LinkedIn data shows Ireland leads the way in remote work

More than a third of advertised vacancies offersome kind of flexible arrangement

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New data from LinkedIn has shown that Ireland ranks highest for availability of remote jobs across Europe, with 9.4% of all postings offering remote work options. This is almost double the European average of 5.2%.

Ireland also had the second highest availability of hybrid roles in EMEA with 36.3% of all advertised roles offering flexible arrangements. This is more than five percentage points above the European average of 31.3%.

The data was based on LinkedIn’s hiring rate, a measure of hires divided by membership in the country sourced in June 2025. This analysis looks at the changes in hiring rate and the same period the previous year based on members’ profile updates using the start date of a new job.

The average number of job applications per applicant measures the intensity of each applicant’s job search, where job applicants and job postings share the same geography. The higher the number, the more intense the job seeking behaviour of the applicant.

A job was classified as being ‘remote’ based on their ability to be done completely out of the office and explicitly labelled as or if its listing contained keywords like ‘work from home’. A ‘hybrid job’ was classed as those done both in and out of the office and is defined as being explicitly labelled as such by a job poster. The share of hybrid and remote jobs is calculated in proportion to all paid job postings.

The findings highlighted Ireland’s position as a leader in flexible working arrangements at a time when competition for talent has intensified significantly. LinkedIn’s data showed there are currently 3.4 jobs available for every 10 job seekers in Ireland, making it the third tightest labour market in Europe behind Germany and the Netherlands.

Despite leading Europe in remote job availability, demand continues to outstrip supply. LinkedIn data reveals a remote work mismatch ratio of 2.1, meaning that for every remote job posting, there are more than twice as many applications compared to traditional roles.

This pattern reflects the sustained appetite for flexible working arrangements among Irish job seekers, even as the economy has fully reopened post-pandemic.

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