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IT Consultant: salary 2026 at a glance

Salary at a glance: this is what IT Consultant earn in Germany – from 180 job ads with a stated salary and 64 salary data sets.

Median, gross

€57,922

€39,656 lower 10 % €86,049 upper 10 %

How salaries are distributed

Each column = number of salary figures per €5,000 band · basis 244

  • Between lower and upper 10 % (€39,656 – €86,049)
  • Edges

Salary rises with experience

Median and middle 50 % per level · jobs + data sets

€50,000

Junior

46,000 – 53,500

39 values

€59,500

Mid-level

52,000 – 66,500

+19 % · 151 values

€65,500

Senior

57,000 – 75,000

+31 % · 32 values

€67,000

Lead/Principal

61,500 – 71,000

+34 % · 16 values

Salary by federal state

Median of the salary data sets for IT Consultant per federal state. The samples are small here – read the figures as a trend, not a guarantee.

  1. Berlin €66,500 n = 7
  2. Baden-Württemberg €65,500 n = 5
  3. Bavaria €65,500 n = 5
  4. Hesse €65,000 n = 5
  5. North Rhine-Westphalia €57,000 n = 7
  6. Rhineland-Palatinate €56,500 n = 5
  7. Hamburg €55,500 n = 5
  8. Schleswig-Holstein €53,500 n = 5
  9. Lower Saxony €53,500 n = 4
  10. Saarland €52,500 n = 4
  11. Brandenburg €50,500 n = 4
  12. Thuringia €50,000 n = 4
  13. Saxony €49,500 n = 4

Remote, hybrid or on site?

Median from job ads for IT Consultant per work model

Hybrid

€55,500

€51,000 – €61,000

76 jobs

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On site

€63,000

€52,500 – €69,500

94 jobs

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What a skill is worth

Median of jobs with the technology compared with jobs without – both groups at least 20 jobs

  • Java +0.9 % €59,000 n = 20

Centre = same salary as jobs without the technology · bars up to ±5 %

Open positions as IT Consultant

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Duales Studium / Junior IT Consultant (m/w/d) Gelsenkirchen · On site Salary not stated
IT-Consultant & Projektmanager (m/w/d) Digitale Transformation Gießen · On site Salary not stated
Junior IT-Consultant (w/m/d) Aachen · Hybrid €36,000 – €50,000 below median
IT-Administrator, IT-Consultant (m/w/d) Leverkusen · On site €35,000 – €50,000 below median
IT-Consultant Wireless Network (w/m/d) Krefeld · Hybrid €42,000 – €60,000 below median
System Engineer / IT-Consultant – Citrix NetScaler (m/w/d) Regensburg · Hybrid €48,000 – €78,000 above median

IT Consultant: job profile and outlook

IT consultants advise companies on the planning and implementation of IT strategies, digitalisation projects and technology transformations. They analyse existing IT landscapes, identify optimisation potential and develop customised solution concepts. As external experts, they contribute cross-industry expertise and best practices to customer projects. The requirements for IT consultants are diverse: in addition to sound technical knowledge, they are expected to have strong analytical skills, presentation skills and the ability to communicate complex issues in an understandable way. Industry expertise, project management experience and certifications in relevant technologies or frameworks such as TOGAF, ITIL or cloud platforms significantly increase the market value. Salaries for IT consultants are above average and increase significantly with experience, specialisation and seniority. Large consulting firms such as McKinsey Digital, Accenture and Capgemini offer structured career paths with attractive remuneration packages. Specialised IT consultancies and freelance consultancy work also offer high income opportunities, with career paths leading from Junior Consultant to Senior Consultant and Manager to Partner or Director. After a few years, many IT consultants move into industry positions as CTO, Head of IT or Digital Transformation Lead. The consulting experience provides an excellent basis for a variety of career paths in the entire IT sector.

Similarly paid roles

Same axis – directly comparable

€30,000 – €90,000 · bar = lower to upper 10 %, line = median

How we calculate

  • Sources: job ads with a stated salary that are assigned to a role, plus recorded salary data sets. Currently 6,380 active IT jobs state their salary.
  • Range: lower 10 % to upper 10 % (P10–P90), so that individual outliers do not shift the limits. The median splits the values into two equal halves.
  • Plausible: only gross annual salaries between €15,000 and €250,000; placeholders and monthly values are excluded.
  • Calculator: role median × experience factor × federal state factor. The factors come from 4,290 salary data sets – each as a ratio to the median of its role, so the mix of roles does not distort them.
  • Minimum size: breakdowns by skill, city and work model only appear from 20 values; every figure states its basis.

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