JQL Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used JQL
Ursula H.
Last position:
Sub-Project Lead & Scrum Master at DB Energie
Sub-project lead in an agile IT environment
Leading a software development team (10 employees)
- Leading a software development team with 10 employees
- Budget responsibility approx. 3 million euros per year
- Conducting employee and job interviews
- Responsibility for resource planning (budget and employees)
- Digitalization of a web interface
- Regular reporting to customers and stakeholders (C-level)
- Product management: developing and implementing product strategies; defining requirements to guide product development
- Structuring product development & continuous testing efficiently to quickly incorporate feedback & compliance points
- Close collaboration with stakeholders & various teams to understand requirements, set priorities, ensure rollout, and increase user-friendliness
- Project experience in an energy industry company, including the functioning of energy markets, the basics of energy generation and distribution, as well as current challenges and developments in the industry
- Project experience in the railway sector - including the structure and operation of railway systems.
- Project experience within the 16.7 Hz traction power sector incl. knowledge of regulatory processes
- Formulating the sub-project charter and the project profile according to the project standard together with the project management
- Controlling service delivery according to the project charter
- Planning and controlling human resources including budget planning for the sub-project
- Ensuring the work capacity of the sub-project participants, e.g. by requesting access rights and documents for the sub-project team
- Planning and control for the respective sub-project (time, scope, budget) including the creation of necessary documents
- Alignment with the business department and Product Owners to plan the sub-project scope and the corresponding implications
- Executing milestone planning according to the agreed process model
- Effort estimation and support of sub-project controlling as well as overall project controlling in forecasting and planning
- Reporting sub-project status (according to status slide template) including progress (according to progress measurement)
- Analyzing, preparing, and addressing action and decision requirements
- Escalating sub-project issues to the project management
- Creating and managing Change Requests (CR)
- Quality assessment of completed task packages from a project management perspective (time, scope, and budget)
- Implementation management of the overarching guidelines and requirements in the sub-project, supported by cross-functional roles on the functional and technical side.
- Identifying, managing, documenting, and communicating opportunities, risks, and dependencies within and across sub-projects
- Supporting project management in creating the overall project plan and overall status reports
- Preparing and managing commissioning including the required documents and protection needs assessment
Scrum Master in an agile IT environment supporting a software development team in the full-stack area (7 people)
- Close collaboration with stakeholders & various teams to understand requirements, set priorities, ensure rollout, and increase user-friendliness
- Implementation of the selected Scrum method, including the required events, meetings, artifacts (product backlog, sprint backlog, burndown charts), metrics, as well as conducting required training in an agile IT environment
- Preparation of Scrum events such as Daily, retrospectives, Review, Sprint planning, estimation, and refinement (agile way of working)
- Moderation of retrospectives and elimination of obstacles to move the team and product forward
- Preparation of action items and retros via whiteboard and Figma
- Application and improvement of agile methods such as Kanban, Scrum, SAFe, or Scrum of Scrums
- Tracking the "Definition of Done" and "Definition of Ready" for all work results of the development team
- Advising on information flow and communication improvements between Product Owner and project team
- Experience with automation, validation such as mandatory field checks, notification functions, creation of filters, boards, and reports via JQL, and setting up cycle time
- Use of Jira & Confluence
- Setting up a progress measurement for project management to transparently map planned vs. actual team capacities and actual efforts for user stories
- Measuring team progress: creating team KPIs: "velocity", "burn-down chart", "throughput", "costs", "quality", "scope"
- Evaluation of agile metrics, process management, and process modeling methods (BPMN, EPC, UML)
- Communication and moderation know-how
- Methodological competence proven in conflict discussions
Volker H.
Last position:
Data Analyst at Optaro GmbH
Creation of workflows for generating the data basis for the article import of a web shop: combining data from several sources, analyzing the requirements, designing the process with Jupyter Notebooks and Knime. Also creating code for automation in Python using Polars and Pandas.
Processing the source data, filtering and merging the source files and creating the needed intermediate products, creating the upload files, plausibility checks, quality checks.
Technologies used: PyCharm, Python, Jupyter Notebooks, SQL, Knime. Pandas, Polars
Shanna T.
Last position:
Problem Resolution Manager at CARIAD SE (VW AG), formerly CARMEQ GmbH (VW AG)
- Automotive SPICE®: all assessments fully achieved
- Agile transformation: V-model → SAFe successfully implemented
- Series release: on-time, quality-assured software delivery for key Volkswagen Group models (including ECE homologation)
- Stakeholder management: internal & external
- Process optimization: implemented a continuous improvement process (CIP) with a tracking system
Sunish B.
Last position:
AtlasMind - Production AI assistant for Jira at Mercedes Benz Innovation Labs Gmbh
- Converts natural language into JQL using RAG and pgvector. Returns structured JSON with a query, chart spec, and plain-text answer. A two-stage router answers general questions without touching the JQL pipeline at all.
