SAP Basis Expert in Germany
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Robert K.
Last position:
Interim Manager | Group Manager in the IT Operations & Digitalization division „Databases, Operations & Support" (DOS) at Landwirtschaftliche RentenBank
- Functional management and further development of a team of 28 IT employees (internal & external) in the areas of HelpDesk / HelpLine, RHEL (Red Hat), MUREX (trading system & applications), SAP basic operations
- Management of external service providers (including FI-TS for SAP basic operations)
- Personnel, resource and budget planning for the IT department and projects
- Introduction and establishment of regular communication formats (regular meetings, team and cross-departmental meetings)
- Ensuring application operations in a hybrid environment (Windows / Linux with database and web/application servers)
- Support for transformation projects to modernize the application landscape (e.g. DevOps approaches)
- Building and introducing digital IT procurement for hardware & software (e.g. with DELL)
- Development and management of the „IT Operations DOS" department based on the company strategy
- Preparation of management reports & decision papers on IT projects, optimization potential and automation opportunities
- Representing the department in Rentenbank committees and ensuring regulatory compliance (BaFin §44, DSGVO, BSI, MaRisk)
Tobias S.
Last position:
Project Manager SAP S/4 HANA Public Cloud at TIMETOACT Group
To achieve savings and optimize compliance, apps were restructured in line with the mappings in identity management, restrictions were defined and, above all, costs resulting from overuse were reduced. Communication with stakeholders, validation of authorizations with users and technical implementation in the SAP FI/CO and Sourcing & Procurement modules created significant added value for the group. This also included the corresponding documentation for the auditors.
Songül D.
Last position:
Freelance SAP BW Consultant at DKV Mobility Services
- Designed and implemented enhancements in SAP BW on HANA 7.5 in the context of CRM migration and S/4HANA and BW/4HANA transformation programs
- Migrated SAPI data sources to the ODP framework as part of the S/4HANA migration
- Delivered SAP ECC data to Snowflake using BW data models and Calculation Views for Power BI analytics
- Integrated SAP and non-SAP data sources (including MS Dynamics)
- Improved reporting transparency through consolidated data models
- Optimized data loading processes for FI-CO data sources, significantly improving load times and system performance
Karl-Heinz R.
Last position:
Supporting the further development of a European IT branch service organization (15 countries) at European retail company (discount retailer)
- Documenting the current Incident Management, IT Service Request Management, Problem Management, Change Management and Service Configuration Management processes (including CMDB)
- Conducting maturity assessments for these processes based on the ITIL® 4 Maturity Model
- Analyzing the various service value streams based on the ITIL® 4 value stream model
- Agreeing on maturity levels for the assessed processes
- Developing and approving a roadmap to achieve and measure the respective maturity levels
- Presenting the approach, including milestones, to management for approval
- Managing external service providers in 1st Level Support
Zlatko P.
Last position:
SAP BW/4 Hana Project Lead, Program and Application Manager at DB
- Project Argo: SAP BW/4 Hana Project Lead, Program and Application Manager, SAP BW/4 Hana Consultant, Architect and Developer.
- Migration of FI data models from SAP BW 7.x to BW/4 Hana.
- Review and implementation of the user and authorization concept.
- SAP S/4 Hana, SAP Basis, SAP BW/4 Hana data modeling and use of the SAP BW Migration Workbench.
- Use of Business Content, BAPI, BW/4 Hana, Hana Studio, HANA Views, Analytical Views, virtual tables and Hana Native SQL.
- Work with ADSO, Open ODS Views, Composite Provider, Hybrid Provider, SAP Solution Manager, Query Designer, Analysis for Office, Lumira and Fiori.
- Use of SAP SAC (Stories, Data Models, Data Analyzer, CDS Views), as well as application management and monitoring of process chains and load jobs.
Peter S.
Last position:
SAP FI/CO/PSM Consulting at Federal authority
- SAP ERP/ECC, SAP S/4 Hana
- Analysis and documentation of SAP FI/CO, PSM, PSCD customizing
- Analysis, consulting and documentation of S/4 Hana apps for defining and executing statutory reports
- Clarification of the prerequisites for using S/4 Hana apps to define and execute statutory reports
- Analysis and documentation of customizing for in-house developments
- Consulting on the integration of SAP FI/CO as well as PSM, PSM-FM (Funds Management), Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (PSCD)
- Consulting and documentation of customizing adjustments in SAP FI/CO, PSM, PSM-FM, PSCD when introducing new company codes and other organizational structures
- Consulting and documentation of necessary process adjustments
André S.
