Construction Salary Survey 2025

Introduction

Design Build Search is a specialist recruitment consultancy established to provide a quality recruitment service for clients and candidates a like in the construction and engineering industry. Our team is made up of experienced construction recruiters who have a wealth of industry experience domestically and internationally. Over the last 8 years Design Build Search has been working with local and international companies helping them solve their recruitment needs.

Salaries will vary from company to company, as well as locations and industries. However, this is a guide to the most common figures we have observed when speaking with construction employers regarding specific roles. According to CIS 2024 Double-digit growth was expected in 2024 (16%) and 2025 (11%) before levelling off in 2026. As the shocks from the pandemic and global unrest wane, Ireland finds itself in a strong position, where the strong economic performance in 2022 has continued with growth of 2% predicted out to 2026. Headline inflation is decreasing faster than previously anticipated driven by an easing of global energy prices.

One third of building companies surveyed in the latest Construction Industry Federation’s Construction Outlook Survey reported an annual increase in turnover during the second quarter of 2024. 30% of companies also reported a year-on-year increase in the total number of people they employed in the same period, with 26% expecting to employ more staff in the coming months.

Outlook

Total Irish construction output, including non-residential and civil engineering, is forecast to grow by 3.9% in 2024, the highest in the Euroconstruct area, and 5.7% in 2025, increasing demand for civil engineering jobs. The volume of new non-residential building (including retail, office and industrial buildings, student accommodation and hospitality) is expected to break even in 2024 before recovering modestly in 2025 (up 1.3%). The construction industry is expected to grow in 2025 along with the wider economy. This will be supported by investment in the transport and electricity sectors. As part of the plan, the government aims to increase the share of renewable energy in the country’s total electricity mix to up to 80% by 2030.

Forecast-period growth in the industry will also be supported by investment as part of the National Development Plan (NDP) 2021-30 plan, which involves an investment of €165 billion for different sectors in the country, over a time frame of 10 years. In addition to the renewable sector there is continued growth expected in the pharma, data centre, commercial, residential, and retail sectors.