- Interchangeable LLM backends: Ollama, vLLM, Groq, Anthropic Claude, AWS Bedrock - switchable at runtime, no code changes. Self-healing JQL: on Jira validation failure, feeds error back to LLM, retries up to 4 times. OCI Vault for secrets. Deployed on Oracle Cloud A1 with GPU inference over Tailscale private network. Open source.
Rolf W.
Last position:
Agile Consultant at Lead.ai
- Introduction of Agile-CCPM in an IT project agency with a focus on PHP-based content management systems.
- Preparation and facilitation of workshops to establish a cross-agency multi-project management system.
- Coordination and support of the agency partners.
- Coaching of the methodological framework.
- Collection, evaluation, and use of organizational metrics to plan next steps.
- Environment: OKR, CCPM, Agile Coaching, Agile Planning, Agile Metrics, Workshops, Facilitation, Change Management, JIRA, Zoom, Slack, Miro.
Alexander S.
Last position:
AI Consultant for AI Voice Bot System at Rudolf Hörmann GmbH & Co.KG
- Consultant for system architecture, AI agents & integration, coach for data & process logic, Graph-RAG approaches, security and data protection.
- On-premise AI solutions with high compliance and performance requirements.
- Architecture decisions, operational setup, strategic prioritization & deployment.
- Technologies: LiveKit JS SDK, LiveKit Agents, Web Audio API, JS, AudioWorklet, Loki, vLLM, Zscaler, Docker, Neo4j, MySQL, Python.
- Models: GPT-OSS 20B, Whisper large v3 turbo, Qwen3-TTS.
Samet P.
Last position:
Technical Product Owner & Rollout Manager at EY
- Provided leadership as Product Owner for the DMS module in an agile multi-team setup
- Coordinated the nationwide rollout including requirements management and roadmap development
- Built and maintained the product backlog focusing on scalability, usability and data protection
- Conducted sprint reviews, refinements and stakeholder demos with over 15 involved teams
- Developed a rollout and training concept for successful launch at over 200 government agencies
- Introduced a reporting and monitoring dashboard to measure usage success
- Worked closely with architects, QA and operations to ensure integration into the existing system landscape
Timo H.
Last position:
IT Product Owner / IT Project Manager at Schaeffler AG
- Responsible for tool-based project and portfolio management in the group
- Designing, enhancing and operating Jira- and Confluence-based workflows
- Translating management and business requirements into reliable tool concepts
- Integrating Jira into existing tool landscapes (e.g. Planview, ServiceNow, SAP BW)
- Establishing governance, reporting and KPI structures
- Rolling out new workflows including training & key user models
- Using AI features to support planning & analysis
Eduard V.
Last position:
Workshop Leader 'Introduction to AI Development Tools' at Software company in Wiesbaden
- Presentation introducing generic AI and large language models
- Explanation of legal frameworks (EU AI Act, US CLOUD Act, GDPR)
- Systematic review of AI tools along the SDLC and holistic systems
- Comparison of on-prem LLMs vs. cloud-based, as well as change management and works council
- Facilitated the discussion and derived next steps for introducing AI development tools
Andreas E.
Last position:
AI Coach and Consultant at Studio 8 Dortmund
- Setting up and consulting a startup for organizational development (AI-supported)
- Vision and mission workshops
- Marketing roadmap and process design
- Development of sales processes (sales funnel, lead generation)
- Brand building and social media omnichannel strategies
- Content generation for audio, video, and posts (AI-supported)
- Agile consulting and SAFe implementation
- Atlassian consulting and setup of Confluence and Jira (workflows, dashboards, reporting)
- Setup of a podcast and video studio including live streaming setup
- Selection and implementation of hardware and software
- Website creation and brand building
- CMS implementation based on Typo3
- Consulting in sales, marketing, and social media
- Supporting companies in the efficient use of AI technologies
- Strategy development and consulting on implementing AI strategies
- Change management and supporting teams in AI adoption, including training
- Technical expertise in machine learning, data processing, and large language models (LLMs) like Llama, Claude, and OpenAI GPT
- Selection, fine-tuning, and integration of LLMs into business processes
- Consulting on ethics and governance for responsible AI use
- Conducting tailored training for executives and teams
- AI analysis of various large language models (Llama, OpenAI, Mistral)
- Creation and training of custom GPTs focused on organizational development (product vision, OKR, agile maturity)
- Development of a chatbot on agile maturity
- Development of an AI-generated survey to assess organizational agility
- Setup of local offline GPTs with a focus on data protection and GDPR compliance
- Conducting AI workshops for SMEs and mid-sized companies
Dennis G.
Last position:
Technology Consultant at Salt and Pepper Technology GmbH
- Definition and operationalization of an evaluation process based on financial, legal, technical, strategic and sales aspects to enable a qualified approval of the relevant functional requirements for MB.OS
- Managing the timely evaluation and processing of new and modified functional requirements for MB.OS
- Interface to Systems Engineering
- Coordinating with stakeholders from various departments to meet project milestones
- Defining a global rollout process for beta software features
- Facilitating and leading cross-functional workshops
- Providing continuous reports to top management
- Creating dashboards in eazyBI based on solid data analysis to derive actions
- Setting up and maintaining the JIRA backend
Thomas H.
