The technology job market: Ireland

Where opportunities appear

Locations follow the advert text. Market sample, physical location and remote eligibility can differ.

• Dublin575
• Cork101
• Ireland90
• Galway43
• Limerick36
• Greater Dublin15
• Dublin 214
• Letterkenny13
• County Dublin13
• Newbridge10
• Athlone9
• County Galway6
• Naas6
• Waterford5
• Tralee4
• County Cork4
• Dundalk4
• Hospital4
• County Westmeath3
• Galway Metropolitan Area3

Work policy

• Hybrid409 40.6%
• On-site250 24.8%
• Not specified207 20.6%
• Remote141 14.0%

Conflicting work-policy evidence accounts for 89 of the unspecified postings.

Where remote work is allowed

Remote within the country · 11 (2.0%)

These postings name a single eligible country. The breakdown below shows the places stated in the adverts.

Shares are among remote and hybrid postings. A posting can name several places. Hybrid roles can also require office attendance.

• Eligibility unstated533 96.9%
• Ireland12 2.2%
• Other stated geographic limits2 0.4%
• Europe2 0.4%
• Portugal1 0.2%
• Germany1 0.2%
• Spain1 0.2%
• Poland1 0.2%
• Netherlands1 0.2%
• Worldwide1 0.2%

A skill means more in context

Selected technologies, with supporting text. A mention is not automatically a requirement. Programming, data work and supporting scripts are counted separately; one advert can mention several skills.

• Python336 · 33.4%

  Required

  72

  Preferred

  31

  Alternative

  162

  Incidental mention

  5

  Unclassified mention

  66

  Building software

  139

  Supporting scripts

  90

  Data / ML

  27

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering132 Data & AI82 Cloud & infrastructure66 Cybersecurity27 IT support11 Business applications5 Industrial & embedded7 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects1 Other roles5 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• AWS257 · 25.5%

  Required

  41

  Preferred

  33

  Alternative

  88

  Incidental mention

  10

  Unclassified mention

  85

  Building software

  30

  Supporting scripts

  0

  Data / ML

  13

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering110 Data & AI36 Cloud & infrastructure59 Cybersecurity25 IT support4 Business applications4 Industrial & embedded1 Product & design2 IT leadership & projects11 Other roles5 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• Azure231 · 22.9%

  Required

  36

  Preferred

  18

  Alternative

  88

  Incidental mention

  13

  Unclassified mention

  76

  Building software

  29

  Supporting scripts

  0

  Data / ML

  27

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering81 Data & AI38 Cloud & infrastructure48 Cybersecurity21 IT support11 Business applications7 Industrial & embedded1 Product & design3 IT leadership & projects15 Other roles6 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• Java188 · 18.7%

  Required

  31

  Preferred

  14

  Alternative

  113

  Incidental mention

  4

  Unclassified mention

  26

  Building software

  114

  Supporting scripts

  6

  Data / ML

  2

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering127 Data & AI19 Cloud & infrastructure20 Cybersecurity9 IT support6 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded2 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects3 Other roles2 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• SQL154 · 15.3%

  Required

  56

  Preferred

  12

  Alternative

  35

  Incidental mention

  0

  Unclassified mention

  51

  Building software

  22

  Supporting scripts

  2

  Data / ML

  29

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering73 Data & AI36 Cloud & infrastructure11 Cybersecurity8 IT support14 Business applications5 Industrial & embedded2 Product & design2 IT leadership & projects0 Other roles3 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• Kubernetes153 · 15.2%

  Required

  39

  Preferred

  25

  Alternative

  24

  Incidental mention

  1

  Unclassified mention

  64

  Building software

  9

  Supporting scripts

  0

  Data / ML

  2

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering58 Data & AI17 Cloud & infrastructure62 Cybersecurity9 IT support1 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded0 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects4 Other roles2 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• GCP121 · 12.0%

