DECT Job Trends in England

Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring DECT skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 609 678 679
Rank change year-on-year +69 +1 +283
Permanent jobs citing DECT 8 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.015% 0.002% 0.002%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.090% 0.015% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £37,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.12%
UK median annual salary - - £37,000
% change year-on-year - - -30.19%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

DECT falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,850 6,507 6,903
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.75% 13.52% 14.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,443 3,411 5,563
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £40,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,400 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £89,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £38,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +10.00% -4.76%

DECT
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DECT relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

DECT job vacancy trend in England

DECT
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing DECT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing DECT

DECT
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DECT within the England region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East - 8 - - 5
DECT
UK

DECT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) DSL
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
1 8 (100.00%) PBX
1 8 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 8 (100.00%) VLAN
1 8 (100.00%) VoIP
1 8 (100.00%) VPN
1 8 (100.00%) WAN
1 8 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 8 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 8 (100.00%) Marketing
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 8 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (25.00%) Presales Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Case Management
1 8 (100.00%) Presales
1 8 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree