VBA Expert in Frankfurt
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Frankfurt, who have recently used VBA
Peter V.
Last position:
IT Administrator at SEAT Deutschland
- Creating concepts and architecture for domain integration (SEAT into the VW structure)
- Domain trusts and administration
- Operation and administration of Windows 2022/ 2025 servers and domains
- Domain restructuring
- GPO and SG editing and migration
- DNS restructuring and migration
Technologies: Windows 2022, Active Directory, ADFS, AD Azure Connect, DHCP, DNS, GPO, VMWare vSphere, Hyper-V, Powershell, Jira, MS Office 365,), SCCM, VSAN Fileservices, Approximately 800 servers, 400 users
Gregor P.
Last position:
Engineering Data Management Project Manager
Technical and commercial risk assessment for an investment project in the hardware sector (scaling potential, liability risks, operational processes) Process consulting for two SMEs in the engineering environment, with a focus on workflow digitization and PLM
Eric B.
Last position:
Quality Assurance Manager (QSV) at Federal Employment Agency
Supporting the International Web Presence of the BA (IntWeb) project in the area of quality management, with the aim of taking responsibility for the quality of processes and project results while considering BA standards. The main objectives of the project are to give professionals abroad a quick overview of their opportunities for moving to Germany and to enable them to take the necessary steps consistently and with digital support by providing access to services.
Defining the general guidelines in the QA handbook
Summarising test results in QA reports for PLA
Analysing project results for improvement opportunities
Quality management of requirements analysis (particularly processes, methods, and tools)
Ensuring compliance with SERA requirements
Creating a cross-project test concept
Agreeing on sprint completion reports
Formal review of work results in accordance with requirements and/or the project plan
Contact person for internal audit, external audits by auditors, or BRH (Federal Court of Audit)
Technologies: JIRA, Confluence, MS Office, GitLab, Kubernetes
Björn A.
Last position:
Project Manager at DB InfraGO
Elevator emergency call reorganization project: Project to evaluate and define a new technical solution for connecting elevator emergency calls for all facilities of DB InfraGO passenger stations.
Objectives: Secure, redundant connection of all locations across Germany. Definition of the technical solution, documentation, subject-matter support and management of specialist and line organizations.
Identification and commissioning of technical solutions.
Management of documentation and approval of the technical solution in DB regulations.
Definition and tracking of the roadmap for describing the solution.
Preparation of a rollout plan to avoid shutdowns.
Coordination and implementation of decision proposals for steering committees.
Communication of the solution to all committees and regional areas.
Alfons G.
Last position:
Senior Migration Consultant / Technical Project Lead
Europe-wide re-platforming & centralization
- Independently created the migration concept and implementation plan for the Europe-wide centralization and consolidation of IT services for around 20 European companies as part of a re-platforming program.
- Migration assessment: analysis of the existing IT, infrastructure, application, and service landscapes of the companies as the basis for the migration strategy.
- Development of the centralized target vision and target architecture based on a modern technology stack, taking platform and containerization approaches into account.
- Design of a highly available central infrastructure in an active-active model across two data centers; consideration of cloud, infrastructure, application, CMDB, and IAM services.
- Development of the migration and transformation roadmap, including defining migration waves, dependencies, requirements, and priorities for the move from decentralized services to the central platform.
- Analysis of technical and organizational dependencies, identification of migration risks, and development of a structured approach for step-by-step migration and centralization.
- Creation of target, solution, and implementation views for each service domain; design of the end-to-end join-move-leave process as a blueprint for the European rollout (Jira/Jira Asset Management).
- Alignment of migration strategy and roadmap with European companies, management, IT, providers, and other stakeholders; presentation of the 12-month roadmap to the Managing Director Europe.
Bardiya B.