Last position:
IT Consultant SAP® Administration at Lechwerke AG (LEW)
- IT services for the administration of the SAP® systems NETZ/Sales, BW, Core, Portal
- Administration of SAP® authorizations and users via central user administration (ZBV) in SAP® Solution Manager
- Setup and further development of SAP® authorization roles
- Role assignment according to requests
- Creation, change, and deletion of users
- Incident handling and error analysis (e.g. authorization trace, debugging in test systems)
- Cooperation with the SAP® development team on new implementations and process changes
- Special tasks
- Execution of Privileged User Management (PUM) 2023–2025 using Security Bridge
- Decommissioning of the SAP® Core system and migration to S/4HANA
Sergo N.
Last position:
SAP Principal Consultant (RM-CA) at Vodafone GmbH
- Support in fit-gap analysis for three RM-CA systems focusing on sub-ledger reconciliation, dunning, and collections processes.
- Stakeholder management in international teams (business colleagues, IT colleagues, and external partners).
- Escalation and risk management (PM).
- Cost and budget calculation (PM).
- Support in shaping the strategic direction of the global collections system.
- Resolving technical challenges for the central collections system (multi-company operation).
- High-level design of the central AR system with focus on scalability and process harmonization.
Benjamin W.
Last position:
SAP Basis at IT Baden-Württemberg (BITBW)
- SAP Basis operations for complex SAP system landscapes (ABAP and Java stacks)
- Administration, monitoring, and optimization of SAP systems with regard to availability, performance, and stability
- Planning and execution of data center moves as well as migrations of SAP systems and databases
- Handling of incidents, changes, and problems according to ITIL processes, including root cause analyses
- Creation of technical concepts, operations documentation, and implementation plans
Technologies: SAP NetWeaver, ITIL processes, technical migrations
Oliver J.
Last position:
Project Management SAP S/4HANA, Business Consulting SAP S/4HANA at Schüco International
- SAP S/4HANA implementation
- Agile project & program management
- SAP S/4HANA main contact for business support for planning phase (Signavio, SolMan, Process Design Concepts)
Matthias K.
Last position:
Head of IT at Radeberger Gruppe KG
- New IT strategy and organizational model combined with the introduction of IT service management and SAP S/4 preliminary study
- Significant cost optimization in the areas of operating, license and outsourcing costs
- Implementation of an IT security strategy according to ISO 27001 and NIS-2
Tobias H.
Last position:
SAP Technology Expert / SAP BO Basis Administrator at Talanx AG/ HDI Versicherung
- Incident Management
- User management: creating, maintaining, and deactivating users as well as maintaining roles
- Updates and upgrades: planning and executing updates and upgrades
- Operations: performance analysis, daily monitoring, and applying SNotes
- Job management: creating, maintaining, and monitoring jobs
- Training of employees
- Development and extension of reports
- Development and extension of universes
- Technologies: SAP BusinessObjects (SAP BO 4.3), Oracle SQL Developer, SAP Information Design Tool, Octane
- Methods: Scrum
Martina T.
Last position:
MDM Support Specialist at Paul Hartmann AG
- Data entry according to specifications
- Master data maintenance in SAP SD environment
- Maintenance of prices in the SAP system
- Continuous data matching and error analysis
- Creating surveys/questionnaires with MS Forms
- Analysis and evaluation of results and data
- Creating simple workflows to automate processes
- Documentation
Roland K.
Last position:
SAP Consultant: Role Master Trainer at Kunde BeHaLa
- Developing and updating training programs on BP, SD, MM, PP topics according to the needs of the company and its employees.
- Creating and updating training materials such as presentations, manuals, and online resources.
- Identifying the team's training needs (TNA/TBA).
- Independently implementing a new company structure in RE-FX.
Tanja B.
Last position:
SAP Security Expert at Vaillant
- Analysis of the state of SAP systems and optimization of parameters in relation to security
- Analysis of authorization requirements and security risks
- SAP Security and Audit
- User and role administration
- Key user support, 2nd and 3rd level support
- Daily business SAP basis support: performance optimization, dump analysis, patches, updates, notes, troubleshooting, RFC, interfaces, connections
- Transport management, job and printer administration
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Statistics of experts using SAP Basis
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
26 years
Position duration
3.3 years
Positions per freelancer
21
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Business Intelligence
Bachelor's degree or higher
78%
Master's degree or higher
50%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
89%
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 Germany 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 Germany using SAP Basis
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.
