FREE SALARY GUIDE 

Ireland's 2026 Information Security

Salary Guide

Cybersecurity remains one of Ireland’s most resilient industries. But with salaries cooling from post-pandemic highs, new EU regulations driving demand, and global tech firms setting the pace in Dublin, it can be hard to know what “competitive” looks like.


That’s why our specialist Cybersecurity Recruiter, John James Baird, has pulled together the definitive 2026 Ireland Information Security Salary Guide.

📥 Download your copy now and get the insider edge on all things Cybersecurity hiring.

Dublin Cyber Salary Guide

What's In The Guide

Inside this guide:

✅ Salary benchmarks for every level...from entry-level analysts to CISOs

✅ Permanent salaries and contract day rates across dozens of specialist roles

✅ Insights into the industries paying the most right now (finance, healthcare, tech, MSSPs)

✅ The skills and certifications boosting pay by 10–15%

✅ Hiring trends, employer insights, and benefits beyond salary

✅ A future outlook on where salaries are headed in the next 12–24 months

John James Baird

Meet John James (JJ)

Behind this guide is John James Baird, The Recruitment Company’s Principal Cybersecurity Recruiter. With over a decade of experience recruiting on both sides of the Atlantic, John lives and breathes the cybersecurity market, and spends every day talking to the professionals and employers shaping it.

John specialises in both permanent and contract recruitment across Ireland’s cybersecurity and networks space. From SOC Analysts to CISOs, he’s helped some of the country’s most exciting companies build world-class security teams.

This salary guide is more than just numbers. It’s backed by John’s market expertise, conversations, and firsthand knowledge of what’s happening in Ireland’s cybersecurity scene right now.

About The Recruitment Company

We're not just a recruitment company, we're The Recruitment Company. We’re a boutique, specialist IT recruitment agency with offices in Dublin and Sydney, and for the past 25 years, we’ve been making waves in the industry by going against the norm and upsetting the apple cart.

We exist for one reason...to make people enjoy the recruitment process again. Sounds bold, right? But we truly believe recruitment doesn’t have to be stressful, transactional, or uncertain. Whether you’re hiring for your next big transformation project, scaling your team, or navigating hiring challenges, we’re here to make the process smoother, smarter, and dare we say it—enjoyable.

With our game-changing Lifetime Guarantee, we’ve redefined what it means to partner with a recruiter. Because for us, it’s not just about filling roles—it’s about building relationships that last and helping your business succeed long after the hire.

Ready to experience recruitment done differently?

Download the guide and let’s talk about how we can help.

📞 Call us on +353 1 697 2548
📩 hello@therecruitmentcompany.com

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