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Microsoft SQL Server Daily Rates in Germany

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

How Microsoft SQL Server rates compare with related technologies

Among the 6 related technologies compared, average daily rates range from:

720 € for SQL Server Management Studio → 810 € for SQL Server Analysis Services

Microsoft SQL Server averages:

773 € per day

SQL Server Analysis Services 810 € · 840 € SQL Server Integration Services 790 € · 800 € T-SQL 756 € · 760 € SQL Server Reporting Services 744 € · 720 € SSDT 734 € · 720 € SQL Server Management Studio 720 € · 720 €
110 220 330 440 550 660 770 €/day

What the benchmark shows

With an average daily rate of 773 €, Microsoft SQL Server sits mid-field in this comparison — 2 of the compared technologies above it, 4 below. Sharper specialisations tend to settle above the technology, broader ones below.

Location shifts the picture as well: across the cities in Germany, average daily rates differ by up to 122 € — around 16% 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.

Microsoft SQL Server daily rates across cities in Germany

Among the 13 cities compared, average daily rates range from:

688 € for Dortmund → 810 € for Stuttgart

Countrywide average:

773 € per day

Stuttgart 810 € · 800 € Hanover 806 € · 800 € Frankfurt 791 € · 800 € Cologne 787 € · 800 € Munich 786 € · 800 € Hamburg 784 € · 800 € Dusseldorf 771 € · 780 € Essen 760 € · 800 € Berlin 749 € · 760 € Nuremberg 721 € · 720 € Dresden 713 € · 720 € Dortmund 688 € · 680 € Leipzig 688 € · 700 €
110 220 330 440 550 660 770 €/day

Frequently asked questions

What clients ask us most about Microsoft SQL Server — answered in short.

The average daily rate for Microsoft SQL Server in Germany is 773 € with a median of 776 €, based on an 8-hour working day — that corresponds to an average of 97 € per hour.

Based on the average daily rate of 773 €, a full-time month of 21 working days corresponds to about 16,230 € — the underlying hourly rate is 97 €.

Between Dortmund (688 €) and Stuttgart (810 €) the difference is about 122 € per day, roughly 15 € per hour — around 16% of the countrywide average of 773 €.

Stuttgart shows the highest average of the 13 cities compared, at 810 € per day (101 € per hour) — about 5% above the countrywide average of 773 €.

Dortmund shows the lowest average of the cities compared, at 688 € per day (86 € per hour) — about 11% below the countrywide average of 773 €.

Among the 6 related technologies compared, average daily rates range from 720 € for SQL Server Management Studio up to 810 € for SQL Server Analysis Services — that is 90 € to 101 € per hour.

SQL Server Analysis Services currently averages 810 € per day (101 € per hour), about 37 € per day above the rate for Microsoft SQL Server.

SQL Server Management Studio currently averages 720 € per day (90 € per hour), about 53 € per day below the rate for Microsoft SQL Server.

All figures are calculated live from the hourly rates of the freelancers on FRATCH matched to Microsoft SQL Server 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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