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Marco S.

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Business Analyst, Data Warehouse Developer

Zug
Marco S.

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MS Power BI Developer at Bayern Facility Management GmbH

Power BI development and administration, training, consulting, data modeling, DAX development

MS Fabric, MS Power BI, DAX

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Vincent V.

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Senior Enterprise Architect | IT Business Relationship Manager

Zürich
Vincent V.

Last position:

IT Business Partner & Enterprise Architect at Sulzer

  • Established the Enterprise Architecture function from the ground up for Sulzer Group (~13,500 employees, CHF 3.6B revenue)
  • Defined the Technical Governance framework, Target Operating Model, and IT PMO foundation now governing architecture decisions and portfolio demand across all divisions.
  • Deployed SAP LeanIX as the authoritative application portfolio system of record - catalogued 500 applications group-wide (140 for Chemtech), onboarded business and IT stakeholders, and initiated integration with ServiceNow to embed architecture data into operational workflows.
  • Led the divisional & group wide Application Rationalization initiative
  • Decommissioned 15% of the 140 applications Chemtech portfolio, delivering CHF 627k in run-rate savings over two years and materially reducing licensing and support exposure.
  • Defined and executed the divisional AI Roadmap in partnership with Sales, Legal, and R&D leadership
  • Delivered 4 AI solutions into production (including Sales process harmonization and LLM-based IP conflict detection) from a portfolio of 7 prioritized initiatives.
  • Built and owned the 3-year IT Strategic Roadmap for Chemtech
  • Aligned cloud and technology architecture with divisional business priorities and a CHF 1.5M annual investment envelope.
  • Delivered CHF 500k in cost avoidance by challenging and discontinuing funded but low-value initiatives, demonstrated governance discipline and executive influence, with zero implementation spend.
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Paulo M.

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Power BI & Microsoft Fabric Specialist

Zürich
Paulo M.

Last position:

Power BI & Microsoft Fabric BI Specialist at Financial Bank

  • Developed Power BI semantic models and DAX measures, reducing financial reporting time.
  • Implemented RLS, strengthening role-based data access and governance controls.
  • Delivered automated KPI dashboards, accelerating reporting and decision-making.
  • Designed a Fabric Lakehouse with Bronze, Silver and Gold layers, improving data processing.
  • Built Fabric pipelines and PySpark transformations, reducing processing time by 40%.
  • Built and optimized Power BI semantic models, improving report performance, scalability and usability.
  • Optimized UNIX universes, reducing query execution time by 40%.

Environment: Power BI (Semantic Models, DAX, RLS), Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, Pipelines, PySpark), SAP BO 4.3/2025, Web Intelligence, IDT/UNX, InfoBurst, 360Suite, GitHub, JIRA.

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Patrick B.

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Senior Software Engineer

Zürich
Patrick B.

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Senior Software Engineer at On AG

  • Since August 2025 I'm working on the Conversational AI team. We are developing an internal platform for the future of Conversational Ecommerce, powering other teams to use the Agents in their user experience. I'm deeply focused on the architecture of this project, with a particular focus on the monitoring and live evaluation of the agents.
  • Played a pivotal role in business-critical operations, including Adyen client upgrades, multi-account configuration for app releases, domain migration support, and implementing a crucial BFCM hotfix to resolve a 10-minute update query (on the checkout workflow) that was blocking sales.
  • Served as a key member of the On-Call rotation for over a year, leading >15 incidents, contributing to system stability, and enhancing distributed tracing via New Relic integration, deepening system-wide understanding and operational excellence.
  • Conceived and delivered an MVP for a "Low Stock in Key Variants" (LSKV) index within two weeks as part of the Conversion Rate Taskforce, using statistical analysis of size curves to identify OOS products; this initiative led to a (0.9%) CVR improvement post-handover.
  • Led major performance and stability initiatives, including a Ruby upgrade (YJIT, Jmalloc) that slashed average response times from 220ms to <100ms, and initiated an "Order Table Cleanup" project to manage 10M+ order records, ensuring SOX compliance and database health.
  • Architected and delivered a scalable CloudFlare Worker solution for critical Apple Pay domain validation, mitigating operational risks and establishing a best-practice, automated workflow that was subsequently leveraged by multiple teams, demonstrating cross-functional impact
  • Drove substantial evolution of the core e-commerce backend through consistent, high-impact contributions (130+ merged PRs), spanning critical feature delivery, complex system optimizations, and enhancing platform stability."
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Charles S.

