Professional job openings across Ireland fall by 7.2% in Q2

'Candidates are having to work harder to show why they should be hired'

Trayc Keevans, global FDI director with recruitment consultancy Morgan McKinley Ireland. Morgan McKinley said professional job openings across Ireland fell by 7.2% in the second quarter of the year.

Professional job openings across Ireland fell by 7.2% in the second quarter of the year, and were down 9.9% year-on-year, as companies tighten up on costs and productivity, according to a report published on Tuesday.

The Morgan McKinley Ireland Employment Monitor also reported that jobseeker numbers fell by 6.8% quarter-on-quarter but remained 18.4% higher than a year earlier. The report said job demand remained active in roles linked to regulation, risk, infrastructure, transformation, AI, data, and specialist project delivery. Broader expansion and non-essential replacement hiring became harder to justify in companies, the report said.