Fully Remote Job Vacancies Falling While Hybrid Working Vacancies Remain Stable

IrishJobs has published the results of its Jobs Index for Q3 2024, revealing that the share of job vacancies offering fully remote working has fallen to its lowest level in nearly four years. However, the data indicates that hybrid working vacancies remain stable.

Data shows that the proportion of fully remote job vacancies fell to 1.9% in Q3 2024. This continues a trend of falling vacancy levels in the practice over the previous four quarters and indicates a clear reduction in the level of fully remote homeworking in Ireland.

In contrast, the proportion of hybrid working vacancies has remained relatively stable, fluctuating between 11.2% and 12.4% over the past six quarters. This stabilisation indicates that hybrid working will likely remain a more permanent and substantial feature of the Irish labour market than the full-time working-from-home model.

Candidate interest in hybrid working shows little sign of abating, with searches on IrishJobs for hybrid opportunities up 46% in Q3 compared to the previous year. While searches for jobs offering remote work are up 9% over the same period.

Commenting on the release of the Index, Sam Dooley, Country Director of The Stepstone Group Ireland with responsibility for IrishJobs, said:

“Recent return to the office announcements made by large multinationals have caused waves in workplaces not just in Ireland but around the world. While fully remote working continues to decline, hybrid working has stabilised, indicating that it looks set to become a long-term feature of the labour market.

As employers navigate a tight labour market, embedding hybrid working in their offering reflects a clear response to candidate demand for flexible working arrangements.”

Download the full Jobs Index for Q3 2024 here.