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Franziska K.
Last position:
Business Analyst at ALH Group
VALUE ADDED:
The structured analysis and further development of business requirements and processes is driving the modernization of contract administration in a focused manner. Complex business matters and dependencies are made transparent, optimization potential is identified, and transferred into scalable solution approaches that enable as much straight-through processing as possible. This creates clearer and more efficient processes as well as reliable decision-making and implementation foundations for business departments, architecture, and development.
- Development of business requirements and processes for the further development and modernization of contract administration
- Creation and further development of business concepts, process descriptions, and decision-making documents for implementing new and optimized processes
- Analysis of existing processes and identification of optimization potential to simplify and scale processes
- Structuring of complex business matters in a dynamic project environment to ensure transparency and traceability for all involved
- Identification and clarification of business dependencies and interfaces, especially in interaction with adjacent systems and departments
- Contribution to business target models and development of solution approaches for new, scalable processes that also enable straight-through processing
- Leadership and moderation of business workshops to coordinate and further develop requirements with internal stakeholders from business departments, architecture, and development
- Prioritization of business topics and requirements for targeted implementation
- Support with testing, reviews, and quality assurance, including the creation and coordination of business test cases to verify the implemented solutions
- Use of SharePoint and Kanban to document and manage tasks
Thomas D.
Last position:
Business Analyst / Digital Transformation Consultant at Stadtwerke Rostock
- End-to-end analysis and optimization of existing processes in campaign management, contract management and district heating construction/construction coordination
- Development of automated contract management and transformation scenarios, including software selection and integration
- Analysis of ERP, chat, RCS messaging, consent management and tracking
- Preparation of recommendations, decision proposals and presentations for the executive board
- Use of AI for process optimization
- Tools: Apple Office, Microsoft 365, Teams, Claude, ChatGPT
Serkant T.
Last position:
Interim Manager, License Controlling at Tonies GmbH
- Prepared and reviewed quarterly royalty settlements for licensors across music, publishing and media brands, including minimum guarantees, recoupment, returns reconciliation and process optimisation.
- Reconstructed historical licensing data for an external audit by a major US studio, covering music publishing and recorded music across ROW and AUS, and coordinated the resulting statements with the licensor.
- Supported the reconciliation of music royalties with the German collecting society and its international hub for 2018 to 2024.
- Assessed licensing data for accruals and provisions, and structured metadata for contract negotiations.
- Designed target processes and SOPs for a royalty automation tool and accompanied testing during rollout.
Moritz K.
Last position:
Scrum Master, Agile Coach at Name on request
Due to founding another company during COVID, the managing director stepped back from day-to-day operations, which left the team without leadership for around 3 years.
My task was to train a new Product Owner, shape the developers and the Product Owner into a cohesive team, and coach this newly formed team into a state where self-organized value delivery for the customer would be possible again.
Because of the political situation in the US, the main customer of my client saw a drop in revenue, which made a change in the business model necessary for my client. I was allowed to support the transition from a service provider to an AI-first company with a broad customer base in a strategic advisory role, hire staff, and facilitate several C-level negotiations between my client and its new customers.
TASKS
- Training team and management in Scrum and agile ways of working
