IDA Ireland monitors and reports on employment trends in its client portfolio through the Annual Employment Survey (AES) conducted by my Department. In the AES we distinguish between full-time jobs in agency-assisted firms and part-time, temporary or short-term contract employees. The 2022 AES was published by my Department on 1 March 2023.
For the purpose of the survey, full-time employees are taken as those who work full hours and have contracts of nine months or longer. Part-time, temporary or short-term contract employees (‘other employees’) are taken as those employed on a part-time or short-term basis or employed on contracts of less than nine months.
Data from the 2022 AES shows that the share of ‘other employees’ as a proportion of total employment has remained stable in recent years for both the overall client base and within the specific ICT services "NACE" classification.
Data for 2019 through to 2022 is set out in the tables below:
|
Total IDA client base
|
2019
|
2020
|
2021
|
2022
|
|
Permanent full-time employees
|
229,776
|
239,961
|
257,757
|
280,890
|
|
Other employees
|
21,353
|
20,802
|
19,699
|
20,585
|
|
Total employment
|
251,129
|
260,763
|
277,456
|
301,475
|
|
‘Other’ as share of total
|
9%
|
8%
|
7%
|
7%
|
|
ICT*
|
2019
|
2020
|
2021
|
2022
|
|
Permanent full-time employees
|
109,104
|
114,022
|
123,251
|
135,747
|
|
Other employees
|
6,840
|
6,976
|
5,665
|
5,709
|
|
Total employment
|
115,944
|
120,998
|
128,916
|
141,456
|
|
‘Other’ as share of total
|
6%
|
6%
|
4%
|
4%
|
*Information and Communication Services, Electrical Equipment, and Computer, Electronic and Optical Equipment
