ABAP Experts in Switzerland
from over 15,000 CVs with precise AI matchingHire experts who extend SAP S/4HANA and ECC, build reliable business workflows, and integrate enterprise data through APIs and IDocs. FRATCH matches you quickly with vetted, available freelancers whose ABAP skills fit your project.
Meet FRATCH Experts in Switzerland, who have recently used ABAP
Alexander S.
Last position:
Senior ABAP-OO Developer at Die Schweizerische Post AG
"ZLF – Future Billing Solution"
Cross-module S/4HANA
- Technical consulting and development in the area of S/4 Master Data Governance (MDG-BP)
- Various developments in HR-BP integration, order-to-cash, SAP CAR analytics data modeling, interfaces from and to third-party systems. (native HANA, CDS, RAP, Fiori Elements, OData)
Razvan-Mihail I.
Last position:
Senior SAP EWM Implementation Consultant at Hoffman Roche
- Processes re-engineering (Outbound for production, Inbound from production, Putaway in different temperature controlled areas)
- Re-implementation of the outbound process for Basel’s warehouse
- RF functionalities workshops and RF implementation
- Kit-to-order process implementation with VAS order
- Customer-Vendor integration customizing
- Re-configuration of the integration model
- Testing coordinator and trainer for key users
Frank G.
Last position:
Project Lead at Flamingo Med Solutions
- Led the founding of a startup for AI-based consulting products for dental practices.
- Developed and launched PraxisScore, a data-driven consulting product for economic analysis and corporate consulting of dental practices.
- Held full responsibility for technical implementation, AI integration, and structured startup setup from product idea to public launch at IDS 2025 in under three months.
Patrick N.
Last position:
SAP Real Estate Expert at RKW SE
- Compliance with IFRS 16 for all group companies
- Achieve efficiency gains through a centralized and standardized process and save time thanks to a single source of information
- Automatic calculation and posting of IFRS 16 and other relevant journals
- Simulations / planning of positions regarding rent/leasing (vehicles, equipment, real estate, etc.)
- Coordination of service fees, benchmarking, scheduling, etc.
Ferdinand W.
Last position:
SAP EWM MFS Consultant & Power Key User at Rotenberger Group
- Module support SAP EWM MM/SD PP (advanced production based) S/4 HANA
- Design of S/4 HANA requirements in warehousing and logistics environment during the explore phase
- Support of S/4 requirements in the build phase
- Execution of S/4 customizing: EWM (50%), SD (15%), MM (20%), PP (15%)
- Support in the implementation and continuous optimization of SAP
- Analysis and resolution of issues and findings in SAP EWM
- Handling of change requests
- Creation of test cases and test data
- Execution of functional and integration testing
- Support in creating training documents for S/4 HANA
- SAP support 1st & 2nd level
- IDOC message queues monitoring
- Troubleshooting system errors (using the ABAP debugger)
- Resolving inventory differences between ERP and EWM
- POSc & LOSC process for outbound & inbound
- Rules-based Implementation
- Packspec
- Consolidation group for handling units
- EWM-MFS configuration: WH/PLC interface type, Telegram type, Telegram structure, Warehouse task/warehouse order, Resource (Scanner, Sensor, Drives), PLC/CPU, Signal, Telegram, Communication channel customizing, Interleaving activation, Sequence number, Routing LOSC, Initiation point, Rearranging HUs in multi-depth storage bins, MFS putaway strategy
Marco C.
Last position:
Global Process Owner Business Intelligence at Interroll SA
- Cover the role of Global Process Owner of the Business Intelligence area and contribute to designing the Data Strategy
- Responsible for the global BI platform based on SAP BW4/HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud, Datasphere, Analysis for Office and Power BI
- Collaborate with the FICO team due to acquired skills in this area
- Work closely with the business worldwide to build dashboards, data models and reports to provide useful insights
- Coordinate international analytics teams as project manager and report project progress to the Board
- Participated in the two-year S/4 implementation project with SAP Switzerland, coordinating the SAP implementation team in Portugal and ensuring go-live with all dashboards and reports working and data matched S/4
- Managed BI projects in Sales, Finance, Global KPIs, Manufacturing and Purchasing as project manager; developed and coded when necessary
- Led the migration of reports from BusinessObjects and Lumira to Analysis for Office and BW4/HANA
- Developed Spend Analytics data models and dashboards to analyze purchasing across 30+ entities, achieving 8% savings on purchasing volume and increased group profitability
- Defined data strategy for the group
- Created the global Business Intelligence site on Viva Engage, published stories and built the BI website containing links to training, BI directive list of reports and dashboards
- Created success stories as business use cases, published on Viva Engage
- Led the Business Intelligence function globally, coordinating BI development teams in Switzerland and abroad
- Personally developed data models, reports and dashboards
- Involved in privacy and security topics to guarantee correct compliance of data management
- Coded using different programming languages
- Managed more than 15 BI projects over 5 years using agile methodology, delivered on time, on budget and on quality
- Wrote the BI directive on correct usage of BI tools in the company
Peter B.
