Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Occupations

Eligible SOC 2020 occupation codes and going rates for Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility and Scale-up routes

  1. In this Appendix:
    1. • “SW” refers to the Skilled Worker route
    2. • “GBM” refers to the Global Business Mobility routes
    3. • “GTR” refers to the Global Business Mobility - Graduate Trainee route
    4. • “SCU” refers to the Scale-up route

These SOC 2020 occupation codes are considered to be skilled to Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) level 6 or above, and are eligible for the Skilled Worker route.

Going rates in Table 1 are per year and based on a 37.5-hour working week. They must be pro-rated for other working patterns, based on the weekly working hours stated by the applicant’s sponsor. Options A to E refer to the points options set out in Appendix Skilled Worker.

  1. The going rates and associated reductions which apply are whichever is the higher of:
    1. • the rate shown by the median ASHE data for that occupation; or
    2. • £17.13 per hour

For the avoidance of doubt, where £17.13 per hour calculates as more than 70%, 80% or 90% of the stated going rate, £17.13 will nevertheless be taken to be 70%, 80% or 90% of the going rate, as applicable.

Only the going rate column applies to Skilled Worker settlement applications; the columns setting out 70%, 80% and 90% of the going rate do not apply.

SOC 2020 occupation code Examples of related job titles (non-exclusive) Going rate (SW – options A and D) 90% of going rate (SW – option B) 80% of going rate (SW – option C) 70% of going rate (SW – option E) Eligible for PhD points (SW)?
1111 Chief executives and senior officials • Chairpersons
• Chief executives
• Diplomats and foreign office officials
• Senior public service officials
• Chief executives and senior officials not elsewhere classified
£88,100
(£45.18 per hour)
£79,300
(£40.67 per hour)
£70,400
(£36.10 per hour)
£61,600
(£31.59 per hour)
Yes
1121 Production managers and directors in manufacturing • Production managers and directors in manufacturing £55,000
(£28.21 per hour)
£49,500
(£25.38 per hour)
£44,000
(£22.56 per hour)
£38,500
(£19.74 per hour)
Yes
1122 Production managers and directors in construction • Production managers and directors in construction £53,400
(£27.38 per hour)
£48,100
(£24.67 per hour)
£42,700
(£21.90 per hour)
£37,400
(£19.18 per hour)
Yes
1123 Production managers and directors in mining and energy • Managers and directors in the extraction of fossil fuels
• Managers and directors in the production of energy
• Production managers and directors in mining and energy not elsewhere classified
£54,000
(£27.69 per hour)
£48,600
(£24.92 per hour)
£43,200
(£22.15 per hour)
£37,800
(£19.38 per hour)
Yes
1131 Financial managers and directors • Bank, building society and post office managers
• Company secretaries and finance managers and directors
• Investment bankers and directors
• Financial managers and directors not elsewhere classified
£75,100
(£38.51 per hour)
£67,600
(£34.67 per hour)
£60,100
(£30.82 per hour)
£52,600
(£26.97 per hour)
Yes
1132 Marketing, sales and advertising directors • Advertising and marketing directors
• Sales directors
• Marketing, sales and advertising directors not elsewhere classified
£87,300
(£44.77 per hour)
£78,600
(£40.31 per hour)
£69,800
(£35.79 per hour)
£61,100
(£31.33 per hour)
Yes
1133 Public relations and communications directors • Public relations and communications directors £77,200
(£39.59 per hour)
£69,500
(£35.64 per hour)
£61,700
(£31.64 per hour)
£54,000
(£27.69 per hour)
Yes
1134 Purchasing managers and directors • Estimating managers and directors
• Procurement and purchasing managers and directors
• Purchasing managers and directors not elsewhere classified
£54,700
(£28.05 per hour)
£49,300
(£25.28 per hour)
£43,800
(£22.46 per hour)
£38,300
(£19.64 per hour)
Yes
1135 Charitable organisation managers and directors • Charitable organisation managers and directors £44,300
(£22.72 per hour)
£39,900
(£20.46 per hour)
£35,500
(£18.21 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
1136 Human resource managers and directors • Employee relations managers
• Equality, diversity and inclusion managers
• Learning and development managers and directors
• Recruitment managers and directors
• Human resources managers and directors not elsewhere classified
£52,900
(£27.13 per hour)
£47,600
(£24.41 per hour)
£42,300
(£21.69 per hour)
£37,100
(£19.03 per hour)
Yes
1137 Information technology directors • Information security directors
• Information technology operations directors
• Information technology programme managers and directors
• Information technology technical directors
