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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:

734 € for SSDT → 811 € for SQL Server Analysis Services

Microsoft SQL Server averages:

778 € per day

SQL Server Analysis Services 811 € · 840 € SQL Server Integration Services 791 € · 800 € T-SQL 757 € · 760 € SQL Server Reporting Services 750 € · 720 € SQL Server Management Studio 747 € · 760 € SSDT 734 € · 720 €
110 220 330 440 550 660 770 €/day

What the benchmark shows

With an average daily rate of 778 €, 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 128 € — 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 → 816 € for Stuttgart

Countrywide average:

778 € per day

Stuttgart 816 € · 800 € Hanover 815 € · 800 € Frankfurt 799 € · 800 € Munich 798 € · 800 € Hamburg 797 € · 800 € Dusseldorf 785 € · 800 € Cologne 783 € · 780 € Essen 761 € · 760 € Berlin 750 € · 760 € Leipzig 727 € · 760 € Nuremberg 722 € · 720 € Dresden 715 € · 720 € Dortmund 688 € · 680 €
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 778 € with a median of 800 €, based on an 8-hour working day — that corresponds to an average of 97 € per hour.

Based on the average daily rate of 778 €, a full-time month of 21 working days corresponds to about 16,346 € — the underlying hourly rate is 97 €.

The average of 778 € sits about 22 € per day below the median of 800 € (97 € versus 100 € 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 Dortmund (688 €) and Stuttgart (816 €) the difference is about 128 € per day, roughly 16 € per hour — around 16% of the countrywide average of 778 €.

Stuttgart shows the highest average of the 13 cities compared, at 816 € per day (102 € per hour) — about 5% above the countrywide average of 778 €.

Dortmund shows the lowest average of the cities compared, at 688 € per day (86 € per hour) — about 12% below the countrywide average of 778 €.

Among the 6 related technologies compared, average daily rates range from 734 € for SSDT up to 811 € for SQL Server Analysis Services — that is 92 € to 101 € per hour.

SQL Server Analysis Services currently averages 811 € per day (101 € per hour), about 32 € per day above the rate for Microsoft SQL Server.

SSDT currently averages 734 € per day (92 € per hour), about 45 € 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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