IT Manager Recruitment
Placing experienced IT Managers who can run technology operations and keep Irish businesses moving.
What This Role Means for Irish Business
The IT Manager is the person most Irish businesses rely on to keep their technology working, their team organised, and their systems secure. It is a role that sits at the junction between technical delivery and business management, and finding someone who can do both well is harder than it sounds.
Many companies find that IT Manager recruitment goes wrong because the brief is too broad or the wrong things are prioritised. You end up with a strong technician who cannot manage a team or a generalist who cannot solve the technical problems.
We have spent decades placing IT Managers across Irish businesses. We know what good looks like at this level and we know how to find it.
What We Do
We place IT Managers across Irish companies from smaller businesses hiring their first dedicated IT Manager to larger organisations with structured IT teams that need experienced management.
We focus on people who can do the technical work and lead the team. IT Managers in Irish SMEs in particular need to be able to operate across a wide range of responsibilities, from infrastructure and security to vendor management and board reporting.
We place permanent IT Managers and senior interim IT managers depending on the situation.
Roles We Place
- IT Manager
- IT Operations Manager
- Infrastructure Manager
- Service Delivery Manager
- IT Support Manager
- Systems and Network Manager
- IT Team Lead (senior)
How We Work
We start by understanding your business and your current IT situation. What is working and what is not? What does the team look like? What does the new IT Manager need to fix, build, or maintain?
That context shapes the search. It also helps us have realistic conversations with candidates about what the role actually involves, which reduces the risk of a hire that looks good on paper but struggles in practice.
We move quickly and efficiently. Most IT Manager searches at Star Recruitment are completed within six to eight weeks.
Frequently Asked Questions
Most strong IT Manager candidates in Ireland have a solid technical foundation, typically five to ten years of hands on experience in infrastructure, networking, or systems, combined with two to five years of team or project management.
The specific background varies by sector. A strong IT Manager for a manufacturing company looks different to one for a financial services firm. We factor that into every search.
We understand that an unexpected IT Manager vacancy creates real operational pressure. We prioritise urgent searches and can typically have a longlist ready within two weeks of a clear brief being agreed.
If there is a genuine gap in interim cover, we can also help with that while the permanent search is underway.
Very common. It is one of the most frequent scenarios we see in Irish businesses. One person has been managing IT informally for years and the business has grown to the point where that is no longer sustainable.
The right hire in this situation needs to be someone who can assess what has been built, build structure around it, and take over ownership confidently. We know exactly what to look for.
Yes. We regularly place IT Managers in companies with 50 to 300 employees. At this size, the IT Manager role is often the most important technology hire the business makes. We take it seriously regardless of company size.
An IT Manager in Ireland in 2026 will typically attract a permanent salary somewhere in the range of €75,000 to €105,000 plus at a well-established Irish business, though the figure moves depending on the size of the team being managed, the complexity of the IT environment, and the sector.
In organisations with a smaller IT team and a relatively straightforward infrastructure, the salary will typically sit closer to €80,000 to €100,000 plus. At companies where the IT Manager is running a team of five or more people, managing a cloud migration, or overseeing a complex ERP environment, €95,000 to €150,000 is more realistic.
Interim IT Manager engagements, which often arise when a business loses its key IT person unexpectedly or needs to bridge a gap during a recruitment process, typically attract day rates in the range of €550 to €850 per day in the Irish market.
It is worth knowing that strong IT Managers in Ireland are currently in demand and often have options, so knowing what the market expects before you make an offer will save you time and reduce the risk of losing a strong candidate at the final stage. If you would like a clear picture of what a competitive package looks like for your situation, get in touch and we will take it from there.