How many live roles in Ireland involve AI?
271 of 593 live roles in Ireland involve AI. 45.7% · of live roles that involve AI · live specs · week ending 2 October 2026.
Across 593 live specs in Ireland from 36 employers, week ending 2 October 2026. Each role is read on whether it involves AI, whether AI sits at the centre of the work, and whether the role is accountable for what the model produces.
A cell under 30 live specs prints its counts and no share; under 150, its count and base print beside its share. Every share moves with sector mix, and this page names the market’s sector cells beside its figures.
How many Irish specifications involve AI
Involved: 271 of 593 live roles in Ireland involve AI, 45.7% of live roles that involve AI (live specs, week ending 2 October 2026).
Central: of those 271 roles that involve AI, 150 have AI at the centre of the work, 55.4% of roles that involve AI where AI sits at the centre of the work.
Accountable: of those 150 AI-central roles, 41 are accountable for what the model produces, 27.3% of AI-central roles accountable for what the model produces.
Beside the three measures, as context and not as a measure, on the base of all live roles: 150 of 593 (25.3%) live roles in Ireland are AI-central.
Which sectors make up the Irish base
Sector mix: technology 229. Sector cells with fewer than 10 employers in Ireland are held: 364 live specs sit in them. Every figure on this page is for the market as a whole, and its sector mix is named here beside it.
Sector cells with fewer than 10 employers in Ireland are held: 364 live specs sit in them.
Where AI lands by seniority in Ireland
Entry level: 41 of 78 (52.6%) live roles in Ireland involve AI; of those, 12 of 41 (29.3%) have AI at the centre of the work.
Director and above: 26 of 64 (40.6%) live roles in Ireland involve AI; of those, 16 of 26 have AI at the centre of the work.
Week ending 2 October 2026.
How Irish AI-central roles read on the four tests
Every AI-central role is then read on four tests. Accountable is one of them.
Of 150 AI-central roles in Ireland, week ending 2 October 2026, each test on its own: works with the model, 45 of 150 (30.0%); can overrule it, 19 of 150 (12.7%); is accountable for what it produces, 41 of 150 (27.3%); keeps decisions over it, 62 of 150 (41.3%).
Beside the four tests, as context: 88 of 150 meet none of the four tests (58.7%).
Beside the four tests: 88 of 150 meet none of the four tests (58.7%).
How this is measured
Live specs: roles open at the freeze, de-duplicated, and read the same way in every market. Each measure's share is on the measure before it, and a figure under a floor prints its counts.
Full methodIs this a net-new seat at the company, or a backfill?
Of 150 AI-central roles in Ireland: new (confirmed) 18.7%; backfill (confirmed) 32.0%; backfill (inferred) 49.3%, week ending 2 October 2026.