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Job Market Observatory

The technology job market: Ireland

Market signals in the selected country’s latest published sample.

Source data through · Europe/Rome

Statistics published · Europe/Rome

Most requested skills by role

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

  • Software engineering Adverts (360)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare 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)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare 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)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare 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)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare 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)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare 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)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare 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)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare 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)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare 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)
    SkillAdverts requiring itShare 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.

How to read the rankings

Each role family shows up to 10 explicitly required skills, ranked by the number of distinct adverts that require them. Shares use all published adverts in that role family. An advert can require several skills.