Last position:
Data Scientist at Rewe Digital GmbH
Statistical Forecasting Algorithm
- Improvement of an statistical probabilistic forecasting algorithm for sales + evaluation
- Migration from R/On-premise to Python/Snowflake
- Productionalization on Snowflake in cooperation with data engineers & DevOps
Monitoring Dashboard
- Data engineering for preparation & provisioning of necessary data/resources on Snowflake
- Development & deployment of a Streamlit dashboard in Snowflake
ML-based Probabilistic Forecasting on Vertex AI
- Development of a ML-based probabilistic forecasting algorithm from scratch
- Implementation of MLOps pipeline in Kubeflow on Google Cloud Vertex AI
Tech Stack: Python, Snowflake/Snowpark, R, Streamlit, Gitlab/Gitlab CICD, Terraform, Google Cloud, Vertex AI (aiplatform SDK, gcloud CLI, feature store, model registry, etc), kubeflow
Justina K.
Last position:
Freelance Consultant for Change & Data Transformation at Freelance Fast Data Consulting
Project, Strategic Consulting – building the Data Strategy and Data Governance Policy for the German branch, client (private bank Julius Bär, headquarters Zurich), March 2026 – present
- Design and negotiation of the data strategy with key stakeholders, including obtaining board sign-off (strategic consulting) – in this context, regulatory advice on data regulations in the EU and specifically for Germany. The data strategy includes: Data Lifecycle Management: data capture, data storage, data usage, data retention policy, data quality incident management
- Definition of milestones and technical feasibility for implementing TOM for the data strategy, data quality checks, metrics, and a metadata inventory to ensure the bank’s compliance with DORA, BCBS239, and MaRisk requirements.
Core project data change, client: (ING Bank, Frankfurt am Main), March – December 2025
- Concept development and solution design for new end-to-end processes including technical interfaces
- Definition of synchronization logic and data flows between legacy and target systems (decommissioning of legacy systems)
- Analysis and validation of data models
- Stakeholder communication with product owners, feature engineers, UX designers, and operational teams for decision-making
- Analytics and impact assessments, e.g. to assess downstream effects and regulatory requirements
- Documentation and comments on technical and business requirements to support implementation in agile squads
Project digitalization of a user group, client: (ING Bank, Frankfurt am Main), as Interim Product Owner, Jan 2025 – present
- Co-shaping key decisions on data architecture and process logic in the context of historized data and user login functionality
- Development of business solution concepts for migration to the target system, including system integration and data flows
- Support with analytics and impact analyses, especially regarding the ability to provide information to law enforcement authorities
- Active coordination with stakeholders from different squads to support decision-making and ensure regulatory requirements are met
- Creation of test scenarios for operational teams and backend systems in the area of API management using Postman and Bruno.
Jun J.
Last position:
Senior Business Analyst at MaSt Services GmbH & Co. KG
- Development, maintenance, and execution of „Regulatory Transaction Reporting“ (MiFIR & Dodd-Frank)
- Business and IT specification, testing, and business analysis in the banking systems environment of Summit, Murex, and Calypso, particularly in migration projects.
- Development, maintenance, and execution of P&L and risk reporting.
- Liaison between the business department and IT in an agile project environment.
Mario S.
Last position:
Expert in Web Analytics, Tag Management and Consent Management at Deutsche Bahn AG
- Conducting and evaluating web analyses
- Creating and editing tags and scripts in the area of tag management as well as banners and other client-side web elements in the area of consent management
- Technologies used in development: Tealium, JavaScript, IntelliJ, Git, Android Studio, Selenium, Appium, Adobe Analytics, Power Automate, Power App
Kersten J.
Last position:
IT Controlling, Interim Manager at Fresenius/Kabi
- Implementation of a “New Financial and Legal Models” as well as an IT Operating Model (ITOM)
- Structural improvement of cooperation between the IT organizations
- Increased transparency of IT costs
- Introduction of a global IT budget process
- Implementation of an invoicing process (SAP SD) for IT services, coordination of the teams
- Responsible IT headquarters controller
- Supporting a new CIO during the first months
Jörn B.
