Irish HR hiring is up on the month, but the weekly pace has cooled hard from its peak

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There are 104 open People & HR roles in Ireland right now, spread across 63 companies. New postings over the last 30 days are up 12% compared with the 30 days before. But look closer at the weekly pattern and the picture shifts: the week of 28 September brought 16 new roles, the most of any week since early September, and the week of 26 October brought only 4. That is a 75% drop from the peak, so the market has slowed sharply even as the monthly total still reads as a gain.

Hiring is concentrated. The top 8 employers account for 39% of all open roles. Salessense leads with 14 open roles, followed by Lilly with 7 and EY with 5. If you are applying broadly, these are the names showing up most often in the market right now.

Visa sponsorship is worth checking before you apply. 35% of open roles sit at employers with recent filings on Ireland's employment permits list. Among the biggest employers, John Sisk & Son, Stryker and Amazon all appear on that list, so it is worth confirming a company's status if sponsorship matters to your application.

Experience requirements lean senior. The median minimum asked is 5 years, and 8% of postings want 10 years or more. 68% of postings state a years requirement at all, so most listings will tell you where you stand. On skills, HRIS appears in 32% of postings and Workday in 23%, making them the two most common systems named. CIPD is asked for in 18% of postings. Remote options are thin: just 6% of roles are remote, and pay is rarely disclosed, with only 21% of postings stating a figure.

Roles typically stay open a median of 24 days. Most postings sit at mid-level, which makes up 61% of titles, with senior roles at 21% and smaller shares at junior, lead and principal level. Employment law comes up as a named industry in a third of postings, more than any other sector listed.