Skilled Worker visa: shortage occupations for healthcare and education
Updated 6 April 2021
Check which jobs are on the healthcare and education shortage occupations list in each area of the UK, and how much you’ll need to be paid.
If your job is on this list, your salary must be at least the national pay scale rate for the job you’ll be doing to qualify for a Skilled Worker visa.
There’s a different list of shortage occupations if you do not work in healthcare or education.
If you do not know your job’s occupation code, you can search for your job in the ONS occupation coding tool.
Occupation code | Job types included on the shortage occupations list | Areas of the UK where there is a shortage |
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2211 | Medical practitioners – all jobs | England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland |
2212 | Psychologists – all jobs | England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland |
2213 | Pharmacists – all jobs | England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland |
2217 | Medical radiographers – all jobs (including radiotherapy practitioners / technologists) | England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland |
2219 | Health professionals not elsewhere classified – all jobs | England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland |
2221 | Physiotherapists – all jobs | England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland |
2222 | Occupational therapists – all jobs | England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland |
2223 | Speech and language therapists – all jobs | England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland |
2231 | Nurses – all jobs | England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland |
2314 | Secondary education teaching professionals – only teachers in maths, physics, science (where an element of physics will be taught), computer science and modern foreign languages | England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland |
2314 | Secondary education teaching professionals – only teachers in Gaelic | Scotland only |
2315 | Primary and nursery education teaching professionals – only Gaelic medium teachers | Scotland only |
2442 | Social workers – all jobs | England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland |
3213 | Paramedics – all jobs | England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland |
6141 | Nursing auxiliaries and assistants – all jobs | England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland |