Microsoft SQL Server Experts in Hamburg
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Huy N.
Last position:
Modern Workplace & Dynamics 365 Consultant at Thinformatics
- Administration and further development of the M365 environment, including Teams, Exchange Online, Intune, and SharePoint Online
- Development of dashboards for performance monitoring with Microsoft Power BI
- Implementation of user requirements and processes with low-code/no-code technologies (Power Apps, Power Automate)
- Use of Jira and Azure DevOps to plan and implement user stories in an agile project context
- Participation in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives as the technical point of contact
- Planning and implementation of security policies using Azure Conditional Access and multi-factor authentication
- Configuration and deployment of clients and applications via MECM (SCCM) and Baramundi
Niko S.
Last position:
Developing Architect, Technical Lead "gridlytics" at HH Energienetze
- Building a data integration platform for high, medium, and low voltage assets for contextual analysis of time series with master data from the SCADA control system (IEC 60870 104), INIS, and SAP.
- Responsibility for the architecture and implementation of the solution, as well as sparring partner for the Product Owner.
- Use of Kotlin, Spring Boot, Maven, TimescaleDB, PostgreSQL, liquibase, Elements IoT, Docker, Kubernetes, Grafana, Python, jupyter, and various API gateways.
Michael M.
Last position:
IT PROJECT MANAGER (MS Exchange) at Statutory health insurance fund on behalf of Randstad Digital Germany (formerly AUSY Technologies Germany)
Migration from Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019 and Exchange Online, as well as the introduction of a backup solution and an archiving solution. The goal was to securely modernize the email and archiving infrastructure in compliance with legal requirements and ensure high performance.
Responsibilities as IT PROJECT MANAGER: Overall project management and operational coordination / Ensuring compliance with budget and resource limits / Ensuring project objectives are met / Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and policies, including ISMS, ITIL, and data protection requirements / Preparing and presenting management reports for the project sponsor and steering committee / Coordinating cross-functional teams across Exchange, network, data protection, and IT security / Planning and carrying out the migration from Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019 / Planning and carrying out the migration from Exchange 2019 to Exchange Online / Planning and introducing a backup solution for Exchange Online / Coordinating an EU-wide tender for an archiving solution, including market research with potential suppliers / Planning and introducing an archiving solution for Exchange Online / Coordinating and preparing the BAS notices required for the project / Coordinating and aligning with stakeholders (for example, business units, external service providers, and suppliers) to define requirements and deliver solutions
Technical environment: MS Exchange 2016, MS Exchange 2019, MS Exchange Online, MSOffice, MS Planner, MS Powerpoint, MS Project, MS Teams, CodeTwo, Hornet Security
Vinod G.
Last position:
Freelancer: SAP MDG Consultant at Logistics service provider
- Support for one of the largest logistics service providers in handling ServiceNow tickets in the areas of SAP MDG, Business Partner (BP), customer and supplier master data
- Technical analysis and resolution of tickets through in-depth review of various database tables
- Creation and maintenance of accounting clerks in the system
- Deactivation of company codes using transports
- Carrying out mass changes with LSMW (Legacy System Migration Workbench)
Rizwan B.
Last position:
Software Developer/Database/Devops at Sutor Bank
Project:
- Migration of existing VB6 applications to C# (Web API, web app)
- Report development and risk management systems (C#, API interfaces, databases)
- Document archive (API interfaces, databases)
Team size: 9 people
- Reports for Risk and Credit Management Development and maintenance of report structures to support risk and credit decisions, including data modeling, validation, and automated delivery for business departments.
- Migration and maintenance of a legacy system to the latest version of .NET for the asset management system Planning and execution of the modernization of an existing asset management system, including code refactoring, performance optimization, test automation, and sustainable maintenance after migration.
- Replacement of the COM-based archive connection with a REST API Redevelopment of the connection of the document archive (HYPARCHIV) to a REST API based on OpenAPI/Swagger, including archiving with index and stamp fields as well as PDF export into the customer portal.
- Redesign of payment receipt processing Replacement of an existing Oracle PL/SQL process with a new implementation in C# based on a business concept, including business alignment, data modeling, and test coverage.
- Design and implementation of tests, creation of deployment pipelines, and documentation
- Further development and implementation of change requests.
- Regular code reviews within the team as well as optimization of application scalability and stability
Technologies: C#, .NET 10, ASP.NET, Unit of Work, IoC, Three-Tier Architecture, Entity Framework Core, DB First, Web API, Swagger, OpenAPI, Python, Oracle, HYPARCHIV, Azure, PowerBI, DevOps, AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service), GIT, xUnit, NSubstitute, TypeScript, Vue.js, Pinia,
Methods: agile development using Scrum
Marc M.
