Ireland's share of workers with green skills is rising, says IDA Ireland report

An IDA Ireland report says the country will need to fill more than 20,000 jobs by 2030 to support green economy sectors. Ireland’s share of workers with green skills – that is, people with skills relevant to sustainability and climate action efforts ­– is on the rise. According to IDA Ireland’s latest Labour Market Pulse report, which features data from LinkedIn, 13pc of LinkedIn members in Ireland were considered ‘green talent’ in 2021. That included LinkedIn members who work in jobs that require green skills, as well as those that have these skills listed on their profile. The increase of green talent has been driven partially by new sustainability-focused jobs but predominantly by jobs in other sectors with sustainable elements, such as compliance managers or data scientists. Based on analysis of the skills added by LinkedIn’s more than 875m global members over the past seven years, the overall share of green talent on LinkedIn has risen from 9.6pc to 13.3pc between 2015 and 2021. Ireland’s adoption of green skills is happening broadly in line with Europe-wide and global trends. In 2021, approximately 10pc of LinkedIn Ireland members hired were in green jobs or jobs that benefited from green skills. Hiring
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