Applicants for Ireland's Critical Skills Employment Permit must usually have a job offer in a role that pays a minimum of €60,000 per year. The salary requirement is lowered for those with a job offer on Ireland's Highly Skilled Occupations List, found below, in which case the role must pay at least €30,000 per year.
The following list is broken into job categories, and further broken into jobs which make use of specific skills Only applicants with job offers which require the skills listed under the 'job-specific skills' column may apply for a Critical Skills Employment Permit under the €30,000 per year rule. All others will need a job offer which pays at least €60,000 per year to be eligible.
Highly Skilled Occupations List
SOC 3 | Employment category | SOC 4 | Skills needed |
211 | Natural and social science professionals | 2111 | Chemical scientists in manufacturing (including food & beverages, |
211 | Natural and social science professionals | 2112 | Medical laboratory scientists Biological scientists and biochemists in manufacturing (including food |
211 | Natural and social science professionals | 2113 | Physical scientists in manufacturing (including food & beverages, |
212 | Engineering professionals | 2122 | Mechanical engineers specialising in:
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212 | Engineering professionals | 2123 | Electrical engineers specialising in:
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212 | Engineering professionals | 2124 | Electronics engineers specialising in:
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212 | Engineering professionals | 2126 | Design and development engineers specialising in:
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212 | Engineering professionals | 2127 | Production and process engineers specialising in:
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212 | Engineering professionals | 2129 | Material scientists |
113 | ICT professionals | 1136 | Information technology and telecommunications directors |
213 | ICT professionals | 2133 | IT specialist managers |
213 | ICT professionals | 2134 | IT project and programme managers |
213 | ICT professionals | 2135 | IT business analysts, architects and systems designers |
213 | ICT professionals | 2136 | Programmers and software development professionals |
213 | ICT professionals | 2137 | Web design and development professionals |
213 | ICT professionals | 2139 | All other ICT professionals |
221 | Health professionals | 2211 | Medical practitioners |
221 | Health professionals | 2213 | Industrial pharmacists |
221 | Health professionals | 2217 |
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221 | Health professionals | 2219 |
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118 | Health and Social Services Managers and Directors | 1181 | Senior health services and public health managers and directors |
223 | Nursing and Midwifery Professionals | 2231 |
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223 | Nursing and Midwifery Professionals | 2232 |
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222 | Therapy Professionals | 2229 | Orthoptists |
321 | Health Associate Professionals | 3218 |
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321 | Health Associate Professionals | 3213 |
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242 | Business, Research and Administrative Professionals | 2421 |
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242 | Business, Research and Administrative Professionals | 2423 | Management consultants and business analysts specialising in big data analytics with skills in IT, data mining, modelling, and advanced maths |
242 | Business, Research and Administrative Professionals | 2424 | Business and financial project management professionals specializing |
242 | Business, Research and Administrative Professionals | 2425 | Actuaries, economists and statisticians specialising in big data |
246 | Quality and Regulatory Professionals | 2461 | Quality control and planning engineers |
246 | Quality and Regulatory Professionals | 2462 | Quality assurance and regulatory professionals |
246 | Quality and Regulatory Professionals | 2463 | Environmental health professionals |
354 | Sales, Marketing and Related Associate Professionals | 3542 | Business sales executives specialising in International Sales Roles or ITB2B sales roles and with fluency in the official language, apart from English, of a state which is not a Member State of the EEA |
354 | Sales, Marketing and Related Associate Professionals | 3543 | International marketing experts with required domain knowledge specialising in product strategy development and management with technical and product/service knowledge (pharmaceutical, medical devices, Software B2B, SaaS products) |
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