THERE were 14 per cent fewer jobs on offer in Limerick in the last three months of this year when compared to the previous period.
That’s according to new figures from the Q3 Jobs Index from hiring platform IrishJobs.
The report shows that Galway experienced the greatest increase in job vacancies over the last quarter, going up by 14 per cent.
Across the country, the outlook was more mixed, with a 14 per cent quarter-on-quarter decrease in vacancies in Limerick, and a 10 per cent decrease in Dublin.
The research also showed that job vacancies offering fully remote working have fallen to the lowest level in nearly four years, while hybrid working vacancies remain stable.
Data shows that the proportion of fully remote job vacancies nationwide fell to 1.9 per cent in Q3 2024.
In contrast, the proportion of hybrid working vacancies remained relatively stable, fluctuating between 11.2 per cent and 12.4 per cent over the past six quarters.
Candidate interest in hybrid working shows little sign of abating, IrishJobs said, with searches online for hybrid and remote working opportunities increasing in the last year.
The biggest growth in hiring is with sectors associated with the domestic economy, including property (15 per cent), retail (7 per cent), arts and entertainment (57 per cent), and travel (19 per cent). Meanwhile, hiring in the banking, IT, and finance sectors was down.
IrishJobs says that “the strong rates of vacancy generation in these domestic consumer sectors may be attributed to rising wages in real terms, as inflationary pressures ease and benchmark interest rates are cut”.
