCAG 2.0 and BITV 2.0
- CRM/CMS integration and digital marketing management
- Design thinking and software integration management
- Kanban, Scrum and agile methods
- Planning, design and integration of marketing experience platforms and marketing planning platforms
- Definition of customer journeys and conversion optimization
Stephan L.
Last position:
IT Generalist at SThree
- Software packaging and distribution with SCCM/MECM
- Application responsibility and support (50–100 applications)
- Documentation via ticket system
- User management via AD console
- Software updates and distribution
- Maintenance and updating of software packages
- Customizing scripts with PowerShell
- Rolling out and implementing new software
- Supporting IT security and compliance
Tools and software: Confluence, M365, Active Directory, Intune, Endpoint Management, SCCM/MECM, PowerShell, VMware Hardware: Lenovo, Cherry, Plantronics, Jabra + peripherals
Guido B.
Last position:
Independent Management Consultant and Interim Manager at BCTC Unternehmensberatung Guido Bäcker
Consulting, training, and coaching in the financial sector on strategy, organization, and IT topics
MorgenFund: Advising the operator of a fund platform on software selection for a sub-ledger "Cash Accounts" based on Virtual IBANs (VIBAN)
Structuring requirements, market screening, creating RfIs, communicating with vendors, and conducting the selection process
UniCredit/HypoVereinsbank: Workstream lead "Booking and Customer Reporting" in the payment transformation project "PULS"
Business analysis, creating business requirements and aligning solution items as part of the functional specification with the bank's IT service providers
Business analysis of SEPA CT and SWIFT MX (.camt, .pain, and .pacs formats), change management, team lead for a virtual team of fifteen line experts, and stakeholder management
equensWorldline Germany: Program management for three projects of the SWIFT service bureau (CBPR+, ESMIG, and Euro1Step1 migration) as part of the SWIFT MX migration
Managing individual project managers regarding overarching goals and requirements; reporting to internal and external committees and stakeholders; coordinating with dependent projects and programs
Project management/PMO: interim project management, stand-in for project managers, resource planning, budget and cost management, general PMO tasks
Jelena K.
Last position:
Sales Advisor/B2B-Sales-/Business Coach at Reverse.Supply
- Exec Coaching: individual on-the-job coaching for sales force and Sales Director for B2B sales outbound activities to improve quantitative sales performance, especially for new client acquisition
- Operational Excellence: set up and operational implementation of B2B sales outbound function and sales processes in cooperation with CEO, establishing KPIs and KPI tracking process for outbound sales team
- Optimization of KPIs, sales materials and pitches, objection handling, new pricing-model etc.
- Process optimization: set up and optimize the current technical B2B sales process in the CRM-system (Hubspot)
- Strategic initiative: implementation of short strategic measures to win new partnerships and increase revenue (eg. development and roll-out of an acquisition campaign)
Nghia L.
Last position:
Interim Manager at Interim Manager (various projects)
- Financial controlling, IT controlling, support of a change process, implementation of new cost center and cost unit structures, adjustment of finance workflow, IT budget planning and budget tracking, CAPEX, OPEX (HGB, SAP, XFlow; trading group) (since 2024-09-01)
- Project controlling, contract controlling, project contribution margins, project accruals for monthly and quarterly closing, reporting, accounting (HGB, Datev; advertising agency group) (2024-06-01 to 2024-06-30)
- Financial controlling support in a group environment; vacancy cover, operational controlling, revenue accrual in the year-end closing, process optimization, support for new ERP implementation, introduction of new reporting (KPIs, cost center accounting, service charge allocations), support of a change process/restructuring/reorientation (IT services) (2022-01-01 to 2024-09-30)
- Financial controlling with focus on working capital, cash flow projection, SOX testing (US advertising agency group, shared service) (2023-11-01 to 2024-05-31)
- FP&A, financial modelling, balance sheet planning (Lucanet) in an international corporate environment (solar industry) (2023-09-01 to 2023-11-30)
- Vacancy cover, overall commercial responsibility; operational accounting (Datev), collaboration with external tax advisor/auditor, coordination with British parent company (advertising agency) (2023-04-01 to 2023-08-31)
- Support for the general ledger team in a service group (US GAAP, SAP, Lucanet); preparation of HGB financial statements, reconciliation and submission of VAT returns, accounts reconciliations, support during tax audit (US media group) (2023-01-01 to 2023-06-30)
- Operational commercial oversight; financial controlling, operational accounting (Datev, Datev Unternehmen Online), collaboration with external tax advisor/auditor (film production) (2021-04-01 to 2023-02-28)
- Planning and budgeting, introduction of KPIs; structuring of monthly profit and loss statements and advising the management (digital agency) (2021-03-01 to 2023-01-31)
- Inventory and concept development for product and project controlling as well as implementation (gaming agency) (2022-10-01 to 2022-12-31)
- Financial controlling and improvement of accounting processes, redefinition of KPIs/controlling (event agency) (2021-08-01 to 2022-12-31)
- Reporting, financial controlling, ERP system change (easyJob), process optimization, realignment of KPIs, operational accounting, ensuring a smooth document flow (advertising agency group) (2022-04-01 to 2022-10-31)
- Vacancy cover of operational controlling/project controlling; revenue accrual in monthly closing (IT service provider/digital agency in a group environment) (2021-06-01 to 2021-12-31)
- Software selection and implementation of ERP system with a focus on digital workflow/remote work, interface to Datev, Datev Unternehmen Online (design agency) (2021-03-01 to 2021-12-31)
Tamás N.