Last position:
Freelance Data Specialist at BrightlySoftware – A Siemens Company
- Migration of customer data from a private cloud to AWS
- Optimizing data transformation jobs and migration from Talend to AWS Glue
- Automation of all migration steps
- Used technologies: AWS, Python, Lambda, CloudFormation, SQLServer, AWS Stepfunctions, Glue, PySpark
Christopher G.
Last position:
Frontend Developer at IAS Ideas & Solutions GmbH
- Development of a web application for horse betting
- Conversion of the components to script syntax
Martin W.
Last position:
Security Auditor at MissionMe
- Environment: AWS, Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, React Native
- Penetration test for Backend, Android-App and iOS-App
Rainer D.
Last position:
Enterprise Architecture Management / Backend Software Developer at Polizei Hamburg
- Several projects in a police context
- Model and document police procedures/projects with Archimate (as-is/to-be) in the context of P20 (BKA)
- Create software architectures with microservices
- POC development with Springboot/Docker/Kubernetes
- Project size: 10 people
- Enterprise architecture management with Togaf and Archimate
- Backend software development Springboot
- DevOps with Kubernetes
- Implemented using: Java 17/21, Springboot 3, P20 architecture, Togaf, Archimate
Alex O.
Last position:
Contractor at Telefonica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG
- Data-analysis, Preparation, gathering and coordination of business requirements for retrieval of monthly- and long term (CLV – relevant) cost- and revenue-components per contract for a customer–base–grouping project (HUB–Project) for B2C-Postpaid-Controlling
- Concept and Implementation of cost- and revenue-KPIs calculation and corresponding CLV–reports (Oracle, Perl, SVN, MS SQL Server, MS Power BI, Serviceware Performance Analytics)
- Operational support of the HUB-Project – various ad-hoc reports, deployments, job-scheduling etc. (Oracle, SVN, BICSuite–Scheduler, DWSODA etc.)
- Analysis, implementation, retrieval and reporting of various physical and financial KPIs for B2P-Prepaid Business on an existing data-mart (Oracle, Perl)
Frank S.
Last position:
Freelance Unity 3D / C# / Xamarin / WPF / .NET Developer at Frank Stutzkowski
Serkan U.
Last position:
Manager Finance, Risk & Regulatory Reporting at movisco AG
- Project leadership and management
- Implementing reporting solutions in banks
- Enhancing and optimizing reporting processes in bank finance and risk departments
- Consulting through all phases of regulatory requirement implementation, including requirements analysis, defining business requirements, testing, tool development, and audit-compliant documentation
- Supporting regulatory implementation projects
- Analyzing business requirements and implementing reports
- Acting as a liaison between business and IT
- Publishing on regulatory changes
- Training internal colleagues on regulatory topics
Serhat K.
Last position:
Kafka issues in production at Fiverr client
Fiverr client
- Fixed consumer issues in a production Kafka environment.
- Analyzed consumer lag with Datadog.
- Added synthetic tests to detect issues early.
Stack: Kafka, Datadog, Consumer Groups
Torsten L.
Last position:
Technical design and development of frontend and backend for e-waste-race.de / textil-race.de at Das macht Schule gemeinnützige GmbH
- Creation of a platform where schools can run competitions to collect e-waste or old textiles
- Development of a shared PHP backend for administration by the client
- Connection of two separate WordPress sites via REST API
- Development of a custom WordPress theme with an extensive login area for students
- Setup of normally editable content pages using Elementor
Michael M.
Last position:
Product Owner at ECE
- Gathering requirements from business departments
- Developing mockups
- Maintaining the backlog and moderating sprint meetings
- Managing developers
- Stakeholder management
- Skills used: Scrum, Requirements Engineering, Requirements Management
- Technologies used: various
- IT environment: Microsoft Dynamics Business Central
- Industry: Real estate
- Role: Project lead, Product Owner
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Statistics of experts using Microsoft SQL Server
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
20 years (Germany: 23 years)
Position duration
1.9 years (Germany: 3.1 years)
Positions per freelancer
15
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Retail
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
84% (Germany: 85%)
Master's degree or higher
58% (Germany: 51%)
Doctorate
10% (Germany: 7%)
Certifications per freelancer
2 (Germany: 3)
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
95% (Germany: 96%)
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Hamburg are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
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Explore rate insightsAverage rates of experts in Hamburg using Microsoft SQL Server
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 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Microsoft SQL Server 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 (93%)
- Banking and Finance (58%)
- Retail (53%)
- Transportation (48%)
- Manufacturing (45%)
- Professional Services (45%)
- Healthcare (30%)
- Insurance (30%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Core technology
Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system for storing, querying and protecting structured business data. It supports transactional applications, analytics, reporting and data integration across on-premises infrastructure, private environments and Microsoft Azure. Teams use its SQL language, high availability features and security controls to keep critical information accessible and consistent.