Last position:
Project Management and PMO at TANKKARTEN | PAYMENT
- Close collaboration with development teams to ensure alignment with project objectives
- Assessment of in-scope assets, creation of requirements, and support of the public tender process through the selection of a provider
- Creation and maintenance of UML sequence diagrams to document system interactions
- Extensive use of Agile/Scrum methodology and Spotify model
- Development and implementation of cutover and dress rehearsal plans together with the application managers
Mario P.
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager / Program Lead – Network Strategy 2030 at ALDB GmbH
- Holistic responsibility for modernizing and expanding federal networks and upgrading critical data center and telecom infrastructure in the high-security agency environment of BDBOS
- Planning and management of the expansion of national BOS network infrastructure in the VS-NfD/KRITIS environment with technical decision authority at the architecture and component level (Cisco, Layer 2/3, WAN redundancy)
- Planning, tendering (EVB-IT/UVgO) and oversight of the upgrade of security-critical telecom infrastructure for emergency call 110/112 (ACD)
- Capacity planning, rack integration, structured cabling, power supply, cooling concept (CRAC/In-Row) and DCIM monitoring for data center expansion
- Building the IT department from scratch: structures, governance, processes, team recruiting, vendor selection and long-term IT strategy
- Planning and managing infrastructure and application migrations: migration strategies, batch planning, hypercare stabilization and rollback concepts
- Creating vendor-neutral specifications (telecom systems, signature solutions) according to EVB-IT and UVgO; contract award and vendor management
- Setting up a secure IT environment according to BSI basic protection, ISO 27001 and VS-NfD; developing IT security concepts and CMDB analyses
- Hands-on program leadership: decision papers for management and steering committees, risk management, reporting and change request control
Svyetoslav P.
Last position:
CTO at Skar Audio
- Main developer in an online retail company
- Built an online shop using the Next.JS React framework
- Integrated the site with dozens of third-party apps using REST and GraphQL APIs
- Built a backend for order management, warehouse management (with iPhone app), and supply management
- Automated invoicing and finances with QuickBooks
Dimitrij N.
Last position:
Logistics Designer / Network Designer at Deutsche Bahn Cargo
- Requirements analysis, design, and development of a product for freight logistics (dispatching, planning, timetable and network optimization)
- Documentation of technical focus areas and support with acceptance and integration testing
- DBMS-agnostic modeling and mathematical algorithms for optimization with solver integration (Gurobi, Cplex, Coin-OR)
- Implementation of service layer, automated testing, and integration with third-party systems
Anand R.
Last position:
Freelancer Scrum Master, Mentor and Strategist at Confidential Fintec Startup
- Provided coaching and support to Scrum teams to adopt and implement agile practices effectively
- Analyzed business requirements and identified IT solutions to support business goals
- Evaluated existing IT systems and processes to identify optimization opportunities
- Managed stakeholder relationships and coaching
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies and ensured adherence to Scrum principles and practices
- Identified and implemented lean startup process optimizations to improve efficiency and effectiveness of development and business processes
- Developed and monitored daily business strategies to ensure development goals were met
- Developed and implemented OKR strategies to align team goals with company objectives
- Tools/Methodology: Jira, Confluence, Miro, PowerBI, team building & mentoring, conflict resolution, impediment resolution
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Statistics of experts using VBA
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
20 years (Germany: 22 years)
Position duration
1.9 years (Germany: 3 years)
Positions per freelancer
15
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Business Intelligence
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
91% (Germany: 89%)
Master's degree or higher
65% (Germany: 58%)
Doctorate
6% (Germany: 7%)
Certifications per freelancer
4 (Germany: 3)
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 98%)
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 Frankfurt 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 Frankfurt using VBA
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.
VBA 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 (87%)
- Banking and Finance (74%)
- Professional Services (51%)
- Healthcare (41%)
- Transportation (41%)
- Manufacturing (41%)
- Retail (41%)
- Automotive (38%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What VBA does
VBA, or Visual Basic for Applications, is Microsoft’s scripting language for automating tasks inside Excel, Access, Word, Outlook and other Office applications. It turns repetitive manual work into controlled workflows, from importing data to producing formatted reports and sending tailored emails.
