Ireland: information & communication sector number of employees 2021

In 2021, the number of employees in the information and communication industry in Ireland increased by 10,897 employees (+9.23 percent) since 2020. Therefore, the number of employees in Ireland reached a peak in 2021 with 128,972 employees. Notably, the number of employees in this industry continuously increased over the last years.
The relationship of employer to employee exists when there is an agreement, which may be formal or informal, between an enterprise and a person, normally entered into voluntarily by both parties, whereby the person works for the enterprise in return for remuneration in cash or in kind.

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Total number of employees in the information and communication industry in Ireland from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Number of employees
2021	128,972
2020	118,075
2019	114,175
2018	102,960
2017	97,322
2016	90,980
2015	83,106
2014	77,616
2013	72,670
2012	68,280

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March 2024

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Ireland

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work
Data coverage corresponds to code J of CE Rev 2.

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