Cautious approach to hiring in science & IT sectors amid economic uncertainty
Reading Time: 4 minutes Discover the latest key labour market insights from the IrishJobs Jobs Index for Q1 2025.
Consolidation in hybrid working vacancies indicates shifting balance of power in job market
Reading Time: 4 minutes IrishJobs has published the results of its Jobs Index for Q4 2024, revealing that the level of hybrid working vacancies remains unchanged quarter-on-quarter, an indicator that jobs candidates continue to hold the balance of power in the talent market.
Hybrid jobs hold steady while remote roles decline
Reading Time: 4 minutes The latest Jobs Index from IrishJobs for Q3 2024 reveals that the share of job vacancies offering fully remote working has fallen to its lowest level in nearly four years. However, the data indicates that hybrid working vacancies remain stable.
Job vacancies steady while domestic sectors increase hiring
Reading Time: 4 minutes The latest Jobs Index from IrishJobs for Q2 2024 reveals signs of a positive trajectory in the jobs market amid steadier rates of vacancy generation.
Scene set for a steadier rate of job vacancy generation
Reading Time: 4 minutes Today, IrishJobs has published the results of our Jobs Index for Q1 2024, revealing strong vacancy growth in the construction and property sectors. The data for the first quarter reveals a resilient labour market, with indicators of a favourable outlook for the year ahead.
Labour market shows heightened jobseeker activity
Reading Time: 4 minutes The latest IrishJobs Jobs Index for the fourth and final quarter of 2024 indicates that the labour market is showing heightened jobseeker activity. The data for the fourth quarter indicates the job market is continuing to normalise following a hiring surge in recent years.
Job market continues to rebalance against backdrop of near full employment
Reading Time: 3 minutes The latest IrishJobs Jobs Index for the third quarter indicates the job market continues to rebalance against a backdrop of near full employment. The decline in job vacancies from last year’s high continues this quarter. However, the level of job vacancies in the economy remains healthy, with 22 of the sectors examined remaining above pre-Covid Q3 2019 levels.
A more settled job market
Reading Time: 3 minutes The latest IrishJobs Jobs Index reveals a more settled job market, with job vacancies across most sectors appearing robust and in a period of normalisation as they experience little to no change in vacancy levels on a quarterly basis, although a tightening is evident in the Banking, IT, Science and Travel sectors.
Cooling but competitive job market
Reading Time: 3 minutes Leading hiring platform IrishJobs has today published the results of its latest quarterly Jobs Index. Revealing a cooling but competitive job market, the Index shows that job vacancies fell by 20% year-on-year and 6% quarter-on-quarter but that jobs are still, overall, up 10% on pre-Covid levels.
Competitive recruitment landscape set to continue in 2023
Reading Time: 3 minutes The latest IrishJobs quarterly Jobs Index reveals a strong but cooling jobs market as the number of vacancies eased on a yearly and quarterly basis. However, the volume of job vacancies generated in Q4 was still almost a third higher than pre-Covid levels meaning the competitive recruitment landscape is set to continue in the year ahead.