• Information technology directors not elsewhere classified
£86,000
(£44.10 per hour)
£77,400
(£39.69 per hour)
£68,800
(£35.28 per hour)
£60,200
(£30.87 per hour)
Yes
1139 Functional managers and directors not elsewhere classified • Accounts directors
• Administration directors
• Complaints and customer service directors
• Events directors
• Intellectual property managers and directors
• Municipal clerks
• Research and development (R&D) directors
• Functional managers and directors not elsewhere classified
£74,700
(£38.31 per hour)
£67,200
(£34.46 per hour)
£59,700
(£30.62 per hour)
£52,300
(£26.82 per hour)
Yes
1140 Directors in logistics, warehousing and transport • Supply chain directors
• Directors in logistics, warehousing and transport not elsewhere classified
£81,400
(£41.74 per hour)
£73,300
(£37.59 per hour)
£65,100
(£33.38 per hour)
£57,000
(£29.23 per hour)
Yes
1162 Senior police officers • Chief, deputy chief and assistant chief constables
• Chief inspectors
• Chief superintendents
• Senior police officers not elsewhere classified
£64,000
(£32.82 per hour)
£57,600
(£29.54 per hour)
£51,200
(£26.26 per hour)
£44,800
(£22.97 per hour)
Yes
1163 Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services • Senior officers in ambulance services
• Senior officers in fire services
• Senior officers in immigration services
• Senior officers in prison services
• Senior officers in revenue and customs
£61,600
(£31.59 per hour)
£55,400
(£28.41 per hour)
£49,200
(£25.23 per hour)
£43,100
(£22.10 per hour)
Yes
1171 Health services and public health managers and directors • Clinical governance and information managers
• Healthcare service managers and directors
• Health services and public health managers and directors not elsewhere classified
£50,300
(£25.79 per hour)
£45,300
(£23.23 per hour)
£40,300
(£20.67 per hour)
£35,200
(£18.05 per hour)
Yes
1172 Social services managers and directors • Social services managers and directors £43,000
(£22.05 per hour)
£38,700
(£19.85 per hour)
£34,400
(£17.64 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
1241 Managers in transport and distribution • Airport managers
• Depot and fleet managers
• Dispatch and distribution managers
• Harbour and port managers
• Road traffic managers
• Managers in transport and distribution not elsewhere classified
£44,900
(£23.03 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
1254 Waste disposal and environmental services managers • Landfill site managers
• Recycling managers
• Scrap yard managers
• Sewage works and water treatment managers
• Waste disposal and environmental services managers not elsewhere classified
£48,300
(£24.77 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,800
(£17.33 per hour)
No
1255 Managers and directors in the creative industries • Art gallery managers and directors
• Film and television production managers
• Publishing managers and directors
• Radio production managers
• Sport and talent agents
• Theatre production managers
• Managers and directors in the creative industries not elsewhere classified
£44,900
(£23.03 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
2111 Chemical scientists • Analytical chemists
• Industrial chemists
• Nuclear and radiochemists
• Research and development chemists
• Chemical scientists not elsewhere classified
£39,900
(£20.46 per hour)
£35,900
(£18.41 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2112 Biological scientists • Agricultural scientists
• Biologists
• Botanical and horticultural scientists
• Microbiologists and bacteriologists
• Pathologists
• Pharmacologists
• Zoological scientists
• Biological scientists not elsewhere classified
£40,300
(£20.67 per hour)
£36,300
(£18.62 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2113 Biochemists and biomedical scientists • Biochemists
• Biomedical scientists
• Biotechnologists
• Clinical scientists
• Biochemists and biomedical scientists not elsewhere classified
£45,900
(£23.54 per hour)
£41,300
(£21.18 per hour)
£36,700
(£18.82 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2114 Physical scientists • Geologists
• Geophysicists
• Hydrogeologists and hydrologists
• Meteorologists
• Physical scientists not elsewhere classified
£54,600
(£28.00 per hour)
£49,100
(£25.18 per hour)
£43,600
(£22.36 per hour)
£38,200
(£19.59 per hour)
Yes
2115 Social and humanities scientists • Anthropologists
• Archaeologists
• Behavioural scientists
• Epidemiologists
• Genealogists
• Geographic information systems (GIS) analysts
• Historians
• Political scientists
• Public health analysts
• Social and humanities scientists not elsewhere classified
£40,400
(£20.72 per hour)
£36,400
(£18.67 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2119 Natural and social science professionals not elsewhere classified