  Required

  13

  Preferred

  14

  Alternative

  57

  Incidental mention

  7

  Unclassified mention

  30

  Building software

  5

  Supporting scripts

  0

  Data / ML

  6

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering40 Data & AI17 Cloud & infrastructure36 Cybersecurity13 IT support1 Business applications2 Industrial & embedded0 Product & design2 IT leadership & projects6 Other roles4 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• Terraform117 · 11.6%

  Required

  24

  Preferred

  12

  Alternative

  36

  Incidental mention

  4

  Unclassified mention

  41

  Building software

  4

  Supporting scripts

  0

  Data / ML

  2

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering25 Data & AI16 Cloud & infrastructure62 Cybersecurity13 IT support0 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded0 Product & design1 IT leadership & projects0 Other roles0 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• LLM115 · 11.4%

  Required

  23

  Preferred

  14

  Alternative

  35

  Incidental mention

  2

  Unclassified mention

  41

  Building software

  19

  Supporting scripts

  0

  Data / ML

  65

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering42 Data & AI58 Cloud & infrastructure7 Cybersecurity3 IT support0 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded0 Product & design1 IT leadership & projects1 Other roles3 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• Docker111 · 11.0%

  Required

  29

  Preferred

  14

  Alternative

  16

  Incidental mention

  0

  Unclassified mention

  52

  Building software

  5

  Supporting scripts

  0

  Data / ML

  2

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering50 Data & AI15 Cloud & infrastructure36 Cybersecurity3 IT support1 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded1 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects3 Other roles2 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• Linux106 · 10.5%

  Required

  35

  Preferred

  4

  Alternative

  19

  Incidental mention

  0

  Unclassified mention

  48

  Building software

  9

  Supporting scripts

  0

  Data / ML

  1

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering39 Data & AI3 Cloud & infrastructure42 Cybersecurity9 IT support5 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded2 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects0 Other roles6 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• JavaScript103 · 10.2%

  Required

  11

  Preferred

  12

  Alternative

  53

  Incidental mention

  3

  Unclassified mention

  24

  Building software

  52

  Supporting scripts

  12

  Data / ML

  0

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering70 Data & AI8 Cloud & infrastructure5 Cybersecurity5 IT support5 Business applications5 Industrial & embedded1 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects1 Other roles3 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• TypeScript95 · 9.4%

  Required

  22

  Preferred

  11

  Alternative

  41

  Incidental mention

  2

  Unclassified mention

  19

  Building software

  55

  Supporting scripts

  1

  Data / ML

  0

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering82 Data & AI8 Cloud & infrastructure4 Cybersecurity0 IT support1 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded0 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects0 Other roles0 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• Machine learning94 · 9.3%

  Required

  16

  Preferred

  6

  Alternative

  18

  Incidental mention

  2

  Unclassified mention

  52

  Building software

  1

  Supporting scripts

  0

  Data / ML

  72

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering30 Data & AI38 Cloud & infrastructure11 Cybersecurity5 IT support0 Business applications1 Industrial & embedded0 Product & design1 IT leadership & projects8 Other roles0 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• Go91 · 9.0%

  Required

  5

  Preferred

  9

  Alternative

  57

  Incidental mention

  3

  Unclassified mention

  17

  Building software

  62

  Supporting scripts

  12

  Data / ML

  0

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering54 Data & AI1 Cloud & infrastructure26 Cybersecurity8 IT support0 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded0 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects0 Other roles2 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• C++90 · 8.9%

  Required

  25

  Preferred

  12

  Alternative

  35

  Incidental mention

  2

  Unclassified mention

  16

  Building software

  65

  Supporting scripts

  1

  Data / ML

  0

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering58 Data & AI7 Cloud & infrastructure6 Cybersecurity9 IT support1 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded8 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects1 Other roles0 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• React82 · 8.1%

