» Increase in demand for IT professionals at the end of 2011 – report

LAURA O’BRIEN - Silicon Republic 10.01.2012

The total number of technology jobs advertised online increased in the fourth quarter of 2011 in areas such as Dublin, Cork and Galway, according to the Irishjobs.ie Jobs Index.

The index found that in total, the number of jobs across all industries advertised during this quarter was down from the previous one, but the number of jobs in IT increased.

“Just below 200,000 people have now been unemployed for more than a year,” said Dr Stephen Kinsella, a lecturer in Economics at the University of Limerick and the author of the report.

“With so much apparent doom and gloom, where are the jobs in Ireland and where are they likely to come from? The short answer is technology.

“The Jobs Index figures for the stronger jobs categories reflect the IDA’s recent announcement of 13,000 new jobs created across 148 investments in export oriented and high technology companies,” he said.