Last position:
JAVA development for thermal printer test program at GeBE Elektronik und Feinwerktechnik GmbH
JAVA development for thermal printer test program
Further development of the free thermal printer test program in Java 1.8 AWT and Swing
Creating new plugins for sensor feedback using a real-time bar chart
Using multiple printer languages for USB, UDP, TCP and RS232 communication
Improving usability and responsiveness with threads and string buffering
Querying and displaying network configuration
Converting and processing hex data from printer responses
Advanced study of servomotors and USB bus
Enumerating available USB ports from the Windows Registry, retrieving additional information via PowerShell, parsing and listing all in a Java list box
Fixing reported database errors
Detecting if the printer driver is installed and recognizing physically connected devices
Migration to Windows 11
Handling customer tickets as part of support in C++ and Qt6
Writing CMake scripts
Compiling STM32 printer firmware with CMake and managing the process in FileMaker Pro
Technologies: Eclipse, Java 1.8, AWT, Swing, RS232, USB, TCP, UDP, PowerShell, servomotor technology, Windows 10 and Windows 11, WSL 2.4, Ubuntu Linux, CMake, Qt6, FileMaker Pro
Stephan M.
Last position:
Product Owner at Self-employed
- Industry: Health Care/ IT
- Tools: Internet, phone, email, Confluence, Azure DevOps, DISweb, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Office, FHIR
- requirements engineering for implementing the e-prescription into existing practice management system and a web-based dialysis monitoring
- implementation of the archive and exchange interface of the KBV
- creation and maintenance of user stories and backlog management
- stakeholder management and support of developers in implementing the user stories
- reporting to management and conducting refinements
Jürgen G.
Last position:
Data Analysis & Harmonization at Various clients/consulting partners
- Analysis and harmonization of master data
- Analysis of product and customer portfolios and KPI identification
- Preparation and harmonization of raw material master data for migration
- Marketing and customer support as well as organization at real estate agencies
Harald B.
Last position:
Software Architect at Amoria Bond
- Developed gateway demonstrator
- Defined system requirements for topology and data concentrator
- Designed zonal controllers for Leoni
Mica M.
Last position:
Managing Director at Advance Mobility Experts GmbH
- For mobility providers, we develop turnkey solutions from the idea through to operations. Our focus is on e-mobility, tolling & on-road services, payment, and fleet management.
Last position:
Rewe Digital
- Creation of Spring Boot integration tests
- Creation of JUnit tests for the coupon system
- Creation of component tests for Kafka topics
- Creation of CI/CD pipeline scripts
- Creation of UI tests with Playwright
- Creation of UI tests with Cypress
- Review of developer unit tests
- Planning the test architecture for integration tests
- Creation of the test automation concept
- Evaluation and creation of test reports
Ralf B.