Note: For Skilled Worker purposes, SOC 2020 occupation code 2119 includes researchers in research organisations other than universities.
• Sports scientists
• Natural and social science professionals not elsewhere classified
£41,500
(£21.28 per hour)
£37,300
(£19.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2121 Civil engineers • Building and building services engineers
• Geotechnical engineers
• Mining engineers
• Structural engineers
• Transportation engineers
• Water engineers (professional)
• Civil engineers not elsewhere classified
£50,400
(£25.85 per hour)
£45,300
(£23.23 per hour)
£40,300
(£20.67 per hour)
£35,200
(£18.05 per hour)
Yes
2122 Mechanical engineers • Automotive engineers (professional)
• Marine engineers and naval architects
• Mechanical design engineers
• Mechanical engineers not elsewhere classified
£46,800
(£24.00 per hour)
£42,100
(£21.59 per hour)
£37,400
(£19.18 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2123 Electrical engineers • Laser engineers
• Power systems engineers
• Railway signalling engineers
• Electrical engineers not elsewhere classified
£58,700
(£30.10 per hour)
£52,900
(£27.13 per hour)
£47,000
(£24.10 per hour)
£41,100
(£21.08 per hour)
Yes
2124 Electronics engineers • Broadcast engineers (professional)
• Telecommunications engineers (professional)
• Electronics engineers not elsewhere classified
£52,000
(£26.67 per hour)
£46,800
(£24.00 per hour)
£41,600
(£21.33 per hour)
£36,400
(£18.67 per hour)
Yes
2125 Production and process engineers • Chemical engineers
• Control and instrumentation engineers
• Industrial and production engineers
• Production and process engineers not elsewhere classified
£45,000
(£23.08 per hour)
£40,500
(£20.77 per hour)
£36,000
(£18.46 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2126 Aerospace engineers • Aeronautical engineers (professional)
• Aircraft engineers (professional)
• Avionics engineers
• Aerospace engineers not elsewhere classified
£52,400
(£26.87 per hour)
£47,200
(£24.21 per hour)
£41,900
(£21.49 per hour)
£36,700
(£18.82 per hour)
Yes
2127 Engineering project managers and project engineers • Engineering project managers and project engineers £51,900
(£26.62 per hour)
£46,700
(£23.95 per hour)
£41,500
(£21.28 per hour)
£36,300
(£18.62 per hour)
Yes
2129 Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified • Acoustic engineers
• Biomedical engineers
• Brewers (qualified)
• Clinical Engineers
• Energy engineers
• Food technologists
• Gas engineers (professional)
• Heating and ventilating engineers (professional)
• Materials engineers
• Mechatronic engineers
• Nuclear engineers
• Patent engineers
• Robotics engineers
• Traffic engineers
• Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified
£46,100
(£23.64 per hour)
£41,500
(£21.28 per hour)
£36,900
(£18.92 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2131 IT project managers • IT project managers £58,200
(£29.85 per hour)
£52,400
(£26.87 per hour)
£46,600
(£23.90 per hour)
£40,700
(£20.87 per hour)
Yes
2132 IT managers • IT information managers
• IT product managers
• IT service delivery managers
• IT systems managers
• IT test managers
• Network managers
• Software development managers
• Technical support managers
• IT managers not elsewhere classified
£55,000
(£28.21 per hour)
£49,500
(£25.38 per hour)
£44,000
(£22.56 per hour)
£38,500
(£19.74 per hour)
Yes
2133 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers • Computer analysts and scientists
• Data architects
• Data engineers
• IT systems architects
• IT business analysts
• IT solutions architects and designers
• IT business analysts, architects and systems designers not elsewhere classified
£54,900
(£28.15 per hour)
£49,400
(£25.33 per hour)
£43,900
(£22.51 per hour)
£38,400
(£19.69 per hour)
Yes
2134 Programmers and software development professionals • Computer games designers
• Computer programmers
• Software developers
• Programmers and software development professionals not elsewhere classified
£54,700
(£28.05 per hour)
£49,200
(£25.23 per hour)
£43,700
(£22.41 per hour)
£38,300
(£19.64 per hour)
Yes
2135 Cyber security professionals • Cyber operational defence specialists
• Cyber security management and governance specialists
• Forensic computer specialists
• Secure system development specialists
• Cyber security professionals not elsewhere classified
£48,500
(£24.87 per hour)
£43,700
(£22.41 per hour)
£38,800
(£19.90 per hour)
£34,000
(£17.44 per hour)
Yes
2136 IT quality and testing professionals • IT quality and testing professionals £41,200
(£21.13 per hour)
£37,100
(£19.03 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2137 IT network professionals • IT network professionals £45,600
(£23.38 per hour)
£41,100
(£21.08 per hour)
