The trend of large technology companies expanding their Irish operations and the ongoing arrival of new technology organisations coupled with the rise of of the homegrown software sector has sustained a war for talent within the sector.
Adding to this demand has been an increase in hiring from financial services companies, in particular large investment banks, asset managemtn and funds companies.
There has also been a rise in demand for internal IT staff in non technology companies both global firms and SMEs.
| IT | Executive | ||
| Job title | Dublin € | Regional € |
| Chief Technical Officer (CTO) | 90,000 – 160,000 | 85,000 – 120,000 |
| Chief Operations Officer (COO) | 110,000 – 150,000 | 100,000 – 140,000 |
| Chief information Office (CIO) | 90,000 – 160,000 | 110,000 – 140,000 |
| Chief Data officer (CDO) | 90,000 – 130,000 | 100,00 – 110,000 |
| IT Director / Head of IT | 90,000 – 125,000 | 85,000 – 120,000 |
| IT Manager | 75,000 – 90,000 | 70,000 – 80,000 |
| IT | Software Development | ||
| Job title | Dublin € | Regional € |
| Engineering / Development manager | 80,000 – 90,000 | 70,000 – 80,000 |
| Technical architect | 75,000 – 90,000 | 75,000 – 90,000 |
| Senior engineer / technical team lead (JEE / .Net) | 65,000 – 78,000 | 60,000 – 70,000 |
| Mainframe Developer | 40,000 – 50,000 | 35,000 – 45,000 |
| Front end / UI Developer | 50,000 – 65,000 | 45,000 – 60,000 |
| C / C++ Developer | 45,000 – 65,000 | 30,000 – 60,000 |
| Mid-level .Net / C# engineer | 40,000 – 65,000 | 30,000 – 60,000 |
| Mid-level JEE Developer | 40,000 – 65,000 | 30,000 – 60,000 |
| Web services Developer | 40,000 – 65,000 | 30,000 – 60,000 |
| Android / IOS Developer | 40,000 – 65,000 | 30,000 – 60,000 |
| Ruby on rails Developer | 40,000 – 65,000 | 30,000 – 60,000 |
| Cold Fusion Developer | 40,000 – 65,000 | 30,000 – 60,000 |
| PHP Developer | 40,000 – 65,000 | 30,000 – 60,000 |
| Python Developer | 40,000 – 65,000 | 30,000 – 60,000 |
| SharePoint Developer | 45,000 – 70,000 | 40,000 – 65,000 |
| Release / configuration engineer | 45,000 – 70,000 | 45,000 – 65,000 |
| IT | Creative, Design | ||
| Job title | Dublin € | Regional € |
| Art Director | 75,000 – 95,000 | 70,000 – 85,000 |
| Creative manager | 55,000 – 70,000 | 50,000 – 60,000 |
| Interactive Designer | 45,000 – 60,000 | 40,000 – 60,000 |
| UX / Usability Designer | 45,000 – 75,000 | 45,000 – 60,000 |
| Multimedia / graphical / web Designer | 32,000 – 55,000 | 22,000 – 40,000 |
| 3D modeller / Designer | 35,000 – 55,000 | 30,000 – 50,000 |
| Games Designer | 40,000 – 60,000 | 35,000 – 55,000 |
| IT | Security / IT audit | ||
| Job title | Dublin € | Regional € |
| IT security consultant | 40,000 – 75,000 | 35,000 – 60,000 |
| IT auditor | 35,000 – 65,000 | 30,000 – 60,000 |
| IT compliance specialist | 35,000 – 65,000 | 30,000 – 60,000 |
| IT compliance manager | 40,000 – 70,000 | 40,000 – 70,000 |
| IT Forensics / eDiscovery consultant | 40,000 – 70,000 | 40,000 – 70,000 |
| IT | Systems Analysis | ||
| Job title | Dublin € | Regional € |
| IT management consultant | 45,000 – 90,000 | 40,000 – 85,000 |
| Business systems analyst / consultant | 45,000 – 75,000 | 35,000 – 60,000 |
| Reporting analyst | 35,000 – 60,000 | 30,000 – 50,000 |
| QA / Test manager | 65,000 – 80,000 | 55,000 – 70,000 |
| QA / Test lead | 55,000 – 65,000 | 50,000 – 60,000 |
| Principal engineer / Systems architect | 75,000 – 95,000 | 70,000 – 85,000 |
| Software test / QA engineer | 35,000 – 55,000 | 35,000 – 50,000 |
| QA automation engineer | 40,000 – 60,000 | 35,000 – 55,000 |
| Data warehouse consultant | 45,000 – 80,000 | 40,000 – 70,000 |
| Data analytics consultant | 40,000 – 70,000 | 40,000 – 65,000 |
| Database Developer (Oracle / SQL server) | 35,000 – 65,000 | 30,000 – 60,000 |
| IT | Project Management | ||
| Job title | Dublin € | Regional € |
| Programme manager | 75,000 – 95,000 | 75,000 – 95,000 |
| Senior project manager | 70,000 – 85,000 | 65,000 – 80,000 |
| Project manager | 65,000 – 75,000 | 60,000 – 70,000 |
| Product manager | 65,000 – 80,000 | 60,000 – 70,000 |
| PMQ Coordinator / Project Administrator | 40,000 – 55,000 | 40,000 – 50,000 |
| IT | Support, Administration | ||
| Job title | Dublin € | Regional € |
| Database administrator (Oracle / SQL server / Sybase) | 45,000 – 80,000 | 40,000 – 70,000 |
| Unix / Linux administrator | 45,000 – 70,000 | 40,000 – 65,000 |
| Systems administrator | 35,000 – 65,000 | 30,000 – 60,000 |
| Network engineer | 40,000 – 70,000 | 35,000 – 65,000 |
| Help Desk support | 25,000 – 35,000 | 20,000 – 32,000 |
| Application support consultant | 35,000 – 70,000 | 30,000 – 55,000 |
| Service Delivery manager | 55,000 – 75,000 | 50,000 – 70,000 |
| IT | Localisation, Technical Writers | ||
| Job title | Dublin € | Regional € |
| Localisation project manager | 45,000 – 65,000 | 40,000 – 60,000 |
| Localisation engineer | 25,000 – 45,000 | 25,000 – 40,000 |
| Localisation QA engineer | 24,000 – 38,000 | 20,000 – 35,000 |
| Technical writer / editor | 35,000 – 55,000 | 30,000 – 50,000 |
| IT | ERP Consultancy, Specialist roles | ||
| Job title | Dublin € | Regional € |
| SAP consultant (Functional / technical) | 60,000 – 80,000 | 50,000 – 70,000 |
| SAP basis consultant | 45,000 – 70,000 | 40,000 – 60,000 |
| Oracle eBusiness (Functional / technical) | 60,000 – 80,000 | 55,000 – 75,000 |
| IT | Embedded (Hardware/Software) Roles | ||
| Job title | Dublin € | Regional € |
| Embedded Windows/Linus Software Engineer (C/C++) | 40,000 – 70,000 | 40,000 – 65,000 |
Brightwater Recruitment Consultancy opened in Dublin in September 1998. Brightwater’s professional, specialist approach has made it one of the 5 biggest employment consultancies in Ireland.