Pascal Experts in Switzerland
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Switzerland, who have recently used Pascal
Frank G.
Last position:
Project Lead at Flamingo Med Solutions
- Led the founding of a startup for AI-based consulting products for dental practices.
- Developed and launched PraxisScore, a data-driven consulting product for economic analysis and corporate consulting of dental practices.
- Held full responsibility for technical implementation, AI integration, and structured startup setup from product idea to public launch at IDS 2025 in under three months.
Stefan L.
Last position:
Senior Manager, Project Manager, Auditor and Consultant at Laager Consulting GmbH
Many years of experience in application development, ICT infrastructures, systems management, hardware and software, telecommunications, ICT strategies, business models, database management, data center consolidations, support and call center setup
Since 1999 independent consultant and project manager: ICT strategies and governance, processes, audits, security, infrastructure (including cloud, DevOps and tools), data and output management, organizational restructurings, business project management and consulting in various industries
Generalist with analytical skills, strong communicator at all hierarchy levels, deployable as manager, coach, project manager or consultant
Reto B.
Last position:
Managing Director at Atsoft GmbH
- Consulting in ICT, business processes, system architecture, web integration, client-server computing, cross-platform development, responsive web design, social media integration, GUI
- Custom and specialized solutions
- Applications for small and medium-sized enterprises
- Web services, web applications, portals, application extensions (add-ins, plug-ins)
- Database design, interface solutions
- Outsourcing in various industries
- Solutions for other software houses
- Project management and project support (software engineering, coding)
Beat Z.
Last position:
SAP Test Manager at E.ON Grid Solutions GmbH
- Responsible for IT integration test and user acceptance test for SAP S/4 Hana and BDO BO Customer Financials Management
- Led the test team (business testers and IT testers)
- Resource planning and control within the test team
- Created test concepts and test plans
- Performed test risk analysis
- Coordinated test execution and defect tracking
- Ensured test progress
- Generated and visualized reports
- Summarized test reports and reported to management
- Prepared and conducted user acceptance tests
- Managed SIGMA and JIRA/Confluence at project level
Balázs S.
Last position:
Owner at Schweighoffer GmbH
- Business analysis and requirements engineering
- Consulting technical mathematics and control theory
- Selling outsourcing software development projects to companies
- Project lead, controlling and automated testing
- Software design and support
- Developed control algorithm for a sensorless permanent magnet electric motor
- Solved control engineering problems for customers
Michael R.
Last position:
Doctor of Economics at University of St. Gall
- Awarded the degree of Doctor of Economics (Dr. oec.)
- Passed doctoral examination with the grade "good"
- Dissertation: Development of OR-based software systems – concepts for problem- and user-oriented design
Udo W.
Last position:
Julius Bär
Application ownership and further development of test user management (TUM)
Areas of responsibility: Application ownership (Application Ownership / ITSO), application management, incident management, deployment / release management, requirements management, prioritization, further development, automation, and interface management
Technologies: SQL Server, Python, GitLab, UC4, Lieberman, Linux
Responsible for the operation and continuous development of a central application for managing more than 5.000 technical test users and their data.
Gathered and assessed business requirements, independently prioritized further development, and planned and coordinated implementation using agile methods and PI Planning, in close collaboration with the relevant business units and IT teams.
Expanded the central SQL Server database with additional information about test and real users, and integrated further applications through defined interfaces. The modular application used Python-based processing components, with execution and workflows controlled through UC4. This enabled data from different source systems to be automatically transferred, processed, and made available, as well as new test users to be created automatically.
Ensured reliable application operations and continuously optimized and automated existing processes.
Application ownership, modernization, and migration of incident management (TRANT)
Areas of responsibility: Application ownership (Application Ownership / ITSO), application management, incident management, deployment / release management, requirements management, software modernization, migration, interface integration, and quality assurance
Technologies: UC4, Jira, SQL Server, Oracle, Java, Python, Lieberman, Linux, Jai
Responsible for the operation and development of an application that automatically records, processes, and forwards technical incidents in various test environments.
Automated the creation of Jira incident tickets when UC4 workflows were blocked, including routing them to the relevant application managers.
Modernized the application by migrating from Java to Python, moving the database from Microsoft SQL Server to Oracle, and replacing the Jenkins scheduler with UC4.
Integrated the Jira API and used the bank's internal AI solution Jai to support code migration and subsequent validation. Independently and critically reviewed AI-generated results for business and technical accuracy.
Shift lead for operations control in test environments
Areas of responsibility: Monitoring various test systems
Technologies: UC4, TSO, HOST, Azure-Cloud
Responsible for monitoring and controlling automated processing workflows in various test environments, including systems running in the Azure-Cloud.
Monitored UC4 and HOST workflows and analyzed and handled incidents. When processing workflows were blocked, Jira tickets were automatically created through TRANT and assigned to the relevant application owners. In coordination with them, affected jobs were restarted or stopped as needed. HOST processes were also monitored and controlled through OPC.
