Saturday, November 01, 2025

Irish firm software developers were at O.5% in 2024 while the total was 8.4%

Permanent, full-time employment in the industry and services sectors: Software Developers or  Computer Programming, in 2025, is related to the Annual Employment Survey 2024.

Information and Communication Technology (ICT):

The total number of people was 42,384.

Irish-owned firms in 2024 had a total number of people of 2,528.

Foreign-owned companies that are mainly American and have facilities in Ireland had a total headcount of 39,836.

Total permanent, full-time employment in agency-assisted companies operating in all sectors amounted to 504,831 in 2024.   

 Among foreign-owned companies, total permanent, full-time employment reached 299,059 in 2024, representing a 2,237-job increase (0.8%) over the previous year and the highest employment level recorded during the 10 years.

Total permanent, full-time employment among Irish-owned companies amounted to 205,772 in 2024.

The total of  505,000.

This is a denominator.

The total result is  8.4% : ICT Employment

The 2,528 Irish result is 0.51 ICT Employment