Top employers in technology

The most popular graduate recruiters in technology, as voted for by students for the 2024/25 Student survey, run by gradireland and our research partner Cibyl. You can read the 2024/25 edition here.

1. Google

Google is one of the world’s largest and best known search engines. Their European HQ is in Dublin.

2. Apple

Design and manufacture of consumer electronics and related software products. Apple's European Operations Headquarters is in Cork.

3. Microsoft

Producer of consumer electronics and related software products. Major presence in Ireland.

4. 2K Games

Find out more about graduate careers with 2k Games here.

5. Meta

Social Media and tech company; European operations have been headquartered in Dublin since October 2008.

6. IBM

Providers of advanced information technology products, services and business consulting.

7. Dell EMC

Dell EMC sells data storage, information security, virtualization, analytics, cloud computing and other products.

8. TikTok

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Their mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.

9. LinkedIn

Major career and jobs oriented social media platform with European HQ in Dublin.

10. AMD

AMD is the high performance and adaptive computing leader, powering the products and services that help solve the world’s most important challenges. 

The Ireland's 100 leading graduate employers survey is part of the European Student Barometer and is conducted by Europe's leading graduate research firm, Cibyl.

For more information on major graduate employers visit gradireland employers.