Speech Therapist Career in Dubai
553 on the Register · 411 with a Full-time Licence
Dubai's medical register lists 553 speech therapist professionals. The 411 with a full-time licence work at 167 facilities. The FTL rate is 74%: the share holding an active full-time licence at a Dubai facility.
553
On the register
15
Register per 100K population
74%
FTL rate
0%
Consultant ratio
Top Employers
The largest employers of speech therapist professionals in Dubai, ranked by headcount.
Areas Where Zavis Has Matched Speech Therapist Professionals
The areas with the most matched speech therapist records. Areas come from the address on each facility's Zavis directory listing. 3,021 of Dubai's 5,505 facilities have an address that names one of these areas; the rest are in other communities or have no usable address, so an area's count is not its full workforce and an area missing here is not an area without this specialty.
Al Barsha
41 matched
Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC)
36 matched
Umm Suqeim
29 matched
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
21 matched
Jumeirah
15 matched
Al Quoz
12 matched
Oud Metha
12 matched
Al Garhoud
12 matched
Employment Model
FTL (Full-time licence)
411
74%
REG (Registered only, no facility licence)
142
26%
The FTL rate is the share of registered speech therapist professionals who hold an active full-time licence at a Dubai facility. A REG record means the professional has passed registration with the Dubai health regulator, which the regulator describes as the step before looking for a job, but is not currently licensed at a facility. That can mean someone between jobs, newly registered or not yet hired. Licence type does not measure skill or seniority.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many speech therapist professionals work in Dubai?
As of 2026-04-03, 411 speech therapist professionals held an active full-time licence at a Dubai facility. Dubai's medical register listed 553 in all, or 15 per 100,000 population. The rest are almost all Registered Only: registered with the Dubai health regulator but holding no facility licence, so they cannot practise in Dubai until a facility activates one.
What are the top employers for speech therapist in Dubai?
The largest employers are The Speech Clinic, Advanced Behavioural Learning Environment, Neuropedia Childrens Neuroscience Center. The top facility employs 25 speech therapist professionals.
What is the FTL rate for speech therapist in Dubai?
74% of speech therapist professionals on Dubai's medical register hold a full-time licence (FTL) at a Dubai facility. Another 26% are Registered Only (REG): they have passed registration with the Dubai health regulator but do not currently hold a licence at a Dubai facility, so they cannot practise until a facility activates one.
Related Pages
Source: the public register of licensed medical professionals kept by the Dubai health regulator, read 2026-04-03. See data sources. This career profile is for informational purposes only and does not constitute career or employment advice.