  Required

  20

  Preferred

  10

  Alternative

  26

  Incidental mention

  6

  Unclassified mention

  20

  Building software

  39

  Supporting scripts

  0

  Data / ML

  0

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering79 Data & AI1 Cloud & infrastructure1 Cybersecurity0 IT support1 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded0 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects0 Other roles0 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• C#78 · 7.7%

  Required

  15

  Preferred

  5

  Alternative

  37

  Incidental mention

  1

  Unclassified mention

  20

  Building software

  50

  Supporting scripts

  0

  Data / ML

  1

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering62 Data & AI7 Cloud & infrastructure2 Cybersecurity1 IT support1 Business applications2 Industrial & embedded3 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects0 Other roles0 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• Bash58 · 5.8%

  Required

  5

  Preferred

  5

  Alternative

  32

  Incidental mention

  0

  Unclassified mention

  16

  Building software

  0

  Supporting scripts

  49

  Data / ML

  1

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering7 Data & AI6 Cloud & infrastructure32 Cybersecurity7 IT support3 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded1 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects0 Other roles2 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• .NET51 · 5.1%

  Required

  18

  Preferred

  4

  Alternative

  16

  Incidental mention

  0

  Unclassified mention

  13

  Building software

  34

  Supporting scripts

  0

  Data / ML

  0

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering38 Data & AI4 Cloud & infrastructure4 Cybersecurity2 IT support1 Business applications2 Industrial & embedded0 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects0 Other roles0 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• PowerShell46 · 4.6%

  Required

  5

  Preferred

  5

  Alternative

  26

  Incidental mention

  0

  Unclassified mention

  10

  Building software

  1

  Supporting scripts

  41

  Data / ML

  0

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering6 Data & AI1 Cloud & infrastructure22 Cybersecurity10 IT support7 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded0 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects0 Other roles0 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• Angular45 · 4.5%

  Required

  6

  Preferred

  7

  Alternative

  20

  Incidental mention

  2

  Unclassified mention

  10

  Building software

  18

  Supporting scripts

  0

  Data / ML

  2

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering42 Data & AI2 Cloud & infrastructure0 Cybersecurity0 IT support1 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded0 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects0 Other roles0 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• Salesforce45 · 4.5%

  Required

  7

  Preferred

  8

  Alternative

  15

  Incidental mention

  1

  Unclassified mention

  14

  Building software

  9

  Supporting scripts

  0

  Data / ML

  3

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering11 Data & AI10 Cloud & infrastructure1 Cybersecurity1 IT support2 Business applications15 Industrial & embedded0 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects2 Other roles3 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• SAP45 · 4.5%

  Required

  11

  Preferred

  3

  Alternative

  19

  Incidental mention

  4

  Unclassified mention

  8

  Building software

  4

  Supporting scripts

  0

  Data / ML

  2

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering5 Data & AI7 Cloud & infrastructure1 Cybersecurity0 IT support3 Business applications24 Industrial & embedded0 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects2 Other roles3 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• C44 · 4.4%

  Required

  12

  Preferred

  10

  Alternative

  13

  Incidental mention

  0

  Unclassified mention

  9

  Building software

  30

  Supporting scripts

  1

  Data / ML

  0

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering23 Data & AI3 Cloud & infrastructure3 Cybersecurity8 IT support0 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded7 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects0 Other roles0 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• Node.js37 · 3.7%

  Required

  6

  Preferred

  4

  Alternative

  19

  Incidental mention

  2

  Unclassified mention

  6

  Building software

  27

  Supporting scripts

  1

  Data / ML

  0

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering33 Data & AI0 Cloud & infrastructure3 Cybersecurity0 IT support1 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded0 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects0 Other roles0 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• Claude Code31 · 3.1%

  Required

  1

  Preferred

  7

  Alternative

  13

  Incidental mention

  0

  Unclassified mention

  10

  Building software

  27

  Supporting scripts

  1

  Data / ML

  2

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering22 Data & AI6 Cloud & infrastructure2 Cybersecurity0 IT support0 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded0 Product & design1 IT leadership & projects0 Other roles0 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• Rust27 · 2.7%