- Coaching a junior Product Owner up to PSPO II level
- Mediating conflicts in change processes
- C-level consulting and negotiation facilitation
- Developing and evaluating business models
- Leading the hiring process for 4 new employees
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Successfully coached Product Owner to PSPO II level
- Formed a cohesive Scrum team from a team without leadership
- Restored self-organized value delivery for the customer
- Successfully transitioned to AI-native development (Claude)
- Successfully changed the customer's business model
TOOLS & METHODS
- Team building
- NVC according to Rosenberg
- Conflict management
- Workshop facilitation
- Negotiation facilitation
- Leadership coaching
- Personio hiring
Kirill L.
Last position:
UX researcher, UX/UI designer at 50Hertz Transmission GmbH (Elia Group)
Energy, transmission system operator · Desktop, web application
Products Digitalisation of the grid connection process; master data and processes of market locations; balancing of virtual MaBiS aggregate time series; the group's first searchable catalogue and visual UI pattern library
Planning, running and analysing qualitative in-depth interviews: more than 100 interviews with external market partners and internal departments
Designing qualitative interviews including interview guides and evaluation logics; recruiting and scheduling participants
Analysing, preparing and presenting research findings as usability reports and result reports
Translating research findings into UX and design requirements and deriving prioritised recommendations for improvement
Presenting analysis and research results to departments, product owners and decision makers in a form suited to each audience
UX research for internal enterprise and line-of-business applications along regulated market processes
Quantitative methods: online surveys for roadmap prioritisation, questionnaire studies, definition and measurement of UX KPIs
Facilitating requirements workshops; gathering, analysing, describing, agreeing and documenting functional and non-functional requirements
Developing user flows and customer journeys; building and providing UX standards, methods and capabilities (UI pattern library)
Working in product and project teams under Scrum, taking part in all subject-matter meetings and Scrum events
Impact Took three software products to launch
Tools Condens, Miro, FigJam, Figma, Whimsical, Microsoft Teams, Typeform
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 using 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 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
Oliver R.
Last position:
Freelance Brand Content Manager at OPTIVISM GmbH
- Responsible for the overall planning, concept development, and operational implementation of content production for Queisser Pharma and Doppelherz International, including the coordination of video and photo productions for international content.
- Strategic planning, management, and implementation of the D2C content strategy for Doppelherz Germany, especially for platforms such as Amazon, to increase reach, engagement, and conversion.
- Independently developed and implemented the collagen beauty campaign and organized and managed the Doppelherz brand film project, including close coordination with internal departments, external agencies, and production service providers.
- Ensured deadlines, budgets, and quality standards while consistently following the Doppelherz guidelines.
Hoa Josef N.
Last position:
AI Architect and Enabler at Inhouse / AI Business
Technologies: n8n, Notion, OpenAI API, Claude, MS AI Foundry, MS CoPilot Studio, MS CoPilot, LLM, Node.js, Vercel, LangGraph, PostgreSQL, pgEdge, pgvector, Docker, LangChain, Ollama, Open WebUI
- Continuous evaluation and prioritization of internal automation needs
- ~20 AI agents in active use: research, content pipelines, document processing
- 5 n8n workflows for automated data and process control
- Architecture built on the same principles as in customer projects: state management, event-driven orchestration, API integration
- Ongoing operation and further development
Rutger B.
Last position:
Partner & Managing Director at AI.IMPACT
- Building an AI & Data Consultancy Practice with the goal of helping European companies adopt Artificial Intelligence and modern data platforms
