IT skills in demand in Ireland
The last 6 months has seen a large number of announcements from the IDA in relation to the creation of new jobs in the Information Technology sector. Some of these come from established companies including IBM, SAP, Google, telfonica o2, Citrix, Servicesource, AOL and Hewlett Packard whilst others come from newcomers to Ireland including Riot Games, MFG.com, Electronic Arts, Webroot and Lumension.
In 2010 we have seen a significant increase in demand for IT contractors, mainly from IT Consultancy based companies who are now getting the opportunity to bid for contracts in the Public Service and Financial Services sectors – a major shift from 12 months ago. Permanent recruitment has also started to pick up over the last 3 months with demand increasing in niche sectors.
As ever it is always hard to find good people and skills in demand include: Contractors with Java, C# and .net development. On the infrastructure side VMWare, Unix and SAN Specialists are all highly sought after. The permanent recruitment market has different dynamics and whilst Java is still in demand, so is C#. The permanent market sees industry experience just as important as skills and any one with Financial Services backgrounds, particularly in insurance and life and pensions, will find options in the market.
Salary levels and Contractor rates are still in line with 12 months ago, but if demand continues to increase, it is likely that we will see some pressure on these over the next 6 months.
In summary, the market looks optimistically healthy and the important investment from international organisations continues. But we should take this with a note of caution, there are warnings that if Ireland is not able to produce the calibre of candidates these type of organisations demand they could take their investment elsewhere.
If you are an established professional in the IT industry or a graduate looking for your first role you could do worse than becoming proficient in some of the above skills.
In 2010 we have seen a significant increase in demand for IT contractors, mainly from IT Consultancy based companies who are now getting the opportunity to bid for contracts in the Public Service and Financial Services sectors – a major shift from 12 months ago. Permanent recruitment has also started to pick up over the last 3 months with demand increasing in niche sectors.
As ever it is always hard to find good people and skills in demand include: Contractors with Java, C# and .net development. On the infrastructure side VMWare, Unix and SAN Specialists are all highly sought after. The permanent recruitment market has different dynamics and whilst Java is still in demand, so is C#. The permanent market sees industry experience just as important as skills and any one with Financial Services backgrounds, particularly in insurance and life and pensions, will find options in the market.
Salary levels and Contractor rates are still in line with 12 months ago, but if demand continues to increase, it is likely that we will see some pressure on these over the next 6 months.
In summary, the market looks optimistically healthy and the important investment from international organisations continues. But we should take this with a note of caution, there are warnings that if Ireland is not able to produce the calibre of candidates these type of organisations demand they could take their investment elsewhere.
If you are an established professional in the IT industry or a graduate looking for your first role you could do worse than becoming proficient in some of the above skills.
Labels: .net, C# Java, Contract, IT Recruitment, Jobs Dublin, Jobs Ireland, Permanent, San, Unix, VMWare
posted by James Milligan
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