Last position:
Workstream Lead Order-to-Cash at Schaeffler AG
- Workstream Lead Order-to-Cash for Deloitte Consulting in the discovery phase for the “Vehicle Lifecycle Solutions” business unit in the S/4 HANA transformation program S4us
Christoph W.
Last position:
System Architect / System Engineer / Programmer at Deutsche Vermögensberatung (DVAG)
- Create requirements for the modularization of the promotion forecast.
- Set up and expand the various competitions for 2024.
- Customize and test the CICS dialog.
- Create various reports for the department using SQL.
- Implement and test new requirements in batch processes with IWS.
- Update documentation for the new requirements.
- Provide on-call support for daily and monthly production.
- Technologies used: SCRUM, Jira, Confluence, Windows 11, Unix, Enterprise Developer, z/OS, GIT, Mineral, Moped, IWS/TWS, JES, COBOL, CICS, DB2, SQL, Rocket, FortiClient, Citrix.
David P.
Last position:
Asset Accounting Support at Bank Julius Bär
Supporting the business department in the design of depreciation areas.
Reconciling the depreciation areas to the ledgers.
Sibylle H.
Last position:
SAP ABAP-OO Development (cross-module) at Asendia
- Creation of interfaces for transferring SD orders and customer master data (including various protocols and the ability to handle erroneous data)
- Analysis and adjustment of existing programs due to infrastructure change
- SOAP and REST API for creating customer master data from SugarCRM
- REST APIs in JSON (SD orders, invoices, payments, PDF forms)
- Log program for REST APIs
- Creation of various invoice forms in 8 languages including document links, email delivery, PDF generation
- Provision of data for the data warehouse
- Various user exits and enhancements in SD and FI
- Intercompany sales order creation, program for creating credit memos (uploads from Excel and from the server)
- Reports (VAT, sales orders, invoices)
- Correction program for CO data
- Support for various interfaces, notes, etc.
- Enhancement for IDoc INVOIC02
- Upload program for XML files (Rydoo) to post cash receipts into FI (FB01)
- Creation of dunning forms in various languages (Smartforms and Adobe including email delivery)
- Account statement program (ALV displaying postings, sending to debtors via email using Smartform as PDF)
Doris N.
Last position:
Expert Consultant at multiprovider gmbh/ASC GmbH/all for one Group
DWH development (backend) for SRG (2022)
Media: redesign of the HR data model to prepare migration to BW/4HANA
Support and training for HR and controlling reporting solutions
Technologies: SAP BW/4HANA, SAP BW on HANA 7.5, SAP HCM, SAP CO, SAP FI, IBCS, SAP Lumira Design Studio, Graphomate, SAP Fiori Launchpad
DWH development (frontend) for Constellium (2017)
Redesigned reporting according to IFRS 17 standard
Conceptualized and implemented improvements and automated migration programs
Project "Market & Audience Research": blueprint and implementation of BW on HANA data models and reporting based on SAP ERP and third-party data (extraction using CDS views)
Proof of concept reporting with SAC, Microsoft Power BI, SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio
Proof of concept replacement of Broadcaster with BO Scheduling
Project "Adamant – Profitability Analysis": blueprint and implementation of BW on HANA data models and reporting with Design Studio using data from SAP CO-PA
Technologies: SAP BW 7.5, SAP BEX Analyzer, SAP BEx Broadcaster, SAP ABAP, SAP BCS, SAP HANA native, Mediapulse, R, REST-API, Confluence, MS Power BI, SAP SAC, SAP BO Design Studio, SAP BO Scheduling and Publications XI 3.0, SAP Lumira Design Studio
Nenad T.
Last position:
Contractor at Swisscom
- SAP Data Designer ETL, SQL Server, Docker for PharmaSuisse Data Warehouse Application (Application Manager and Developer)
- SAP Business Objects, ABAP on SAP HANA for the Police of the Canton of Bern (Application Manager and Developer)
- Avaloq Connectors to SAP BW for Banque Cantonale de Fribourg
Sven M.
Last position:
SAP BW development and consulting, ongoing support, international industrial company at Rafi Berg
- Extension of the planning application for annual and rolling planning
- Improvements for navigation and filtering with master data
- Administration of the planning InfoProvider: selective deletion of unneeded data, generation of zero records
- Fixing issues from the open items list
- Technologies: SAP BW, SAP BW-IP, SAP SD
Discover over 15,000 top freelancers
Statistics of experts using ABAP
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
23 years
Position duration
1.4 years
Positions per freelancer
23
Top business areas
Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Finance
Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Transportation
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
75%
Master's degree or higher
75%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Switzerland are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
Discover detailed ABAP rate benchmarks:
Explore rate insightsAverage rates of experts in Switzerland using ABAP
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 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
ABAP 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 (92%)
- Manufacturing (85%)
- Transportation (77%)
- Banking and Finance (62%)
- Government and Administration (62%)
- Food and Beverage (54%)
- Healthcare (54%)
- Professional Services (54%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
ABAP in SAP systems
ABAP, short for Advanced Business Application Programming, is SAP’s programming language for business applications and processes. It runs inside the SAP application server and supports custom reports, transactional logic, forms, data services and extensions. Companies use it across finance, procurement, manufacturing, logistics and human resources.
