ABAP Experts in Germany
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Matthias Bullmahn
Last position:
Member at Rotary – Passport Club Werderscher Markt
Egon Maier
Last position:
SAP S/4HANA Integration Consultant – MES / Siemens Opcenter Integration at Metso Corporation
- Supported an integration project between SAP S/4HANA and a MES / Siemens Opcenter system via Azure Middleware.
- Responsible for SAP-side analysis, mapping and provisioning of relevant data objects such as material master data, production orders and process orders using SAP standard APIs and OData services.
- SAP-side mapping for Material Master, Production Orders and Process Orders
- Usage of API_PRODUCT, API_PRODUCTION_ORDER_2_SRV and API_PROCESS_ORDER_2_SRV
- Consideration of SAP S/4HANA Advanced Available-to-Promise for order confirmation, production availability and downstream MES execution
- Support for SAP Gateway and OData service topics
- Interface coordination between SAP S/4HANA, Azure Middleware and MES / Siemens Opcenter
- Support for testing, monitoring and error analysis
- Worked with BTC Cockpit and Deloitte ASADEV Tool
Abhishek Sharma
Last position:
Business Process Manager / SAP FICO Owner at Dynapac GmbH
- Defined S/4HANA finance solution architecture and led full project lifecycle — Blueprint through Hypercare — for global rollout.
- Designed global finance templates and COPA characteristics, harmonizing financial reporting across business units.
- Implemented role-based authorizations, SOD controls, and master data governance; managed provisioning and training for 200+ users.
- Coordinated cross-module integrations (MM, SD, PP) and third-party systems (Salesforce, SAP DRC, E-Invoicing), reducing month-end close from 5 days to 2 days.
- Prepared functional specifications, supported ABAP development, and drove problem management practices that reduced recurring incidents.
Kyu-Wang Lee
Last position:
Software Architect & Lead Software Engineer at Landesamt für Steuern Niedersachsen
The goal of BIENE is to provide a uniform program for tax collection for all states.
In tax collection, the aim is to collect the assessed taxes. This includes handling due dates, documenting incoming and outgoing payments, triggering reminders or refunds. Statute of limitations and payment reminders also play an important role. All payment transactions with banks and accounting are mapped in BIENE.
Setting up the architecture and coordinating the provisioning of development and test environments at the Hanover location
Installing and configuring environments on Linux servers (Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL)
Interface tasks: coordinating and aligning the integration of software products from other departments and their test data
Upgrading application server, JDK, Maven project structure
Environment coordination and build management
Implementing external interfaces
Implementing business requirements
Designing and implementing RESTful APIs and OpenAPI specifications
Designing and implementing microservice architecture
Setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
Deploying applications on OpenShift
Creating technical documentation and diagrams
Working with SQL databases (Oracle and PostgreSQL)
Setting up authentication and authorization for the application and users
Containerizing the application (automated deployment via CI/CD pipeline)
Siva Krishnamurthy
Last position:
SAP S/4 HANA Workstream Lead (PP/ QM/ePPDS) at SIKA AG
- Functional responsibility for the SAP PP stream within an S/4HANA Global Template rollout in PP/QM/ePPDS
- Leading fit-gap workshops with Production, Supply Chain, and Quality Management
- Master data migration in PP & QM (routing, bills of material, work centers, production versions, capacities, inspection plans)
- Work center - shift group integration in capacity planning
- PP- EWM, MES(BDE) & IBP integration
- Responsibility for solution design, customizing, testing, cutover, and go-live in PP
- Replacement of LMPC with ePPDS
Guido Bäcker
Last position:
Independent Management Consultant and Interim Manager at BCTC Unternehmensberatung Guido Bäcker
Consulting, training, and coaching in the financial sector on strategy, organization, and IT topics
MorgenFund: Advising the operator of a fund platform on software selection for a sub-ledger "Cash Accounts" based on Virtual IBANs (VIBAN)
Structuring requirements, market screening, creating RfIs, communicating with vendors, and conducting the selection process
UniCredit/HypoVereinsbank: Workstream lead "Booking and Customer Reporting" in the payment transformation project "PULS"
Business analysis, creating business requirements and aligning solution items as part of the functional specification with the bank's IT service providers
Business analysis of SEPA CT and SWIFT MX (.camt, .pain, and .pacs formats), change management, team lead for a virtual team of fifteen line experts, and stakeholder management
equensWorldline Germany: Program management for three projects of the SWIFT service bureau (CBPR+, ESMIG, and Euro1Step1 migration) as part of the SWIFT MX migration
Managing individual project managers regarding overarching goals and requirements; reporting to internal and external committees and stakeholders; coordinating with dependent projects and programs
Project management/PMO: interim project management, stand-in for project managers, resource planning, budget and cost management, general PMO tasks
Diego Espinoza
Last position:
RPG Software Developer from RPG III to Free Format
- Development of software and system support for RPG development.
