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Linux Daily Rates in Germany

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

What the benchmark shows

Location shifts the picture as well: across the cities in Germany, average daily rates differ by up to 203 € — around 26% 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.

Linux daily rates across cities in Germany

See where the technology commands the highest rates, city by city against the national average — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.

Across 14 cities in Germany, average daily rates range from 640 € in Bremen up to 843 € in Stuttgart — the countrywide average is 766 € per day.

Daily rate avg.
Median daily rate
Germany average · 766 €
Stuttgart
843 €
800 €
Frankfurt
803 €
800 €
Hamburg
791 €
800 €
Essen
776 €
800 €
Munich
775 €
800 €
Dusseldorf
763 €
760 €
Nuremberg
754 €
740 €
Leipzig
749 €
760 €
Berlin
742 €
756 €
Cologne
742 €
720 €
Hanover
727 €
760 €
Dresden
723 €
720 €
Dortmund
677 €
680 €
Bremen
640 €
640 €

Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

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Frequently asked questions

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

The average daily rate for Linux in Germany is 766 € with a median of 760 €, based on an 8-hour working day — that corresponds to an average of 96 € per hour.

Based on the average daily rate of 766 €, a full-time month of 21 working days corresponds to about 16,084 € — the underlying hourly rate is 96 €.

The average of 766 € sits about 6 € per day above the median of 760 € (96 € versus 95 € 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 Bremen (640 €) and Stuttgart (843 €) the difference is about 203 € per day, roughly 25 € per hour — around 26% of the countrywide average of 766 €.

Stuttgart shows the highest average of the 14 cities compared, at 843 € per day (105 € per hour) — about 10% above the countrywide average of 766 €.

Bremen shows the lowest average of the cities compared, at 640 € per day (80 € per hour) — about 16% below the countrywide average of 766 €.

All figures are calculated live from the hourly rates of the freelancers on FRATCH matched to Linux 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.

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