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Comparison
Where do Irish contract roles get advertised? Job boards, job search engines, recruitment agencies, freelance marketplaces and LinkedIn posts each cover a different slice. Here is how they compare for limited company, umbrella and PAYE contractors.
| Site | Type | Best for | LinkedIn post roles | Alerts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freelance Radar | Contract role radar | Contract roles announced in LinkedIn posts, with direct contact | Yes | Yes |
| Jobs.ie | Job board | Contractors who want a classic Irish job board covering every sector. | No | Yes |
| IrishJobs.ie | Job board | Broad searches across the Irish job market, permanent and contract. | No | Yes |
| LinkedIn Jobs | Job listings on LinkedIn | Formal job ads from companies with an active LinkedIn presence. | No | Yes |
| Indeed Ireland | Job search engine | Broad searches across every kind of job. | No | Yes |
| Hays Ireland | Recruitment agency | Contractors who want a large agency to handle their placement. | No | Yes |
| Morgan McKinley | Recruitment agency | Finance, compliance and technology professionals working with a specialist agency. | No | Yes |
| Malt | Freelance marketplace | Freelancers who want inbound project requests through a platform. | No | Yes |
Comparison as of 2026, based on public information.
Freelance Radar finds the contract roles that recruiters, agencies and hiring managers announce in LinkedIn posts, including the many that never become a formal job ad. You see who posted each role and contact them directly.
Jobs.ie is a long established Irish job board where employers and recruitment agencies post job ads across every industry, including contract and temporary roles.
Best for: Contractors who want a classic Irish job board covering every sector. Read the full comparison
IrishJobs.ie is one of the best known job boards in Ireland, where employers and recruitment agencies advertise permanent, contract and temporary roles.
Best for: Broad searches across the Irish job market, permanent and contract. Read the full comparison
LinkedIn Jobs is the job listings section of LinkedIn, where companies and recruiters publish formal job ads that you can search and apply to.
Best for: Formal job ads from companies with an active LinkedIn presence. Read the full comparison
Indeed is a general job search engine that gathers job ads from employer career sites and job boards across every industry, with an Irish edition.
Best for: Broad searches across every kind of job. Read the full comparison
Hays is an international recruitment group with offices in Ireland. Its consultants place contractors and permanent staff in IT, life sciences, engineering, construction, finance and other sectors.
Best for: Contractors who want a large agency to handle their placement. Read the full comparison
Morgan McKinley is a professional services recruitment firm with offices in Ireland and abroad, placing contract, interim and permanent staff in finance, technology, compliance and other areas.
Best for: Finance, compliance and technology professionals working with a specialist agency. Read the full comparison
Malt is a European freelance marketplace where independent professionals create a profile and clients contact them for projects, mostly in tech, data, design and marketing.
Best for: Freelancers who want inbound project requests through a platform. Read the full comparison
What is the best site to find contract roles in Ireland?
There is no single best site. Irish job boards, job search engines, recruitment agencies and freelance marketplaces each cover part of the market. Many contract roles are also announced only in LinkedIn posts by recruiters, which is the part Freelance Radar covers.
Where do recruitment agencies post contract roles?
Agencies advertise on job boards and on their own sites, and their consultants very often announce new contracts in LinkedIn posts, sometimes before or instead of a formal job ad.
How do I find pharma and life sciences contracts?
Many CQV, validation, quality and engineering contracts on Irish pharma and medtech sites go through engineering consultancies and specialist life sciences recruiters. Their consultants often post new contracts on LinkedIn with the site location, the duration and the day rate.