A multi-shift operation was introduced to ensure stable and as continuous as possible testing.
Test data anonymization manager
Areas of responsibility: Planning/anonymizing/publishing production data for test systems
Technologies: UC4, Informatica (PowerCenter and IDMC)
To ensure test environments could run with real data, production databases were cloned regularly. Production data had to be untraceable in test environments. For this reason, the cloned databases were first anonymized with Informatica PowerCenter and later with Informatica IDMC. Critical tables and columns in the various databases (Oracle, SQL-Server, MongoDB) had to be identified and analyzed at the data level. Rules for handling critical data were agreed with the application owners.
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Statistics of experts using Pascal
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
31 years
Position duration
5.8 years
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Top industries
Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Audit, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
43%
Master's degree or higher
43%
Doctorate
14%
Certifications per freelancer
5
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
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 Switzerland 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.
Average rates of experts in Switzerland using Pascal
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.
Pascal experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Banking and Finance (86%)
- Information Technology (86%)
- Manufacturing (57%)
- Professional Services (57%)
- Government and Administration (43%)
- Telecommunication (43%)
- Energy (29%)
- Insurance (29%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Pascal in practice
Pascal is a structured programming language valued for readable code, strong typing and clear program design. Object Pascal extends the original language with classes, interfaces, generics and component-based development. It remains important in long-lived desktop, industrial, scientific and educational software.
Delphi and Object Pascal
Many commercial Pascal systems use Delphi and its visual component ecosystem. Specialists work with the VCL for native Windows applications, FireMonkey for cross-platform interfaces, database connectivity and third-party components. They also refactor older code while preserving business-critical behavior.
Free Pascal and Lazarus
Free Pascal provides a mature compiler for Object Pascal and supports several platforms and processor targets. Lazarus adds an integrated development environment and the Lazarus Component Library, making it useful for portable desktop software. Toolchains may include Git, unit testing frameworks, build automation and package managers.
Typical project work
- Extend Delphi desktop applications and business interfaces
- Migrate legacy Pascal modules to current Object Pascal patterns
- Build cross-platform tools with Lazarus and Free Pascal
- Connect applications to SQL databases, devices and external services
- Diagnose compiler, memory and deployment problems
When specialists help
Companies often bring in freelance Pascal expertise when a key system has limited internal ownership or needs a controlled modernization. This can include replacing obsolete components, improving test coverage, documenting undocumented modules or preparing a release for a new Windows environment. In Switzerland, remote collaboration can work well when requirements, source access and release responsibilities are clearly defined; some teams still need on-site work for industrial or device-connected systems.
What strong experts bring
Strong Pascal professionals understand language fundamentals as well as the framework surrounding the codebase. They can read procedural Pascal, reason about Object Pascal inheritance, trace database and UI dependencies, and explain technical risk in plain language. Look for practical evidence of stable releases, careful migration plans, reproducible builds and tests that protect existing behavior.
Frequently asked questions
Need clarity? These are the questions we hear most often about Pascal.
Pascal is used for desktop business software, educational tools, scientific applications, industrial interfaces and long-lived internal systems. Object Pascal implementations such as Delphi and Free Pascal support both maintenance work and new applications.
Pascal emphasizes explicit structure, readability and strong typing, while C# and Java offer larger contemporary ecosystems for many enterprise and web projects. The right choice depends on the existing codebase, target operating system, available libraries and the cost of migration.
A strong Pascal specialist may also bring Delphi VCL, Lazarus, Free Pascal, SQL, Windows APIs, REST integration and version control skills. Experience with testing, installer creation, build pipelines and hardware interfaces is valuable for many real-world systems.
The required experience depends on the system’s age, framework and operational risk. A small Lazarus utility may need focused language knowledge, while a Delphi modernization project benefits from someone who can understand legacy components, database dependencies and deployment constraints.
Pascal projects can often be handled remotely when repositories, test environments and communication routines are ready. On-site collaboration may still matter for industrial applications, proprietary hardware or teams that need close release coordination in Switzerland.
Ask for examples of maintained or modernized Object Pascal systems and discuss how the specialist would map dependencies before changing code. Good answers cover tests, version control, rollback plans, compiler settings and how existing behavior will be verified.
Delphi is a development environment and product family built around Object Pascal, not the original Pascal language itself. It adds a compiler, visual designers, frameworks and libraries that support application development, especially on Windows.
Free Pascal is a compiler and Lazarus is an associated integrated development environment with a component library. Together they support portable Object Pascal applications, but specialists should still check platform-specific UI behavior, package compatibility and deployment requirements.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used Pascal in their recent projects is 137 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,096 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used Pascal in their recent projects, 43% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 43% hold at least a Master's degree, and 14% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used Pascal in their recent projects have 31 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 5.8 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Pascal in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (57%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Pascal in their recent projects are Banking and Finance (86%), Information Technology (86%), and Manufacturing (57%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Pascal in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (86%), and Product Development (71%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Pascal
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