I.T. Alliance survey finds most job opportunities in core infrastructure support

Trade

6 February 2013

A survey of vacancies by technology services and consultancy company I.T. Alliance Group has found that demand for desktop and infrastructure support jobs have become the most in-demand IT roles in Ireland.

Desktop and core infrastructure support represented 16% of available positions, followed by network engineers (11%), testing (10%), project managers (9%) and IT roles with a language (9%). Software development ranked sixth at 7%.

"There is always strong demand for software engineers and project managers but the fact that desktop and infrastructure support vacancies head the list of current vacancies suggests that business is investing again in its IT systems which is positive news for the economy," said Frank O’Beirne (pictured) of I.T. Alliance Resourcing Services.

"A notable trend this year is the demand for those with IT skills combined with a language. We are also seeing healthy demand for those who have a foreign language and experience in areas such as digital marketing, customer operations and support. This may reflect the success of the IDA in attracting international companies to establish their European headquarters in Ireland."