- Development, optimization and maintenance of programs in RPG (RPG II to ILE Free Format).
- Performing integration tasks, data management as well as applying and managing system updates.
- User support and training to ensure smooth system operation.
Philipp Dölker
Last position:
IT Architect & IT Product Manager at Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
- Optimization of software lifecycle processes for SAP platform apps (BTP CAP)
- Development of template MCP servers for S/4 CALM systems of Porsche AI (BTP)
- Design, development, and IT product management for two MS CoPilot custom agents supporting SAP systems (incl. MCP integration)
- Lead Center of Practice: AI-assisted ABAP development
- Initiation and coordination of the proof of concept implementation of conduct.ai
- Advising application teams on software and integration architecture, clean core principles and implementation, as well as AI use on the SAP platform
Peter Schordie
Last position:
SAP FI/CO/PSM consulting at Federal agency
- SAP ERP/ECC, SAP S/4 HANA
- Analysis and documentation of customizing for SAP FI/CO, PSM, PSCD
- Analysis, consulting, and documentation of S/4 HANA apps for defining and executing statutory reports
- Clarification of prerequisites for using the S/4 HANA apps to define and execute statutory reports
- Analysis and documentation of customizing for in-house developments
- Consulting on integration of SAP FI/CO as well as PSM, PSM-FM (budget management), contract accounts receivable and payable (PSCD)
- Consulting and documentation of customizing adjustments in SAP FI/CO, PSM, PSM-FM, PSCD for the introduction of new company codes and other organizational structures
- Consulting and documentation of necessary process adjustments
Wolfram Knan
Last position:
AI / Machine Learning Engineer (Projects & Applied AI) at UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHEON-SORBONNE & LIORA
- Designed and implemented a hybrid recommendation system (content-based + collaborative filtering)
- Built end-to-end ML pipelines including data processing, feature engineering, model training, and evaluation
- Developed RAG-based LLM systems using LangChain and vector databases for semantic search and knowledge retrieval
- Established MLOps workflows with MLflow for experiment tracking, versioning, and deployment readiness
- Implemented deep learning models (computer vision & classification) using PyTorch and TensorFlow
Kersten Scholz
Last position:
SAP SD Consultant – ECC E-Invoicing France at Mechanical Engineering, France
The main goal of the project was to link the ECC system to the French e-invoicing network. This includes ensuring compliance with national e-invoicing regulations and achieving e-reporting readiness for the digital transfer of transaction data.
Standardization of order management processes to achieve the required data quality and consistency.
Ensuring correct VAT determination through targeted developments (customizing and, if necessary, ABAP) in the SAP SD module to comply with EU tax regulations.
Design and configuration of the down payment process (Down Payments) in the SAP ECC system.
Fabio Nogueira
Last position:
SAP Logistics & Financials Coordinator at AirPlus International
- Leading technical SAP projects in FI/CO and logistics.
- Advanced ABAP analysis, debugging, and validation of complex integrations.
- Optimization of financial and logistics processes in S/4HANA environments.
- Responsibility for demand management, workshops, and technical solution architecture.
Michael Kremser
Last position:
Salesforce Architect
- Acting as the architect for the entire Service Cloud
- Translating functional requirements into user stories
- Technical design of service processes (After Sales, Complaint, Return Order, Email-to-Case, Case Routing, Sharing)
- Designed and implemented data models for service processes
- Bidirectional integration with SAP S/4HANA for service processes
- Conducted solution design reviews across the team (Service & Sales)
- Led consultants in sprints, supporting junior consultants
- Deployed with Git and SFDX (CI/CD), trained juniors (naming conventions, quality gate, flows)
- Supported and advised administrators (security, releases, bugs)
- Key-user training for rollout countries (Switzerland, Sweden)
- Developed LWC, flows (screen, record-triggered, platform event), APEX callouts, batch jobs
- Proof of concepts (knowledge base, entitlement, omnichannel)
- Test setup, execution, and bug analysis of implementations
Joseph Aligbe
Last position:
Senior SAP In-House Consultant, Plant-2-Stock at KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
- Engaged business stakeholder to define levels 1, 2 3 & 4 processes.
- Engaged stakeholders to model the As-IS & To-Be business processes in Seeds Processing, Quality Management onto SAP Signavio.
- Identified and highlighted integration points between plant-to-Stock processes and other process areas such as finance and controlling.