  Required

  3

  Preferred

  4

  Alternative

  12

  Incidental mention

  0

  Unclassified mention

  8

  Building software

  22

  Supporting scripts

  0

  Data / ML

  0

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering19 Data & AI2 Cloud & infrastructure3 Cybersecurity2 IT support0 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded1 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects0 Other roles0 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• Ruby23 · 2.3%

  Required

  1

  Preferred

  1

  Alternative

  9

  Incidental mention

  1

  Unclassified mention

  11

  Building software

  14

  Supporting scripts

  5

  Data / ML

  0

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering11 Data & AI1 Cloud & infrastructure4 Cybersecurity3 IT support0 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded0 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects1 Other roles3 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• Cursor22 · 2.2%

  Required

  0

  Preferred

  5

  Alternative

  9

  Incidental mention

  2

  Unclassified mention

  6

  Building software

  19

  Supporting scripts

  0

  Data / ML

  1

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering15 Data & AI6 Cloud & infrastructure0 Cybersecurity0 IT support0 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded0 Product & design1 IT leadership & projects0 Other roles0 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• GitHub Copilot19 · 1.9%

  Required

  0

  Preferred

  2

  Alternative

  12

  Incidental mention

  0

  Unclassified mention

  5

  Building software

  16

  Supporting scripts

  0

  Data / ML

  1

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering13 Data & AI4 Cloud & infrastructure2 Cybersecurity0 IT support0 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded0 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects0 Other roles0 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• Codex14 · 1.4%

  Required

  1

  Preferred

  2

  Alternative

  6

  Incidental mention

  0

  Unclassified mention

  5

  Building software

  10

  Supporting scripts

  1

  Data / ML

  0

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering8 Data & AI4 Cloud & infrastructure2 Cybersecurity0 IT support0 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded0 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects0 Other roles0 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• PHP11 · 1.1%

  Required

  0

  Preferred

  0

  Alternative

  2

  Incidental mention

  0

  Unclassified mention

  9

  Building software

  6

  Supporting scripts

  2

  Data / ML

  0

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering7 Data & AI0 Cloud & infrastructure3 Cybersecurity1 IT support0 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded0 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects0 Other roles0 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• SCADA8 · 0.8%

  Required

  1

  Preferred

  1

  Alternative

  6

  Incidental mention

  0

  Unclassified mention

  0

  Building software

  0

  Supporting scripts

  0

  Data / ML

  0

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering0 Data & AI0 Cloud & infrastructure1 Cybersecurity0 IT support0 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded3 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects3 Other roles1 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

• PLC5 · 0.5%

  Required

  2

  Preferred

  1

  Alternative

  1

  Incidental mention

  0

  Unclassified mention

  1

  Building software

  1

  Supporting scripts

  0

  Data / ML

  0

  Roles mentioning this skill

  Software engineering0 Data & AI1 Cloud & infrastructure0 Cybersecurity1 IT support0 Business applications0 Industrial & embedded2 Product & design0 IT leadership & projects0 Other roles1 Unclassified0

  These mention types describe all roles in the current dashboard selection.

Beyond a single language

No explicit signal

780

Accepts named alternatives

204

Open to learning or switching

21

Explicitly language agnostic

2

Adverts mentioning AI-assisted engineering

130

These are separate signals. A list of languages does not establish language agnosticism, and these observations cannot show that AI caused a change.

Most requested skills by role

Country sample · Ireland. Open a role family to see its most requested skills.

