GitHub Daily Rates in Germany

Compare the average daily rate of a freelance GitHub expert with related technologies and cities in Germany, calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.

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

747 € for GitHub Actions → 760 € for GitHub Copilot

GitHub averages:

727 € per day

GitHub Copilot GitHub Actions

100 200 300 400 500 600 700 €/day

What the benchmark shows

With an average daily rate of 727 €, GitHub 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 197 € — around 27% 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.

Among the 12 cities compared, average daily rates range from:

609 € for Nuremberg → 806 € for Stuttgart

Countrywide average:

727 € per day

Stuttgart Munich Dresden Frankfurt Leipzig Hamburg Essen Dusseldorf Berlin Cologne Dortmund Nuremberg

110 220 330 440 550 660 770 €/day

Frequently asked questions

Need clarity? These are the questions we hear most often about GitHub.

The average daily rate for GitHub in Germany is 727 € with a median of 720 €, based on an 8-hour working day — that corresponds to an average of 91 € per hour.

Based on the average daily rate of 727 €, a full-time month of 21 working days corresponds to about 15,276 € — the underlying hourly rate is 91 €.

The average of 727 € sits about 7 € per day above the median of 720 € (91 € versus 90 € 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 Nuremberg (609 €) and Stuttgart (806 €) the difference is about 197 € per day, roughly 25 € per hour — around 27% of the countrywide average of 727 €.

Stuttgart shows the highest average of the 12 cities compared, at 806 € per day (101 € per hour) — about 11% above the countrywide average of 727 €.

Nuremberg shows the lowest average of the cities compared, at 609 € per day (76 € per hour) — about 16% below the countrywide average of 727 €.

Among the 2 related technologies compared, average daily rates range from 747 € for GitHub Actions up to 760 € for GitHub Copilot — that is 93 € to 95 € per hour.

GitHub Copilot currently averages 760 € per day (95 € per hour), about 33 € per day above the rate for GitHub.

None of the related technologies compared averages less — at 727 € per day (91 € per hour), GitHub 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 GitHub and its related technologies 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.