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ABAP freelance projects & contracts in Germany 2026

2.6% of the analysed German IT freelance listings name ABAP – 1,353 projects, rank 33 of the 60 most requested IT skills. In October 2026 it was 3.4% (+1.1 percentage points from the month before). ABAP is asked for most often in SAP Developer projects: they make up 93% of the engineering projects with ABAP.

By . Data: 52,106 listings on German IT freelance project boards, May 2026 – October 2026. Published , last updated .

Is ABAP required or nice to have?

76% of the listings with ABAP name it as a required skill. That is more often than for most skills of this overview (median 69%). 15% name it as nice to have, 9.4% without a clear mark.

ABAP demand by month

Share of listings with ABAP per month of first publication, with the number of projects under each month; months with fewer than 1,000 projects are left out. Single months fluctuate.

  1. June 2026192 of 7,653 projects2.5%
  2. July 2026241 of 9,884 projects2.4%
  3. August 2026213 of 10,216 projects2.1%
  4. September 2026253 of 10,958 projects2.3%
  5. October 2026442 of 13,054 projects3.4%

Skills asked for together with ABAP

The 15 skills that listings with ABAP name most often besides it, as a share of those projects. Blue: typical for ABAP, i.e. asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall; the tick shows the share across all projects.

Under each skill: its share across all projects.

  1. SAP S/4HANAall projects 7.5%42%
  2. SAPall projects 7%25%
  3. Customizingall projects 3.5%24%
  4. SAP Fioriall projects 1.6%24%
  5. SAP BTPall projects 1.9%21%
  6. ODataall projects 1%19%
  7. SAP MMall projects 2.2%16%
  8. SAPUI5all projects 0.6%15%
  9. CDS Viewsall projects 0.6%14%
  10. IDocall projects 0.8%14%
  11. SAP FIall projects 2.6%14%
  12. Debuggingall projects 1.6%13%
  13. SAP SDall projects 1.7%13%
  14. SAP IS-Uall projects 1.5%13%
  15. SAP HANAall projects 0.9%13%

Typical for ABAP – asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall – are CDS Views (14%), SAPUI5 (15%), OData (19%), IDoc (14%), SAP Fiori (24%), SAP HANA (13%).

All of the most frequent companion skills are typical for this skill.

Roles asking for ABAP

57% of the projects with ABAP are engineering projects (769 projects) – projects that build software or technical systems; the rest are e.g. consulting, project management or IT operations. The bars show the roles with the most of those projects and their share of them; 1% fit none of the major roles. Under each role: how many of its projects name ABAP, and how often as required.

  1. SAP Developerin 70% of the role's projects · required 87%93%
  2. Data Engineerin 0.9% of the role's projects · required 75%1.6%
  3. C# / .NET Developerin 1.8% of the role's projects · required 82%1.4%

Skills related to ABAP

Skills of this overview that are asked for together with ABAP much more often than chance would predict.

How to use the data

If ABAP is in your profile, the blue skills often belong with it – name them if you have them. Projectmatch automatically matches new projects against your profile and shows for each project which of the required skills your profile covers. Browse current ABAP projects or try it now.

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Method

An AI model reads the requested skills from each project description, and a project's role from its title and skills; the figures are updated monthly. Details: method of the IT skills analysis.