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Data & Analytics Product Manager | AI-Augmented Data Products | Executive BI Delivery | Financial Services

Zürich
Charles S.

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Data Delivery Lead at Westpac

  • Owned and managed the product roadmap and backlog for the Consumer Banker reporting framework, prioritising features and driving iterative delivery of banker scorecards and network performance reporting in an agile environment.
  • Developed and iterated portfolio financial reporting on a weekly cadence based on stakeholder feedback, replacing manual PowerPoint packs and saving the program hours of effort weekly.
  • Integrated Generative AI (MS Copilot) to automate data lineage documentation across a large legacy codebase, eliminating est. 6 months of analyst effort and accelerating data governance outcomes.
  • Led a unified data delivery approach and standards across five UNITE initiatives (~CHF 115m portfolio) supporting consolidation of legacy systems into the Digital Banker platform.
  • Led cross-functional delivery team of 3 while also drawing on BA and DA talent pools, coordinating analytical resource across workstreams to accelerate data, reporting & governance outcomes.
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Christoph P.

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ICT DevSecOps Engineer & Security Coordinator

Zug
Christoph P.

Last position:

ICT DevSecOps Engineer & Security Coordinator at Abraxas Informatik AG

  • Interface role with the SOC team; improved incident response time by 45% through structured escalation processes and proactive security monitoring.
  • Defined technical standards for a multi-tenant enterprise platform (10+ services), resulting in a 30% shorter onboarding time for new clients in the public sector.
  • Active knowledge transfer and mentoring of a 6-person team; increased team autonomy and established a sustainable engineering culture.
  • Reduced time to market by 50% by optimizing CI/CD pipelines and establishing self-service deployments.
  • Stack: GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, Nexus, Harbor, ArgoCD, HashiCorp Vault, Grafana, Python, PostgreSQL, Java, Spring Boot, Flyway, Quarkus, JBoss, Loki, Go, Kafka, Kustomize, MongoDB
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Monika E.

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Tax Specialist

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Monika E.

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Tax Specialist at Julius Bär / Bosshard & Partner

  • Operational responsibility in tax relief at source
  • Took over and stabilized a complex department during a project phase
  • Analysis, review, and optimization of existing processes and workflows
  • Updating and further development of the specialist manual
  • Analysis and resolution of individual cases in an international tax environment
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Bojan A.

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Full Stack Developer with Angular

Opfikon
Bojan A.

Last position:

Full Stack Developer with Angular at Further Education

  • Highest level achieved: Certified Mid-Level Angular Developer
  • 13 technologies newly learned or refreshed with (re-)certifications
  • Current: Docker, Azure, Quarkus
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Christian B.

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Trusted advisor for enterprise change

Zug
Christian B.

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5G Campus Product Advisor Telco at German railway group

  • Definition of a product concept and end to end solution delivery (turnkey) for a Digital Efficiency Hub for Railway Maintenance based on 5G campus networks. Integration of various hardware and software systems in a comprehensive delivery with success metrics. Laise the concept and process across the enterprise. Compliant process definition and financial management with commercial model.

Technologies: 5G, RAN, SAP, Cloud, Enterprise Architect, Autonomous Robots, ITIL, CoBIT, TBM, BSI, ISO 27001

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Robin O.

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Co-Founder & AI Solutions Architect

Winterthur
Robin O.

Last position:

Co-Founder & AI Solutions Architect at airdys

  • Product strategy, architecture, and technical co-direction
  • AI workshops, client onboarding and go-to-market activities
  • Design and implementation of AI architectures (LLMs, RAG, MCP, agents, voice, automation)
  • Hands-on development of prototypes and production-ready AI integrations
  • Consulting clients on AI adoption, workflows, and integration into existing infrastructure
  • Collaboration with co-founders on strategic direction
  • Collaboration in sales and customer acquisition

Tools and Technologies: OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure, Vercel AI SDK, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), MCP (Model Context Protocol), FastAgent, VAPI, n8n, make.com, LibreChat, PostgreSQL, OpenAPI, Next.js, Vercel, Docker

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Gwang Jin K.

