The latest Morgan McKinley Monthly Employment Monitor published today also shows that the number of professionals seeking new roles fell 12pc in May compared to May 2014, making life more difficult for employers.

With skips on many residential street in Dublin, it is perhaps not surprising that the construction and building services sector recorded the highest number of jobs in May since early 2015 with strong demand for engineers, project managers and service engineers.

Cyber security roles in the IT sector have grown month-on-month in 2015 as security concerns are increasingly recognised as posing a global threat to business.

The SME sector also continues to recover with increased hiring activity, but it remains a challenging environment as they compete with multinationals for talent.

Morgan McKinley says many of the jobs created in 2015 are new roles and do not include legacy skill sets, adding to the recruitment challenge.