Last position:
Senior (SAP) Test Management Consultant at Natuvion
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Statistics of experts using JQL
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years
Position duration
1.5 years
Positions per freelancer
13
Top business areas
Project Management, Product Development, Information Technology
Top industries
Information Technology, Automotive, Energy
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Product Development, Information Technology
Bachelor's degree or higher
89%
Master's degree or higher
67%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
92%
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 JQL
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.
JQL 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 (92%)
- Automotive (75%)
- Energy (50%)
- Manufacturing (50%)
- Retail (50%)
- Banking and Finance (42%)
- Healthcare (42%)
- Professional Services (42%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What JQL does
JQL, short for Jira Query Language, is the search language used in Atlassian Jira. It lets teams retrieve issues by project, status, assignee, sprint, labels, dates and custom fields. Unlike a simple keyword search, JQL combines structured conditions to create repeatable views of delivery work.
Jira use cases
JQL supports operational and reporting tasks across software, product and service teams:
- Build queues for unresolved, urgent or blocked issues
- Track sprint scope, releases and overdue work
- Create filters for dashboards, boards and subscriptions
- Find issues by custom fields, links, components or history
- Prepare audit, support and delivery reports
Saved filters can become the shared basis for dashboards, queues and automation rules. In Germany, companies often use JQL across distributed teams that need consistent issue views between local offices and remote collaborators.
Ecosystem and tooling
JQL works inside Jira Software, Jira Service Management and Jira Work Management, with syntax shaped by each product’s issue fields and permissions. Strong specialists understand Atlassian workflows, schemes, boards, sprints, versions, components and custom fields. They may also work with Jira automation, dashboard gadgets, REST API queries and tools such as ScriptRunner.
When expertise helps
JQL looks approachable, but large Jira instances make query design more demanding. Companies bring in freelance expertise when filters are slow, inconsistent or difficult for other users to maintain:
- A migration changes projects, fields or issue types
- Teams need shared reporting definitions
- Service queues require precise priorities and escalation views
- Dashboards no longer reflect delivery or support reality
- Automation depends on stable issue selection
A specialist can review existing filters, remove ambiguous logic and document conventions. This reduces duplicated searches and makes reporting easier to trust.
Skills around JQL
Effective JQL work requires more than knowing operators such as AND, OR, IN, WAS and CHANGED. Professionals interpret Jira data models, permissions and workflow behavior, then translate business questions into testable queries. Useful adjacent skills include dashboard design, Jira administration, REST API integration, automation rules, data migration and Atlassian Forge or Marketplace apps.
What strong specialists deliver
Quality shows in queries that are readable, scoped correctly and resilient when teams change. A strong professional tests edge cases, checks date and timezone behavior, validates results against the issue set and explains why each clause is needed. They distinguish a query problem from a workflow, permission or data-quality problem, and leave behind documented filters that teams can safely adapt.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about JQL — answered in short.
JQL is used to search and filter Jira issues with structured conditions such as project, status, assignee, sprint, priority and custom fields. Companies use it for queues, dashboards, subscriptions, reports and automation triggers.
Jira Query Language provides more precise and reusable searches than Jira’s basic search form. It supports compound logic, historical conditions and field combinations that are difficult to express through simple selections.
A strong JQL specialist usually understands Jira workflows, permissions, custom fields, dashboards and automation. REST API work, ScriptRunner, data migration and Atlassian app configuration are also useful when searches connect to wider processes.
The right level depends on the Jira setup, not just the number of queries. Jira Query Language work for a few straightforward filters may be brief, while migrations, complex reporting or automation need someone who can analyze the data model and test edge cases.
JQL projects are often suitable for remote collaboration because queries, filters and documentation can be reviewed directly in Jira. On-site work may help when workshops are needed, while clear English or German communication should match the team’s operating language.
JQL defines which issues are selected, while dashboard gadgets, reports and plugins determine how results are displayed or extended. A specialist should recommend the simplest reliable combination and explain when a native query is preferable to added tooling.
Maintainable JQL uses clear field choices, deliberate grouping and names that explain its purpose. A quality professional also checks permissions, date behavior, custom-field dependencies and likely workflow changes, then documents the filter for its future users.
A Jira Query Language assignment may involve more than writing syntax: issue types, schemes, workflows, permissions and inconsistent historical data can change the result. Freelancers should clarify the desired outcome, Jira product context, access limits and acceptance criteria before revising filters.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used JQL in their recent projects is 89 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 713 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used JQL in their recent projects, 89% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 67% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used JQL in their recent projects have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.5 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used JQL in their recent projects are German (100%), English (92%), and Spanish (25%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used JQL in their recent projects are Information Technology (92%), Automotive (75%), and Energy (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used JQL in their recent projects are Project Management (100%), Product Development (92%), and Information Technology (75%).
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