Last position:
Implementation of a Middleware Solution at Utility provider
- Analysis of the existing software landscape
- Tool selection with evaluation of MuleSoft Anypoint and Talend Open Studio
- Evaluation of integration services on the Azure platform
- Setup of Azure App Services
- Proof-of-concept implementation of offer data import with MuleSoft and Spring Boot in Azure App Service
Discover over 15,000 top freelancers
Statistics of experts using FileMaker
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
30 years
Position duration
3.9 years
Positions per freelancer
21
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Retail
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Human Resources
Bachelor's degree or higher
72%
Master's degree or higher
44%
Doctorate
11%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
Average rates of experts in Germany using FileMaker
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 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
FileMaker 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 (86%)
- Professional Services (64%)
- Retail (55%)
- Media and Entertainment (50%)
- Advertising (36%)
- Healthcare (36%)
- Automotive (32%)
- Banking and Finance (32%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What FileMaker does
FileMaker is a low-code platform for creating custom business applications around structured data. Its current product family, Claris FileMaker, combines relational databases, layouts, scripts and workflows in one environment. Companies use it for operational tools that standard software cannot match closely enough.
Common applications
FileMaker specialists create focused systems for teams that need reliable information at the point of work:
- Customer, supplier and project records
- Inventory, purchasing and order workflows
- Production, service and case management
- Inspection, field-work and approval apps
- Reporting dashboards and document generation
Ecosystem and delivery
A FileMaker solution can include FileMaker Pro for desktop work, FileMaker Go for iPhone and iPad use, and FileMaker Server or Claris FileMaker Cloud for hosting. Strong delivery also covers layouts, relationships, scripts, calculations, privilege sets, backups and deployment. REST APIs, webhooks, OData and JavaScript integrations connect the database with accounting, CRM, identity and other business systems.
When specialists help
Companies often bring in freelance FileMaker expertise when a legacy database has become difficult to maintain, a workflow has outgrown spreadsheets, or a new department needs a tailored application. In Germany, specialists may support manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, education and professional services while coordinating with internal teams remotely or on site. German-language documentation and user training can matter when the application serves local operations.
Signs of strong expertise
Look for professionals who can translate a real process into a maintainable data model and a clear user experience. Useful signs include:
- A careful discovery process with defined entities and workflows
- Scripted automation that handles errors and avoids hidden dependencies
- Secure access controls, audit trails and tested recovery procedures
- Experience with integrations, migrations and version-safe deployments
- Practical training for users and administrators
Choosing the right professional
Ask for examples of comparable FileMaker systems, not just attractive layouts. A capable professional explains trade-offs between FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Go, Server and Cloud, documents the schema and scripts, and plans for ownership after handover. They should also assess data quality, integration limits, licensing context and future maintenance before proposing a build.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about FileMaker.
FileMaker is used to build custom business applications for structured records, approvals, service processes, inventory, projects and reporting. FileMaker solutions are especially useful when teams need a tailored workflow without commissioning a fully bespoke software product from scratch.
FileMaker offers relational data, permissions, scripts, layouts and connected workflows in a single application. It is more controlled and scalable than a spreadsheet for shared operational data, while offering more flexibility than a standard CRM when the process does not fit predefined screens.
A strong FileMaker professional should understand data modelling, interface design, scripting, security and deployment. Experience with REST APIs, JSON, SQL, JavaScript, OData, data migration and tools such as accounting or CRM systems is valuable for connected applications.
The right level of FileMaker experience depends on the data complexity, integrations, security requirements and consequences of downtime. A small workflow may need a focused specialist, while a core operational system calls for someone who can lead discovery, architecture, testing, deployment and handover.
FileMaker work is often suitable for remote collaboration because analysis, scripting, testing and documentation can be handled online. On-site sessions can still help when a specialist must observe warehouse, service or production workflows, or train teams in person in Germany.
Ask how the FileMaker professional approaches schema design, naming, access control, backups, testing and deployment. Request a clear handover plan and check whether the proposed solution can be maintained by another specialist rather than depending on undocumented scripts.
Claris FileMaker is the current product name for the platform widely known as FileMaker. When reviewing a specialist’s background, include experience described as FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Server, FileMaker Cloud or older FileMaker releases, since the underlying ecosystem has evolved over time.
A high-quality FileMaker solution starts with observed workflows and a well-defined data model. Professionals should keep scripts readable, validate inputs, protect sensitive data, test integrations and document decisions so the application remains dependable as the company changes.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used FileMaker in their recent projects is 96 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 767 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used FileMaker in their recent projects, 72% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 44% hold at least a Master's degree, and 11% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used FileMaker in their recent projects have 30 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.9 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used FileMaker in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (32%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used FileMaker in their recent projects are Information Technology (86%), Professional Services (64%), and Retail (55%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used FileMaker in their recent projects are Project Management (86%), Information Technology (82%), and Operations (68%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used FileMaker
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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