Positive outlook for Tipperary employment opportunities forecast for this year

Employment opportunities are expected to grow by five percent in Tipperary during the course of 2024, according to leading, locally-based recruitment company FRS Recruitment.

This matches the five percent growth also recorded in Tipperary for 2023.

The positive outlook for the coming year is in line with FRS Recruitment’s national projections, with eight percent growth also forecast for the country as a whole over the next 12 months.

They are anticipating particularly strong demand for accounting, insurance, engineering, science, construction, cybersecurity and social care personnel on a national basis for the coming year.

It is also expected that upward pressure on salaries in Tipperary and the rest of the country will continue over the next 12 months, with the economy at full employment and cost of living challenges still being felt by local employees. 

The analysis is included in FRS Recruitment’s 2023 Review and 2024 Trend Forecast report.

In total, over the course of 2023, FRS Recruitment advertised a total of 88,964 opportunities nationally. There was also a strong level of response from potential candidates to the openings that came on the market, with FRS recording a 32 percent rise in the average number of applications received per opportunity. 

On a county by county basis, 20 of the 26 counties experienced a decline in job opportunities last year. Dublin and all the other main urban areas experienced a drop in the number of roles with Limerick down 20%, Cork down 19% and Galway down 18%. Proportionately, the largest decline was experienced in Monaghan, down 51%.

Tipperary was one of six counties to buck the national trend and record a rise in the number of opportunities last year.

There was significant growth in activity in the north-west of the country in particular, with the largest county by county increases occurring in Donegal (up 43%), Leitrim (up 40%), Mayo (up 36%) and Sligo (up 13%).