The number of job opportunities in Galway will grow by fifteen per cent over the coming year – following on from the nine per cent increase experienced here in 2022.

That’s according to FRS Recruitment, which also revealed that 18 of the 26 counties in the Republic experienced an increase in openings in 2022.

And while Galway enjoyed significant level of growth, the counties to experience the highest increases included Dublin (up 36%), Clare (up 31%), Wicklow (up 34%), Sligo (up 15%), Cork (up 15%) and Roscommon, which recorded the highest year on year increase with the number of roles more than doubling (up 101%).

The largest decreases came in Kerry (down 10%), Leitrim, (down 9%) and Louth (down 7%).

Nationally the number of job postings handled by FRS Recruitment rose by 32% in 2022, reaching a total of 107,802 – up from 81,528 in 2021.

Year on year the monthly increase was across eleven of the twelve months and illustrated the return of the market to post pandemic normality, with the level of jobs aligning with 2019, the last pre Covid year of activity.

Despite the surge in opportunities available, the number of people applying for jobs was down last year.

FRS Recruitment recorded a total of 123,305 job responses in 2022 as it became a “candidates’ market” in some sectors. This meant the average response rate per role was at 1.14, down from 1.66 in 2021.

On a sub sector level the largest increase in roles experienced in 2022 was in Banking & Financial Services, which were up 106%. This was followed by opportunities in IT – Software Development (up 67%) and IT – Support Services (up 46%).

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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