- End-to-end further development of a production system using modified coding agents (OpenCode). Tech stack: Kubernetes, Argo, Keycloak, Typescript, Grafana, GitOps, DevOps, Playwright
- Internal research project on the use of coding agents in the field of mathematical logic for creating formal models. Use of Cursor IDE and Codex, Codex CLI. Architecture design, quality control and refactoring, as well as writing code and tests. Repository (open source) available pre-launch
- Research on the role of mathematical logic as a formal language that connects IT and AI with business processes
- Project lead for collecting and deploying parking recommendations for rail vehicles with significant savings potential based on real-time data in a mobility and transport company
- Project lead for collecting and distributing process measurement points for real-time control in a mobility and transport company
- Deputy application owner for an app used for communication in the dispatching and provision of rail vehicles
Jörn B.
Last position:
Process Optimization Consultant at Tandler GmbH
- Improving processes in the purchasing area
- Digitizing purchasing processes
- Optimizing end-to-end manufacturing processes
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
Marcus B.
Last position:
Data Engineer at Deutsche Bahn AG via Scoore GmbH
- Development of ETL pipelines with Talend (7/ Enterprise)
- Development/adaptation of database schema/database functions (PostgreSQL)
- Development of GIT CI pipelines
Technologies: Talend Enterprise, Git, PostgreSQL, Dbeaver, SQL, PL-SQL, Liquibase
Dominik P.
Last position:
Head of IT at Aarsleff Spezialtiefbau GmbH
- Disciplinary and professional leadership of the IT and service team
- Definition and documentation of the Current Mode of Operation (CMO) in Confluence: application landscape, infrastructure, networks, backup & storage
- Development of the Future Mode of Operation (FMO) including process analysis & stakeholder interviews with all departments using BPMN and flowcharts
- Optimization of license management: reduction of ongoing software costs by approx. 17% p.a.
- Introduction and establishment of Jira as the central tool for project and service management
- Introduction and rollout of the HR software MindKey to digitize HR processes
- Introduction of a VoIP solution with Microsoft Teams incl. PSTN connection to replace classic telephony
- Introduction of the production and planning software OptiControl to digitize operational processes
- Rollout of Intune as a Mobile Device Management solution for Windows, iOS and Android
- Build-up of Power BI dashboards for machine park monitoring and financial reporting
- Planning and execution of the IT consolidation of two locations for 170 users
- Introduction of automated penetration testing with Pentera
- Coaching and mentoring the team in agile methods & project management
- Operational support in day-to-day business: administration, incident & change management
- Management of external service providers and assurance of the quality of outsourced IT services
- Responsibility for the IT budget incl. planning and controlling
- Direct reporting line to management with regular management reports on IT KPIs, budget and project status
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)
Thilo S.
Last position:
Founder / Marketing Analytics Consultant at thiloschroeder.com
I help marketing teams and leaders get from data to decision - understanding their business model, defining what to measure, and building the tracking and reporting infrastructure to make it happen.
- Built and optimized analytics setups for 60+ clients across D2C, E-Commerce, SaaS, LeadGen and Subscription businesses in my career - from early-stage startups to enterprises
- Core focus: GA4 & GTM tracking architecture (incl. server-side), consent-compliant measurement, marketing dashboards (Power BI) and attribution
- Trusted long-term partner: most client relationships extend well beyond the initial project into ongoing strategic and operational support (NPS > 9.4)
- Regularly act as analytical sparring partner for marketing leads and C-level stakeholders, bridging the gap between data, tech and business strategy
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Statistics of experts using Microsoft Power BI
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
17 years (Germany: 16 years)

