Who We Are
About PayMetric Labs
Tech salaries in Ireland and the UK are genuinely hard to benchmark accurately. Most published figures blend seniority levels, age into irrelevance within months, or sit behind a subscription paywall. We built PayMetric Labs because people making real pay decisions deserve better data than that.
Ireland & UK
Coverage
Salary + Contract
Data types
Take-Home Calculators
Free tools
Always free
No paywalls
Role, level, and location. Never blended.
A senior backend engineer benchmark in Dublin is built only from senior backend engineer data in Dublin. We do not blend seniority levels or mix regions, because averaged-out numbers are not useful for actual pay decisions. Every figure is like-for-like, or it does not get published.
Confidence scores on every benchmark
Not all benchmarks carry the same weight. Every salary and day rate page shows a confidence score so you know how much to trust the figure before you use it. High Confidence means you can cite it in a negotiation. Moderate Confidence is directional context. The signal-to-noise ratio is always visible.
Built for contractors, not just employees
Most salary platforms treat contracting as a footnote. We publish dedicated contractor day rate benchmarks for Ireland and the UK, with IR35 context for UK contractors and structure-specific take-home estimates across sole trader, PAYE umbrella, and director structures for Ireland.
No paywalls, no sign-ups, ever
Every salary benchmark, contractor day rate, take-home calculator, and market intelligence report is fully free to access. No registration, no trial, no premium tier. Compensation data is most useful when everyone in a negotiation has access to the same numbers.
Market direction, not just today's snapshot
Alongside individual benchmarks, market intelligence tracks which roles are hiring most, which skills command a premium, and where pay is rising fastest. It is designed to help you read where the market is heading, not just where it is right now.
Who uses it
Built for three audiences. Useful to all three.
Candidates on salary
Use it to answer the question: am I being paid fairly right now? Check your role, level, and location against the benchmark before your next review or offer negotiation. Know where you stand before you sit down.
Contractors
Benchmark your day rate against current market figures, then model take-home across different structures. Compare inside vs outside IR35 in the UK, or sole trader vs director in Ireland. Know your number before you negotiate.
Hiring teams
Set salary bands grounded in current market data. Spot pay compression before it becomes a retention problem. Build offers that candidates will accept on the first call, not the third.
Ready to explore?
Start with salary benchmarks, contractor day rates, or the market intelligence overview. All free, no account needed.