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Archer Recruitment IT Salary Survey April 2023

Salary Survey Guide ’23

Becoming a Day Rate Contractor

What is a Day Rate Contractor? “A person or firm that undertakes a contract to provide materials or labor to perform a service or do a job” A contractor is a person or company that performs work on...

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IT Specialisations

Irish job market trends for each IT sector.

IT Support Engineer – IT Salary Survey 2023

IT Support Engineer Jobs Market April 2023 With many organisations leaning more heavily on technology and increasing the focus on providing a seamless customer journey...

IT Network Engineer – IT Salary Survey 2023

IT Network Engineer Jobs Market April 2023 In the past 12 months, we have seen Network Engineers become one of the most in-demand skill sets in Dublin and across Ireland. There...

IT Security Engineer – IT Salary Survey 2023

IT Security Engineer Jobs Market April 2023 With Cybersecurity being such a broad and in-demand industry, organisations generally require well-rounded individuals who have...

DevOps, SRE & Cloud Engineer – IT Salary Survey 2023

DevOps, SRE & Cloud Engineer Jobs Market April 2023 At the start of 2022, DevOps Engineers & SREs were attracted by smaller companies or startups that were not...

Systems Administrator – IT Salary Survey 2023

Systems Administrator Jobs Market April 2023 Infrastructure Engineers and System Administrators are more than ever in demand, particularly in the banking, FinTech, finance, and...

QA & Software Tester – IT Salary Survey 2023

QA & Software Tester Jobs Market April 2023 Software Testing has made a strong revival in the last 12 months across Ireland. Reflecting on previous years we have noted a...

Senior Appointments – IT Salary Survey 2023

Senior IT Appointments Jobs Market April 2023 The headline-grabbing layoffs in the tech sector have been felt particularly acutely in the management and leadership echelons of...

Project & Programme Manager – IT Salary Survey 2023

Project & Programme Manager Jobs Market April 2023 It is normal for new projects and programmes to not be in full swing until towards the end of Q1 due to the financial year...

Business Analyst & Product Owner – IT Salary Survey 2023

Business Analyst & Product Owner Jobs Market April 2023 The reduction in headcount in the technology sector has had a direct correlation with the recruitment activity for...

Python, Node.js & PHP Developer – IT Salary Survey 2023

Python, Node.js & PHP Developer Jobs Market April 2023 Python remains a prominent aspect of most tech stacks in some way – in data science, data engineering, DevOps, or test...

JavaScript Developer – IT Salary Survey 2023

JavaScript Developer Jobs Market April 2023 The JavaScript market has been growing in demand year on year. In Q3 of 2022, the demand for JavaScript Developers was at an all-time...

BI & Data Analytics – IT Salary Survey 2023

Business Intelligence & Data Analytics Jobs Market April 2023 The Business Intelligence & Data Analytics market has been one of the more stable ones through the buoyant...

.Net Developer – IT Salary Survey 2023

.Net Developer Jobs Market April 2023 The .Net market has been slightly affected by the recent market change, but there remains a demand for experienced .Net professionals at all...

Java Developer – IT Salary Survey 2023

Java Developer Jobs Market April 2023 After a big year of movement in 2022, the Java market has returned to a more normal balance of supply and demand in Q1 2023. Skillsets have...

Key Skills Employers are Looking for in a Business Analyst in 2022

The demand for business analysts is increasing in Ireland and is predicted to rise in future years. While the role of a business analyst is not clear-cut, a business analyst will generally...

The Benefits of IT Contracting in Ireland

There has been a surge in IT contractor jobs in Ireland in recent years with recruitment agencies in Dublin continuing to adapt their hiring processes to attract top tech talent within the...

What are the Key Skills Employers are Looking for in a QA Automation Engineer in 2022

For someone looking to stand out in the IT sector, gaining one of the most in-demand skills, automation, could very well be the key to unlocking a host of opportunities. There is a...

What are the Key Skills Employers are Looking for in a Product Owner in 2022

Product Owners are generally someone who enjoys being a leader with an interest in learning about new technology and agile methodologies. A technical product owner is someone who can...

What are the Key Skills Employers are Looking for in Data Scientists in 2022

Data analytics, data mining, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning – all fall under data science and the list doesn't end here. Clearly, it is one of the...

Key Skills Employers are Looking for in Cloud Engineers in 2022

Expected to reach a whopping $350 - $380 billion by this year, the cloud computing market sure is reaching for the skies. Clearly, the demand for cloud engineers is on the rise. To help...