- Documented business requirements as user Stories in Jira and categorized each user story as either Gap or Fit.
- Configured and demonstrated Variant Configuration in SAP PP to process owners and stakeholders as proposed solution to satisfy business requirements.
- Proposed workarounds or enhancements to meet requirements that are categorized as gaps.
- Planned the Sprints for Plan-to-Stock, assign and monitor the progress being made in completing user Stories for the active Sprint.
- Created the following PP Variant Configuration master data: Class of Class type 300, Configurable material of material type KMAT, Material variants of material type FERT & assigned the KMAT material to each FERT Material Variant, Super BOM & linked the Super BOM of the configurable material to FERT material variants, Routing and Production version for KMAT material.
- Reviewed list of custom reports currently in use in ECC and identified S4Hana standard analytical reports that satisfies these custom reporting requirements.
Markus Jarasch
Last position:
Senior SAP ABAP Developer at BIBB - Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training
- Support for an SAP S/4HANA migration
- Adjustments and bug fixes in SAP CATS
- Technical stabilization of existing developments
- Code analysis and cleanup of custom ABAP developments
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Statistics of experts using ABAP
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years
Position duration
3 years
Positions per freelancer
17
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
86%
Master's degree or higher
52%
Doctorate
9%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
95%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Germany using ABAP
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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 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
SAP ABAP basics
ABAP, short for Advanced Business Application Programming, is the main language for many SAP systems. It is used to build business logic, reports, forms, interfaces, and enhancements that sit close to core ERP processes.
Typical ABAP work
- Custom reports and interactive lists
- Enhancements, exits, and user exits
- Interfaces with IDoc, RFC, and OData
- Forms, print output, and workflow logic
- Data fixes and performance tuning
Tooling and ecosystem
Strong ABAP specialists work across SAP GUI, ADT in Eclipse, transports, debugging tools, and the data dictionary. They also know how ABAP fits with S/4HANA, CDS views, BAPIs, and common SAP integration patterns.
When to bring in help
Companies bring in freelance ABAP experts when a release is blocked, a legacy report needs refactoring, or a new SAP module must be extended without breaking standard behavior. In Germany, this often matters for manufacturers, logistics firms, and other SAP-heavy teams that need precise work and clear handover.
What strong specialists do
Good professionals read existing code fast, trace issues through business logic, and keep changes small and safe. They understand transport landscapes, performance on large tables, and how to document work so internal teams can maintain it later.
How projects usually run
ABAP work can be remote or on-site, but access to the SAP landscape and business users is key. Many projects need close coordination with process owners, especially when requirements touch finance, supply chain, or custom interfaces. A strong expert asks about the release level, the custom code base, and the end-to-end process before writing anything.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about ABAP, in one place.
ABAP is used to build the custom logic around SAP standard processes. That includes reports, forms, validations, interfaces, enhancements, and data handling in systems such as SAP ERP and S/4HANA.
ABAP lives inside the SAP stack and is designed for business logic close to SAP data and processes. Java or JavaScript are often used around SAP, but ABAP is the better fit when the work must stay inside the SAP environment and follow SAP conventions.
A strong ABAP specialist can read old custom code, debug complex business logic, and protect standard SAP behavior. Look for practical experience with the data dictionary, transports, enhancements, and performance tuning, not just syntax knowledge.
The best ABAP experts usually understand SAP integration, CDS views, OData, IDoc, RFC, and sometimes Fiori or SAPUI5. For S/4HANA work, knowledge of modern ABAP patterns and clean data modeling is especially useful.
Yes, ABAP work is often remote if the expert has secure access to the SAP landscape and clear requirements. On-site time can still help during workshops, cutover phases, or when many process owners need to review the same change.
Not always, but ABAP work becomes risky when the change touches core finance, logistics, or shared interfaces. Small reports or straightforward enhancements may fit a mid-level specialist, while old custom code, performance issues, or migration work usually need deeper experience.
A good ABAP freelancer explains the change in business terms, not only technical terms. They should show clean transport discipline, careful debugging, and code that is easy for your internal team to maintain.
There is no real difference in practice: SAP ABAP and ABAP refer to the same language and development environment. People also use the full name Advanced Business Application Programming, especially in older SAP contexts.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used ABAP in their recent projects is 107 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 857 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used ABAP in their recent projects, 86% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 52% hold at least a Master's degree, and 9% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used ABAP in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used ABAP in their recent projects are German (99%), English (94%), and French (22%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used ABAP in their recent projects are Information Technology (87%), Professional Services (68%), and Manufacturing (66%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used ABAP in their recent projects are Information Technology (99%), Project Management (74%), and Quality Assurance (59%).
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