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Data Scientist / Applied AI, Automation & Data Systems Researcher

Zürich
Gwang Jin K.

Last position:

Data Scientist / Applied AI, Automation & Data Systems Researcher at Independent

  • Built and explored applied GenAI, RAG, GraphRAG, local LLM, agentic AI and document-intelligence prototypes for structured analysis, evidence extraction, semantic search, technical reasoning and decision-useful reporting
  • Developed private local-LLM workflows and AI system patterns focused on privacy, reproducibility, reviewability, low-cost inference and practical user control
  • Built reproducible Python/R workflows for data analysis, automation, API-driven tooling, validation logic, technical documentation and AI-assisted software development
  • Designed workflows around explicit assumptions, traceable inputs, reviewable outputs and failure-mode awareness rather than black-box “looks good” demonstrations
  • Supported RAHN AG in a chemical/regulatory environment with data extraction and processing around WERCS, a regulatory application for chemical product and compliance data
  • Explored complex application/database schemas and wrote nested SQL queries to extract information for mixture calculations, component relationships, regulatory rules and reporting logic
  • Continued hands-on development in Git/GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket, Docker/Linux deployment patterns, REST/API workflows, error handling, technical writing and fast AI-assisted prototyping
  • Built technical writing and documentation workflows that turn complex systems into clear runbooks, checklists, decision notes and user-facing explanations
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Georgios S.

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Senior Software Engineer

Zürich
Georgios S.

Last position:

Senior Software Engineer at UBS Bank

  • Implementations of a code refactoring framework able to refactor thousands of repositories leveraging Generative AI
  • Use Python (Django, Flask, FastAPI), Java and Typescript in Azure Cloud (Data Lake, VMs, AI) and GitLab infrastructure
  • Mentoring and pair programming
  • Obtained Azure AI-900 and AI-102 certifications
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Peter W.

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IT Consultant

Wallisellen
Peter W.

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IT Consultant at WYP-Consulting

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Jakob F.

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Core Team Member

Zufikon
Jakob F.

Last position:

Core Team Member at Jafa Consulting

  • SME for operational processes, contract negotiation and product design for the implementation of a SaaS contact center solution & carrier services
  • Definition of several operational processes, organizational setup, ITSM application integrations, creation of contract schedules and advising contract negotiation
  • Scrum Master with agile tooling (processes & automation)
  • Commercial manager to create business cases and closing the sales process
  • Increasing impact, trusted relationship, and key team member within a short time

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Statistics of experts using SQL

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

23 years

SQL experts in Zurich have 23 years of professional experience on average.

Position duration

2.2 years (Switzerland: 2.9 years)

SQL experts in Zurich stay in a single position for 2.2 years on average. It is 0.7 years less than in Switzerland, where the average stands at 2.9 years.

Positions per freelancer

12 (Switzerland: 14)

SQL experts in Zurich have completed 12 positions on average over the course of their careers. It is 2 fewer than in Switzerland, where the average stands at 14.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

SQL experts in Zurich have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Product Development, and Project Management.

Top industries

Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Professional Services

SQL experts in Zurich are most in demand in Banking and Finance, Information Technology, and Professional Services.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

SQL experts in Zurich earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development.

Bachelor's degree or higher

89% (Switzerland: 85%)

89% of SQL experts in Zurich hold at least a Bachelor's degree. It is 4% higher than in Switzerland, where the rate stands at 85%.

Master's degree or higher

68% (Switzerland: 59%)

68% of SQL experts in Zurich hold at least a Master's degree. It is 9% higher than in Switzerland, where the rate stands at 59%.

Doctorate

14% (Switzerland: 11%)

14% of SQL experts in Zurich have a doctorate (PhD). It is 3% higher than in Switzerland, where the rate stands at 11%.

Certifications per freelancer

5

SQL experts in Zurich hold 5 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

English, German, French

SQL experts in Zurich most often speak English, German, and French.

Speak two or more languages

100% (Switzerland: 98%)

100% of SQL experts in Zurich speak two or more languages. It is 2% higher than in Switzerland, where the rate stands at 98%.

Based on our profile pool as of 9 Oct 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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25% of SQL experts in Zurich charge less than €800 per day.
45% of SQL experts in Zurich charge between €800 and €1200 per day.
30% of SQL experts in Zurich charge €1200 or more per day.
<€800 €800-​1200 €1200+

The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Zurich 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 Zurich using SQL

Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.

