Contract jobs in IT have grown with many companies increasing the volume of contract workers hired to staff both new projects and in response to increasing workloads withe popularity of Fixed Term Contracts rising.
With regards to contract and temporary IT salaries, an IT manager can expect to earn between €450 and €700 per day in Dublin while the daily rate for developers in Dublin averages between €350 and €450 per day.
IT Executive
| Job title | Dublin € Daily | Regional € Daily |
| Chief Technical Officer (CTO) | 500 – 800 | 500 – 750 |
| IT Director | 550 – 700 | 450 – 700 |
| IT Manager | 450 – 700 | 400 – 650 |
Software Development
| Job title | Dublin € Daily | Regional € Daily |
| Engineering /Development Manager | 500 – 600 | 500 – 600 |
| Technical Architect | 500 – 600 | 500 – 600 |
| Senior Engineer / Technical Team Lead(JEE / .NET) | 420 – 550 | 400 – 500 |
| Mainframe Developer | 400 – 500 | 400 – 500 |
| C / C++ Developer | 350 – 450 | 350 – 450 |
| Mid-level .NET / C# Engineer | 350 – 420 | 350 – 400 |
| Mid-level JEE Developer | 350 – 420 | 350 – 400 |
| Web Services Developer | 350 – 420 | 350 – 400 |
| Android / iOS Developer | 350 – 450 | 350 – 450 |
| Ruby on Rails Developer | 350 – 450 | 350 – 450 |
| Cold Fusion Developer | 350 – 450 | 350 – 450 |
| PHP Developer | 350 – 450 | 350 – 450 |
| Python Developer | 350 – 450 | 350 – 450 |
| SharePoint Developer | 420 – 550 | 400 – 500 |
| Release / Configuration | 350 – 450 | 350 – 450 |
| Engineer | 500 – 600 | 500 – 600 |
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.