SAP Basis 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 (89%)
- Professional Services (76%)
- Manufacturing (73%)
- Banking and Finance (65%)
- Retail (59%)
- Automotive (57%)
- Energy (46%)
- Healthcare (43%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
SAP system foundation
SAP Basis is the technical foundation for running SAP applications. It covers system installation, configuration, upgrades, monitoring, user administration, transport management and secure connectivity across development, quality and production environments. The work supports SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, BW, CRM and other enterprise workloads.
Core ecosystem
SAP Basis specialists work across ABAP and Java stacks, SAP HANA, SAP NetWeaver, Solution Manager, SAP Cloud ALM and SAProuter. Their toolkit may include profiles, work processes, RFC destinations, batch jobs, transports, kernel components and database administration. Strong knowledge of Linux, Windows Server, networking, identity management and backup practices adds practical value.
Typical delivery work
- Install, configure and refresh SAP systems
- Plan migrations, upgrades and SAP S/4HANA conversions
- Tune HANA databases, work processes and system capacity
- Manage transports, clients, jobs, interfaces and certificates
- Set up monitoring, backup, recovery and high availability
These deliverables keep business processes available and make changes traceable. They often span several connected systems and external services.
When companies need help
Companies bring in freelance SAP Basis expertise during transformation programmes, cloud moves, carve-outs, audits and periods of operational pressure. A specialist can take ownership of a critical migration, cover a gap in the internal team or improve recurring administration work. In Germany, projects may involve coordination with local business units, global teams and German- or English-speaking stakeholders.
Remote and on-site work
Much SAP Basis work can be handled remotely through controlled access, monitoring tools and structured change processes. On-site collaboration can still matter for data-centre activities, workshops, regulated environments or complex cutovers. Before engagement, clarify access rules, working language, support windows and responsibility for incident escalation.
What strong experts bring
The best professionals combine deep SAP operations knowledge with calm incident handling and disciplined documentation. They understand dependencies between applications, databases, operating systems, networks and security controls. Look for clear migration plans, reliable rollback procedures, meaningful monitoring, precise transport governance and evidence of successful work on landscapes similar to yours.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about SAP Basis? Start with the answers below.
SAP Basis provides the technical administration layer for SAP systems. It covers installation, configuration, monitoring, transport management, user and authorisation support, jobs, interfaces, backups and system availability.
SAP Basis specialists operate the application and technical landscape around SAP S/4HANA, while SAP HANA provides the database platform in many modern environments. The work includes lifecycle planning, system copies, connectivity, performance checks and migration coordination.
A strong SAP Basis freelancer often works with SAP HANA, Linux or Windows Server, networking, databases, identity management, cloud infrastructure and security controls. Experience with SAP Solution Manager or SAP Cloud ALM is also useful for monitoring and lifecycle tasks.
SAP Basis work requires substantial expertise when a project involves a migration, upgrade, system conversion, high-availability design or a production incident. Routine administration may need less oversight, but changes to shared landscapes demand careful planning, testing and rollback procedures.
SAP Basis operations are often suitable for remote collaboration when secure access, monitoring and change approvals are in place. On-site presence may be required for data-centre work, sensitive environments, workshops or cutovers, and German or English language expectations should be agreed in advance.
SAP Basis expertise from a freelancer gives a company focused support for a defined migration, incident, upgrade or operational gap. Managed services can provide ongoing coverage, while an independent specialist may offer more direct ownership and flexibility for a specific technical objective.
SAP Basis assignments can include daily monitoring, transport coordination, system copies, performance analysis, release changes, incident response or migration work. Access processes, support hours, documentation standards and responsibility for production decisions should be clear before the engagement starts.
A capable SAP Basis professional explains dependencies, risks and recovery steps in clear terms. Review comparable landscape experience, ask how they handle transports and incidents, and look for structured documentation, proactive monitoring and a practical handover plan.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used SAP Basis in their recent projects is 111 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 891 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used SAP Basis in their recent projects, 78% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 50% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used SAP Basis in their recent projects have 26 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used SAP Basis in their recent projects are German (100%), English (89%), and French (22%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used SAP Basis in their recent projects are Information Technology (89%), Professional Services (76%), and Manufacturing (73%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used SAP Basis in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (78%), and Operations (65%).
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