Vacancies in buoyant IT sector increase 45%

VACANCIES in the IT sector have jumped 45% in the last year, while average salaries have risen 7% to €51,500.

This is in contrast to salaries across Ireland falling by 1.3% on average in the first quarter of 2011.

Also, more than half of IT professionals surveyed are optimistic about the Irish jobs market going forward. Almost 60% of Irish IT professionals expect the market for jobs in their sector to improve in the next year, according to recruitment firm Greythorn. Just 17% of professionals said they were expecting job losses or salary cuts before next year.