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

  

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However, most programmers in Ireland work for foreign firms.

In the broader area, Computer Consultancy has 12,609 employees, while Computer Facilities is low at 140, as there are few Data Centres in the country. Programming has 2,528 employees, and Other Information Technology and Computers also fall under this category. This amounts to a total of 27,655 people.

For Foreign-owned: 19,197; 15,9972; 39,856 and 34,006, which totals 109,031.  

Stripe, INC. was founded in San Francisco by Irish brothers Patrick and John Collison in 2010

8,500 are employed. (2025)

On the 9th of October, 2025, the financial services company opened its new Dublin headquarters at One Wilton Park.

Taoiseach (prime minister) Micheál Martin was with Stripe cofounder John Collison and the Chief Revenue Officer Eileen O’Mara.

Sripe is classified as foreign-owned.