MATLAB Daily Rates in Germany

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

Among the 1 related technologies compared, average daily rates range from:

666 € for Simulink

MATLAB averages:

665 € per day

Simulink

90 180 270 360 450 540 630 €/day

What the benchmark shows

With an average daily rate of 665 €, MATLAB 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 352 € — around 53% 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 11 cities compared, average daily rates range from:

581 € for Essen → 933 € for Frankfurt

Countrywide average:

665 € per day

Frankfurt Hamburg Berlin Cologne Dusseldorf Dresden Hanover Dortmund Munich Stuttgart Essen

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Frequently asked questions

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

The average daily rate for MATLAB in Germany is 665 € with a median of 680 €, based on an 8-hour working day — that corresponds to an average of 83 € per hour.

Based on the average daily rate of 665 €, a full-time month of 21 working days corresponds to about 13,962 € — the underlying hourly rate is 83 €.

The average of 665 € sits about 15 € per day below the median of 680 € (83 € versus 85 € per hour): a number of lower-priced offers pulls the average down, while the median marks the typical middle of the market — half of the freelancers charge less, half charge more.

Between Essen (581 €) and Frankfurt (933 €) the difference is about 352 € per day, roughly 44 € per hour — around 53% of the countrywide average of 665 €.

Frankfurt shows the highest average of the 11 cities compared, at 933 € per day (117 € per hour) — about 40% above the countrywide average of 665 €.

Essen shows the lowest average of the cities compared, at 581 € per day (73 € per hour) — about 13% below the countrywide average of 665 €.

Simulink currently averages 666 € per day (83 € per hour), about 1 € per day above the rate for MATLAB.

None of the related technologies compared averages less — at 665 € per day (83 € per hour), MATLAB 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 MATLAB 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.