Visual Studio Daily Rates in Germany

Compare the average daily rate of a freelance Visual Studio expert with related technologies and cities in Germany, calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.

Among the 1 related technologies compared, average daily rates range from:

760 € for Microsoft Visual C++

Visual Studio averages:

732 € per day

Microsoft Visual C++

110 220 330 440 550 660 770 €/day

What the benchmark shows

With an average daily rate of 732 €, Visual Studio is currently the most affordable entry into this field — every specialisation compared averages more, typically because a narrower cut of the same skill set meets a smaller pool of available freelancers.

Location shifts the picture as well: across the cities in Germany, average daily rates differ by up to 131 € — around 18% of the countrywide average. Dense metropolitan markets usually carry a premium over the national rate, smaller ones a discount; the chart below shows where each city lands.

Among the 11 cities compared, average daily rates range from:

642 € for Leipzig → 773 € for Cologne

Countrywide average:

732 € per day

Cologne Frankfurt Dusseldorf Munich Stuttgart Berlin Essen Hamburg Dortmund Nuremberg Leipzig

110 220 330 440 550 660 770 €/day

Frequently asked questions

What clients ask us most about Visual Studio — answered in short.

The average daily rate for Visual Studio in Germany is 732 € with a median of 720 €, based on an 8-hour working day — that corresponds to an average of 91 € per hour.

Based on the average daily rate of 732 €, a full-time month of 21 working days corresponds to about 15,365 € — the underlying hourly rate is 91 €.

The average of 732 € sits about 12 € per day above the median of 720 € (91 € versus 90 € per hour): a smaller number of high-priced specialists pulls the average up, while the median marks the typical middle of the market — half of the freelancers charge less, half charge more.

Between Leipzig (642 €) and Cologne (773 €) the difference is about 131 € per day, roughly 16 € per hour — around 18% of the countrywide average of 732 €.

Cologne shows the highest average of the 11 cities compared, at 773 € per day (97 € per hour) — about 6% above the countrywide average of 732 €.

Leipzig shows the lowest average of the cities compared, at 642 € per day (80 € per hour) — about 12% below the countrywide average of 732 €.

Microsoft Visual C++ currently averages 760 € per day (95 € per hour), about 29 € per day above the rate for Visual Studio.

None of the related technologies compared averages less — at 732 € per day (91 € per hour), Visual Studio is already the most affordable option in this comparison.

All figures are calculated live from the hourly rates of the freelancers on FRATCH matched to Visual Studio and its related technologies and locations; daily rates assume an 8-hour working day. The average is a weighted mean with outliers trimmed, the median is the middle value of the individual rates, and both refresh continuously as freelancer profiles change.