Salesforce Salary Survey 2024

The demand for Salesforce professionals in Ireland has continued to grow in 2023, despite the announcement of big-tech layoffs, we have seen a number of companies starting to build out Salesforce teams from scratch. This growth is mirrored by an increase in recent graduates, deciding to go the Salesforce route by obtaining the necessary certifications and entering the Salesforce Ecosystem.

The global announcement of big-tech layoffs in 2023 sent shockwaves through the Irish IT industry which led to many other companies following suit by slowing recruitment or handing out redundancies of their own. Salesforce HQ in Dublin was one of those affected, meaning that an influx of new candidates were now on the market.

Many of those newly available candidates have joined companies in Ireland where Salesforce demand is growing, especially in industries such as Banking and Pharmaceutical. We are now seeing a trend of many of those big-tech companies, re-hiring the staff they gave redundancies to only a few months ago, which again increases demand.

Relocation packages and visa sponsorship is still on offer with many companies choosing to attract talent from overseas. However, the increasing cost of living and related housing crisis in Ireland has brought many challenges to this strategy, meaning that such companies have had to look in-country to meet their needs.

Flexibility with remote and hybrid working has continued to be a hot topic, with the majority of candidates insisting this is a nonnegotiable aspect of work-life balance. We do not expect this to change in the next year.