Typical workloads
SQL Server appears in systems that require dependable transactions, governed data and detailed reporting. Common deliverables include:
- Customer, finance, supply chain and enterprise resource planning databases
- Data warehouses, analytical models and executive dashboards
- Integration pipelines with SQL Server Integration Services
- Reporting solutions with SQL Server Reporting Services and Power BI
- Migrations from legacy databases to Azure SQL Database or managed SQL Server
Ecosystem and tooling
Strong work with Microsoft SQL Server reaches beyond writing queries. Professionals use T-SQL, stored procedures, views, functions, indexing and execution plans to shape efficient data access. They may also work with Entity Framework, .NET applications, SQL Server Management Studio, Azure Data Studio, Azure Synapse Analytics, PowerShell and source-controlled database deployment.
When companies need help
Freelance expertise is useful when an internal team faces a demanding database change, unclear performance bottleneck or high-risk migration. Companies bring in specialists to assess an existing schema, establish backup and recovery practices, modernize integration workflows or prepare a database for larger workloads. In Hamburg, collaboration may combine remote delivery with on-site workshops for teams operating business-critical systems.
What strong specialists deliver
A capable Microsoft SQL Server specialist starts with data dependencies, workload patterns and business constraints. They distinguish a query problem from an indexing, schema or application issue, then explain the trade-offs clearly. Their work includes reproducible migrations, tested rollback plans, least-privilege access, monitoring and documentation that another team can maintain.
Choosing the right fit
Look for evidence that a professional has handled the kind of SQL Server environment your project uses, whether that means transactional processing, business intelligence, hybrid infrastructure or Azure services. Ask how they investigate blocking, deadlocks, slow queries and failed jobs, and how they validate a proposed change. For distributed teams, confirm communication in the working language, availability for incident windows and comfort collaborating remotely or in person in Hamburg.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about Microsoft SQL Server — answered in short.
Microsoft SQL Server is used to store and manage structured data for business applications, finance systems, customer platforms and operational workflows. It also supports data warehouses, reporting, integration pipelines and analytics through its wider Microsoft ecosystem.
SQL Server is often chosen for its close integration with Windows, .NET, Microsoft Entra ID, Power BI and Azure services. PostgreSQL may be preferred for its open-source flexibility, while Oracle Database is common in large enterprise estates; the right choice depends on existing systems, licensing, skills and workload requirements.
A strong Microsoft SQL Server specialist may also understand T-SQL, data modeling, indexing, backup and recovery, high availability, PowerShell and cloud services. Experience with .NET, Entity Framework, SSIS, SSRS, Power BI and Azure can be important when the database is part of a wider delivery.
The required depth depends on the risk and scope of the work. A schema review or reporting change may need focused database expertise, while a production migration, high-availability redesign or performance investigation calls for a SQL Server professional who has handled comparable environments and can provide a safe delivery plan.
Yes. Microsoft SQL Server work can usually be performed remotely through secure access, shared documentation and scheduled reviews. On-site sessions in Hamburg can still help with discovery, workshops or coordination around systems that cannot be accessed outside the company network.
Ask for specific examples involving the workload, version, deployment model and constraints relevant to your project. A credible SQL Server freelancer should explain how they measure performance, test changes, protect production data and document the result rather than relying on generic tuning advice.
Often, yes, but the scope should be confirmed. SQL Server and Azure SQL Database share core concepts and tooling, while managed services change responsibilities for infrastructure, patching, scaling and availability. Experience with Azure networking, identity and monitoring is valuable for cloud work.
Freelancers can stay effective by testing current database features, Azure services, security practices and deployment methods in realistic environments. Microsoft SQL Server work also benefits from regular practice with execution plans, automation, observability, disaster recovery and clear technical documentation.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Microsoft SQL Server in their recent projects is 98 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 784 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Microsoft SQL Server in their recent projects, 84% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 58% hold at least a Master's degree, and 10% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Microsoft SQL Server in their recent projects have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.9 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Microsoft SQL Server in their recent projects are German (100%), English (93%), and French (13%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Microsoft SQL Server in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Banking and Finance (58%), and Retail (53%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Microsoft SQL Server in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (80%), and Project Management (73%).
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