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Daily rate avg. 960 €
Switzerland avg. 924 €

The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.

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Median rate 960 €
Switzerland median 880 €

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 9 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

SQL 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 (84%)
  • Information Technology (82%)
  • Professional Services (60%)
  • Insurance (47%)
  • Manufacturing (40%)
  • Government and Administration (40%)
  • Telecommunication (38%)
  • Education (33%)

Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.

About the technology

What SQL does

SQL is the standard language for working with relational data. Companies use it to store, retrieve, update and analyze information in structured tables connected by defined relationships. SQL supports everything from customer records and financial transactions to operational dashboards and product analytics.

Where it is used

SQL sits behind many business-critical systems across finance, insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, retail and technology. Typical deliverables include:

  • Relational database schemas and migration plans
  • Reporting queries, dashboards and analytical data sets
  • Data validation, reconciliation and transformation workflows
  • Stored procedures, views and reusable query components

Ecosystem and tools

Strong SQL specialists work with database engines such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database and SQLite. They also understand query planners, indexes, transactions, constraints, permissions and backup strategies. Depending on the project, they connect SQL with Python, Java, .NET, business intelligence tools, ETL services and cloud data warehouses.

When companies need help

Companies bring in freelance SQL expertise when a database has become slow, difficult to change or unreliable under growing workloads. Specialists can support a migration, repair reporting logic, prepare data for a new application or establish standards for a team. In Zurich, remote collaboration is common, while on-site work can help with workshops, sensitive systems and close coordination with local business teams.

What strong specialists deliver

Experienced professionals begin by clarifying business rules, data ownership and expected query results. They write readable SQL, test edge cases and protect data integrity rather than optimizing isolated statements without context. They can explain trade-offs between normalization, denormalization, indexes, caching and warehouse models in language that both technical and business stakeholders understand.

How to assess fit

Look for practical evidence of database design, performance tuning and production support on systems similar to yours. Ask how the specialist investigates a slow query, handles schema changes and verifies a migration without losing or corrupting records. Strong professionals document assumptions, use version control for database changes and leave behind maintainable queries, clear runbooks and useful knowledge transfer.

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Frequently asked questions

Key details about SQL, drawn from the questions we get asked most.

SQL is used to query and manage data in relational databases. Companies use it for application data, financial records, reporting, analytics, data integration and operational workflows.

SQL databases use structured schemas, relationships and transactions, which suit consistent business records and complex joins. NoSQL systems can offer more flexible data models or different scaling patterns, so the right choice depends on access patterns, consistency needs and application design.

A strong SQL specialist may also work with database administration, data modeling, ETL, Python, Java, .NET, cloud warehouses and business intelligence tools. Knowledge of security, indexing, monitoring and version-controlled migrations is valuable for production work.

The required depth depends on the work. A focused reporting task may need strong query and data-validation skills, while a database migration or performance issue calls for proven experience with schemas, transactions, execution plans and production risk.

SQL work is often well suited to remote collaboration because specialists can review schemas, queries and database environments securely online. On-site sessions in Zurich can still help with stakeholder workshops, access coordination and sensitive operational systems.

Ask the specialist to explain assumptions, expected results and failure cases before reviewing the query itself. Quality SQL is readable, tested and efficient, preserves data integrity and includes documentation that another professional can maintain.

Bring in an SQL specialist when reporting logic is disputed, queries are slow, a migration is risky or the internal team lacks database capacity. A freelancer can provide focused expertise without taking ownership away from the people who run the wider product or data environment.

Before starting SQL work, clarify the database engine, data volume, access permissions, environments, delivery format and definition of a correct result. Also confirm whether the assignment concerns reporting, application data, migration, performance or ongoing operational support.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used SQL in their recent projects is 120 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 960 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used SQL in their recent projects, 89% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 68% hold at least a Master's degree, and 14% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used SQL in their recent projects have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.2 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used SQL in their recent projects are English (100%), German (91%), and French (47%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used SQL in their recent projects are Banking and Finance (84%), Information Technology (82%), and Professional Services (60%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used SQL in their recent projects are Information Technology (96%), Product Development (78%), and Project Management (76%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used SQL

Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

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