Position duration
3.4 years (Germany: 2.8 years)

Positions per freelancer
13 (Germany: 10)

Top business areas
Business Intelligence, Project Management, Information Technology

Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Retail

Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Operations, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
97% (Germany: 94%)
Master's degree or higher
62% (Germany: 70%)
Doctorate
11% (Germany: 9%)

Certifications per freelancer
3

Most common languages
German, English, Spanish

Speak two or more languages
93% (Germany: 98%)
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Hamburg using Microsoft Power BI
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 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Microsoft Power BI 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 (74%)
- Professional Services (61%)
- Retail (46%)
- Banking and Finance (43%)
- Media and Entertainment (39%)
- Manufacturing (37%)
- Automotive (35%)
- Energy (35%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Power BI does
Microsoft Power BI is a business intelligence suite for connecting data, preparing it, modelling relationships and presenting insights through interactive reports. Companies use it to monitor performance, investigate trends and give teams a shared view of operational and financial data. Reports can be published to the Power BI service, embedded in applications or consumed through mobile apps.
Core building blocks
Power BI Desktop supports data modelling and report design, while the Power BI service handles sharing, workspaces, refreshes and governance. Power Query prepares data with repeatable transformations, and DAX defines measures, calculated columns and time-based analysis. Strong specialists also understand semantic models, row-level security, gateways and Microsoft Entra ID.
Typical deliverables
- Executive dashboards for sales, finance, operations and supply chain
- Data models combining SQL Server, Excel, APIs, SAP and cloud sources
- KPI definitions, drill-through reports and self-service analytics
- Scheduled refresh, deployment pipelines and workspace structures
- Embedded reports for customer or internal business applications
The right design keeps navigation simple and makes each metric traceable to a trusted source.
When specialists help
Companies bring in freelance Power BI specialists when reporting is slow, inconsistent or dependent on manual spreadsheet work. They can replace disconnected reports, improve an existing model, or establish a governed reporting environment from the start. This is useful during ERP changes, data warehouse projects, mergers and periods of rapid growth.
In Hamburg, collaboration may involve local workshops with business teams as well as remote delivery with distributed data and IT groups. Clear communication in English or German can matter when specialists work directly with regional stakeholders.
Connected Microsoft skills
Power BI projects often sit within a broader Microsoft data landscape. Relevant adjacent skills include Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics, SQL Server, SharePoint, Dataverse and Power Automate. Experience with APIs, star schemas, data quality and information security helps specialists connect reporting to dependable business processes rather than isolated extracts.
What quality looks like
A strong professional starts with business questions and agreed definitions, not visual effects. They validate source data, document transformations, keep DAX measures maintainable and design for sensible performance. They also test permissions, refresh behaviour and edge cases before handover. Ask for examples of models, governance decisions and stakeholder outcomes, not only screenshots of dashboards.
Frequently asked questions
Curious about Microsoft Power BI? Here are the answers that come up again and again.
Microsoft Power BI is used to connect data sources, build semantic models and create interactive reports and dashboards. Companies use it for management reporting, financial analysis, sales tracking, operational monitoring and self-service business intelligence.
Power BI is often considered alongside Tableau and Qlik Sense for visual analytics and reporting. Its strengths include close integration with Microsoft 365, Azure, Excel and the wider Microsoft data ecosystem, while the best choice depends on existing systems, governance needs, modelling requirements and user preferences.
A capable Power BI specialist usually combines DAX, Power Query, SQL and dimensional data modelling. Knowledge of Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Fabric, APIs, data warehouses, security and Microsoft Entra ID is valuable when reports must operate reliably at scale.
The required experience depends on the scope. A simple dashboard may need focused report and data preparation skills, while a governed enterprise solution calls for proven work with semantic models, deployment, refresh architecture, permissions and stakeholder-led KPI definitions. Review comparable deliverables rather than relying on a generic seniority label.
Power BI work is well suited to remote collaboration when data access, security and responsibilities are clearly defined. Hamburg companies may still prefer on-site workshops for requirements and adoption, followed by remote modelling, report development and review. Agree on working language, access procedures and meeting routines early.
Ask how the specialist validates source data, structures a star schema and manages DAX measures. A quality Power BI professional can explain refresh failures, row-level security, performance choices and documentation in clear business terms. A polished dashboard alone is not proof of a reliable solution.
Power BI connects to many common sources, including SQL Server, Excel, SharePoint, SAP, cloud services and REST APIs. The specialist should assess connector limits, authentication, data ownership, refresh frequency and transformation logic before selecting an architecture.
Freelancers working with Power BI should understand the difference between Power BI Desktop, the Power BI service and embedded scenarios. Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric, Azure, Power Automate and governance practices helps them deliver solutions that remain useful after publication, handover and future data changes.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Microsoft Power BI in their recent projects is 105 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 843 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Microsoft Power BI in their recent projects, 97% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 62% hold at least a Master's degree, and 11% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Microsoft Power BI in their recent projects have 17 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Microsoft Power BI in their recent projects are German (98%), English (93%), and Spanish (17%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Microsoft Power BI in their recent projects are Information Technology (74%), Professional Services (61%), and Retail (46%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used Microsoft Power BI in their recent projects are Business Intelligence (80%), Project Management (78%), and Information Technology (76%).
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