• Software engineering Adverts (360)

  Skill	Adverts requiring it	Share of role adverts
  SQL	27	7.5%
  Python	24	6.7%
  Java	23	6.4%
  React	19	5.3%
  TypeScript	19	5.3%
  AWS	18	5.0%
  .NET	15	4.2%
  C++	15	4.2%
  Docker	15	4.2%
  Kubernetes	14	3.9%

• Cloud & infrastructure Adverts (147)

  Skill	Adverts requiring it	Share of role adverts
  Kubernetes	20	13.6%
  Azure	16	10.9%
  Linux	15	10.2%
  Terraform	14	9.5%
  AWS	9	6.1%
  Docker	9	6.1%
  GCP	5	3.4%
  Python	5	3.4%
  Bash	3	2.0%
  Java	2	1.4%

• Data & AI Adverts (134)

  Skill	Adverts requiring it	Share of role adverts
  Python	33	24.6%
  SQL	18	13.4%
  LLM	13	9.7%
  Machine learning	10	7.5%
  Azure	6	4.5%
  AWS	5	3.7%
  Terraform	4	3.0%
  Bash	2	1.5%
  C++	2	1.5%
  Docker	2	1.5%

• IT leadership & projects Adverts (85)

  Skill	Adverts requiring it	Share of role adverts
  AWS	1	1.2%
  Docker	1	1.2%
  Java	1	1.2%
  Kubernetes	1	1.2%
  LLM	1	1.2%

• Cybersecurity Adverts (74)

  Skill	Adverts requiring it	Share of role adverts
  Python	6	8.1%
  AWS	5	6.8%
  C	3	4.1%
  C++	3	4.1%
  Azure	2	2.7%
  Docker	2	2.7%
  PowerShell	2	2.7%
  GCP	1	1.4%
  Kubernetes	1	1.4%
  LLM	1	1.4%

• Business applications Adverts (66)

  Skill	Adverts requiring it	Share of role adverts
  SAP	10	15.2%
  Salesforce	6	9.1%
  JavaScript	2	3.0%
  .NET	1	1.5%
  C#	1	1.5%
  SQL	1	1.5%

• IT support Adverts (65)

  Skill	Adverts requiring it	Share of role adverts
  SQL	5	7.7%
  Java	3	4.6%
  Linux	3	4.6%
  Python	3	4.6%
  .NET	1	1.5%
  AWS	1	1.5%
  Azure	1	1.5%
  C#	1	1.5%
  GCP	1	1.5%
  PowerShell	1	1.5%

• Other roles Adverts (46)

  Skill	Adverts requiring it	Share of role adverts
  Linux	4	8.7%
  AWS	2	4.3%
  Azure	2	4.3%
  GCP	2	4.3%
  Kubernetes	1	2.2%
  LLM	1	2.2%
  SQL	1	2.2%

• Industrial & embedded Adverts (17)

  Skill	Adverts requiring it	Share of role adverts
  C++	4	23.5%
  C	3	17.6%
  Java	1	5.9%
  Linux	1	5.9%
  PLC	1	5.9%
  Python	1	5.9%
  SCADA	1	5.9%
  SQL	1	5.9%

• Product & design Adverts (11)

  No skills were explicitly required in this role family.

Maximum advertised pay by experience

The curves use the upper amount of each stated pay range. Annual amounts and monthly amounts projected over 12 payments are combined across all pay types in one graph. Currency / period: EUR.

The data behind the figures · Ireland

Collection and analysis counts update during the day. They refer to current source data and may differ from the published sample.

Collected adverts

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Analyzed adverts

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In current publication

1,007

Awaiting analysis

—

Requiring review

—

Being analyzed now

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Coverage by country

Country samples can overlap; adding their counts does not give a distinct all-country total.

Analysis progress · all markets

Analysis progress is temporarily unavailable

Progress updates during the day. The market tabs show the latest published statistics.

In current publication

Market charts use the latest completed publication. Its sample and data cutoff remain stable until the next publication.

Published statistics cover 20,712 of 20,729 collected adverts across all markets. Remaining adverts await analysis or review.

Complete observation days: 2 · Partial observation days: 0

Analysis version: codex-observatory-4:gpt-6.1-terra:high

Statistics refresh daily at 03:00 Europe/Rome