Common deliverables
VBA specialists create practical tools that fit existing Office processes rather than forcing a company onto a new stack.
- Excel workbooks with formulas, forms, validation and automated reporting
- Access databases with queries, forms, macros and permission-aware workflows
- Outlook automations for email, calendars, attachments and approvals
- Data imports and exports using CSV, XML, SQL and structured Office files
Ecosystem and skills
Strong VBA work includes more than writing macros. Professionals understand the Excel object model, UserForms, events, error handling and workbook security, while also working with Power Query, SQL, APIs and Microsoft 365 where the solution requires them. Familiarity with COM, Office add-ins and Windows-based business systems helps when VBA must connect to other tools.
When companies need support
Freelance expertise is useful when an important workbook has become difficult to maintain, when a reporting process depends on manual copying, or when an internal team needs a safe automation layer around established Office files. Frankfurt companies often use this support across finance, manufacturing, logistics, insurance and professional services, with remote collaboration or on-site workshops depending on data access and process complexity.
Signs of quality
A reliable specialist makes the result understandable and maintainable, not just fast to build.
- Maps the business process before changing a workbook or database
- Separates interface, calculations, data access and configuration
- Handles errors, empty inputs, changing file paths and version differences
- Documents the solution and provides a clear handover
- Tests performance, permissions and recovery with realistic data
Choosing the right specialist
Ask for examples of comparable Excel or Access work, but assess the reasoning behind each solution. The right professional can explain trade-offs between VBA, Power Query, Office Scripts, Power Automate and a dedicated application. For Frankfurt teams, clarify German or English communication, on-site access needs, data protection procedures and who will own the code after delivery.
Frequently asked questions
Curious about VBA? Here are the answers that come up again and again.
VBA is typically used to automate Microsoft Office tasks, especially in Excel and Access. Companies use it for reporting, data preparation, document generation, email workflows, database forms and integrations with SQL systems or other Windows applications.
VBA is strong when automation must control desktop Office files, UserForms, events or legacy workbooks. Power Query is often better for repeatable data transformation, Office Scripts suit browser-based Excel automation, and Power Automate fits cloud workflows and approvals; a strong specialist chooses based on data location, security and maintenance needs.
A capable Visual Basic for Applications specialist often brings Excel modeling, SQL, Power Query, UserForms and Microsoft 365 knowledge. Experience with APIs, COM, XML, CSV handling and Windows permissions is valuable when Office automation must exchange data with other systems.
The right level for a VBA project depends on its risk and scope, not simply on the size of the workbook. A simple macro may need focused implementation, while a business-critical tool calls for someone who can review legacy code, design tests, document dependencies and plan a safe handover.
Excel VBA work can usually be delivered remotely when the specialist receives safe sample files, clear process rules and access to the required environments. On-site sessions in Frankfurt can help with restricted systems, stakeholder workshops or observing manual processes, while sensitive production data should remain controlled by the company.
Look for a VBA professional who asks about users, data sources, Office versions, security and future maintenance before proposing a solution. Review code samples or a technical walkthrough, and confirm that testing, documentation, error handling and ownership of the finished files are included.
Microsoft Office VBA remains useful for maintaining established Excel and Access solutions when replacing them would disrupt daily operations. A careful specialist can refactor fragile macros, remove hidden dependencies, improve performance and define a gradual path toward newer tools where that offers a clear benefit.
Reliable VBA automation validates inputs, handles missing files and unexpected values, records useful errors and avoids hard-coded paths where possible. It should also protect sensitive sheets and connections, work across the company’s supported Office setup, and include documentation that another professional can follow.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used VBA in their recent projects is 107 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 855 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used VBA in their recent projects, 91% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 65% hold at least a Master's degree, and 6% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used VBA 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 Frankfurt, Germany who have used VBA in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (33%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used VBA in their recent projects are Information Technology (87%), Banking and Finance (74%), and Professional Services (51%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used VBA in their recent projects are Information Technology (92%), Project Management (79%), and Business Intelligence (67%).
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