S/4HANA and ECC work
ABAP specialists work with both SAP S/4HANA and SAP ERP Central Component (ECC), adapting solutions to each system’s data model and release strategy. Modern projects often use clean-core principles, while established environments may require careful enhancement of existing custom code. They help protect upgrades, performance and maintainability.
Tools and ecosystem
The ABAP ecosystem includes ABAP Development Tools in Eclipse, SAP GUI, CDS views, AMDP, OData services and the RAP model. Strong specialists also understand transports, authorizations, debugging, testing and SAP integration patterns. Depending on the project, adjacent knowledge may include Fiori, SAPUI5, SQL, APIs, IDocs and cloud services.
- Custom reports, forms and workflows
- CDS views, OData services and RAP applications
- Enhancements, migrations and custom-code remediation
- Interfaces using IDocs, APIs and middleware
When freelance expertise helps
Companies often bring in freelance ABAP expertise during S/4HANA transformations, ECC modernization, rollouts and integration work. External support is useful when a team must resolve production defects, improve slow processes or replace knowledge of a critical legacy solution. In Switzerland, remote collaboration can work well, while workshops, testing and cutover may call for on-site coordination.
Signs you need support
A project benefits from focused ABAP expertise when business rules are buried in custom code or when changes risk disrupting core SAP processes. Clear documentation, reliable tests and a defined extension strategy are essential before major releases. Language expectations should be agreed early for collaboration with business teams in Switzerland.
- Custom code blocks an SAP upgrade
- Interfaces fail across SAP and external systems
- Business processes need traceable extensions
- Performance issues affect critical transactions
What strong specialists deliver
Strong ABAP professionals begin with the business process, not only the code. They separate custom logic from the SAP standard where possible, choose suitable extension points and explain trade-offs clearly. Their deliverables may include tested programs, CDS models, services, forms, technical documentation and a controlled transport path. They also leave teams with maintainable solutions rather than isolated fixes.
Frequently asked questions
Curious about ABAP? Here are the answers that come up again and again.
ABAP is used to extend SAP applications and automate business processes. Freelance specialists create reports, forms, workflows, interfaces, services and custom applications for areas such as finance, procurement, manufacturing and logistics.
ABAP is designed for logic that runs close to SAP business data and processes, while Java and JavaScript are often chosen for external services, user interfaces or broader application architectures. The right choice depends on the extension model, integration boundary, performance needs and the SAP system’s upgrade strategy.
A capable ABAP freelancer may also work with CDS views, OData, RAP, SQL, IDocs, APIs and SAP authorization concepts. Fiori, SAPUI5, Eclipse-based development and integration middleware are valuable when the work includes modern user experiences or connected systems.
The required depth of ABAP expertise depends on the deliverable and the risk of the system being changed. A report may need focused knowledge, while an S/4HANA migration, core-process extension or performance investigation calls for strong understanding of data models, transports, testing and SAP operations.
ABAP work is often suitable for remote collaboration through controlled development, testing and transport processes. Swiss projects may still benefit from on-site workshops for requirements, business-process validation or cutover, and teams should agree on working language and access procedures at the start.
ABAP remains relevant in both SAP ECC and S/4HANA, but the recommended approach differs. ECC work may focus on established enhancements and custom code, while S/4HANA projects usually place more emphasis on clean-core extensions, CDS, released interfaces and the RAP model.
Look for a ABAP specialist who can explain business impact, extension choices and upgrade risks in clear terms. Review examples of tested code, documentation, performance analysis, transport discipline and collaboration with functional teams rather than judging only by familiarity with syntax.
An ABAP specialist should clarify the SAP release, system landscape, development tools, transport route, integration points and authorization model. They should also understand the business process, acceptance criteria, existing custom code and whether the goal is a quick correction, a durable extension or a wider transformation.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used ABAP in their recent projects is 120 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 963 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used ABAP in their recent projects, 75% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 75% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used ABAP in their recent projects have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used ABAP in their recent projects are English (100%), German (92%), and French (54%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used ABAP in their recent projects are Information Technology (92%), Manufacturing (85%), and Transportation (77%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used ABAP in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Business Intelligence (69%), and Finance (69%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used ABAP
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.
Countries:
Zurich Geneva Basel Bern Request a free demo
Get in touch with the FRATCH team and we will get back to you within 4 hours.
Would you rather directly get in touch?
We always have the time for a call or email!
Philipp Thomaschewski
FRATCH CEO
