EXPERT RESPONSE
You don't need to know how to make user exists or program in ABAP to be a contractor. It's helpful to know how to work with ABAP teams to describe the specifications that the functional team needs from them, but even that is not required. That's not to say a bit of ABAP know-how isn't helpful; I think it is. I have said for a long time now that 80/20 functional/technical is the ideal split. But many functional consultants know a lot less than 20 percent of ABAP. :)
What you do need to be a functional consultant is heavy configuration skills on multiple projects if possible. Remember that before companies turn to ABAP, they try to customize SAP through configuration changes, and that's the key to a functional consulting skill set. It's not clear to me from your question whether you have that configuration know-how. If you don't, that's what you need to obtain before you can move into contracting.
Finally, if you really want to know if you're ready for contracting or not, there's only one way to know for sure -- put your resume out there and see what kind of response you get. That will give you a very good read on where you stand.
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