£36,500
(£18.72 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2139 Information technology professionals not elsewhere classified • DevOps engineers
• IT consultants
• Webmasters and website managers
• Information technology professionals not elsewhere classified
£52,300
(£26.82 per hour)
£47,100
(£24.15 per hour)
£41,800
(£21.44 per hour)
£36,600
(£18.77 per hour)
Yes
2141 Web design professionals • Application designers
• UI and UX designers and researchers
• Web designers
• Web design professionals not elsewhere classified
£43,800
(£22.46 per hour)
£39,400
(£20.21 per hour)
£35,100
(£18.00 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2142 Graphic and multimedia designers • Multimedia animators
• Graphic and multimedia designers not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2151 Conservation professionals • Conservationists
• Ecologists
• Heritage officers
• Conservation professionals not elsewhere classified
£36,000
(£18.46 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2152 Environment professionals • Energy managers
• Environmental and geo-environmental engineers
• Environmental consultants
• Environmental scientists
• Sustainability officers
• Environmental professionals not elsewhere classified
£37,200
(£19.08 per hour)
£33,500
(£17.18 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2161 Research and development (R&D) managers • Laboratory managers
• Research and development (R&D) design managers
• Research and development (R&D) managers not elsewhere classified
£54,400
(£27.90 per hour)
£48,900
(£25.08 per hour)
£43,500
(£22.31 per hour)
£38,100
(£19.54 per hour)
Yes
2162 Other researchers, unspecified discipline • Other researchers, unspecified discipline £43,600
(£22.36 per hour)
£39,200
(£20.10 per hour)
£34,900
(£17.90 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2240 Veterinarians • Veterinarians £49,500
(£25.38 per hour)
£44,500
(£22.82 per hour)
£39,600
(£20.31 per hour)
£34,600
(£17.74 per hour)
Yes
2311 Higher education teaching professionals • Higher education teaching professionals £52,600
(£26.97 per hour)
£47,300
(£24.26 per hour)
£42,100
(£21.59 per hour)
£36,800
(£18.87 per hour)
Yes
2317 Teachers of English as a foreign language • Teachers of English as a Foreign Language £36,200
(£18.56 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2319 Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified • Adult education tutors
• Dance and drama school principals and owners
• Private music and singing teachers
• Private tutors
• Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2322 Education managers • Education managers £43,900
(£22.51 per hour)
£39,500
(£20.26 per hour)
£35,100
(£18.00 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2323 Education advisers and school inspectors • Educational advisers
• School inspectors
£42,200
(£21.64 per hour)
£37,900
(£19.44 per hour)
£33,700
(£17.28 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2329 Other educational professionals not elsewhere classified • Bursars
• Educational administrators
• Examiners and markers
• Other educational professionals not elsewhere classified
£40,600
(£20.82 per hour)
£36,600
(£18.77 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2411 Barristers and judges • Barristers and advocates
• Judges
• Barristers and judges not elsewhere classified
£59,400
(£30.46 per hour)
£53,500
(£27.44 per hour)
£47,500
(£24.36 per hour)
£41,600
(£21.33 per hour)
Yes
2412 Solicitors and lawyers • Commercial solicitors and lawyers
• Criminal solicitors and lawyers
• Family solicitors and lawyers
• Property solicitors and lawyers
• Solicitors and lawyers not elsewhere classified
£51,600
(£26.46 per hour)
£46,500
(£23.85 per hour)
£41,300
(£21.18 per hour)
£36,100
(£18.51 per hour)
Yes
2419 Legal professionals not elsewhere classified • Conveyancers
• Litigation executives
• Paralegals
• Patent and trademark attorneys
• Legal professionals not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2421 Chartered and certified accountants • Auditors (qualified accountant)
• Financial accountants (qualified)
• Forensic accountants
• Fund accountants
• Insolvency practitioners
• Chartered and certified accountants not elsewhere classified
£49,200
(£25.23 per hour)
£44,300
(£22.72 per hour)
£39,400
(£20.21 per hour)
£34,500
(£17.69 per hour)
Yes
2422 Finance and investment analysts and advisers • Credit analysts
• Financial advisers and planners
• Financial analysts
• Mortgage advisers
• Finance and investment analysts and advisers not elsewhere classified
£45,800
(£23.49 per hour)
£41,200
(£21.13 per hour)
£36,700
(£18.82 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2423 Taxation experts • Taxation experts £48,500
(£24.87 per hour)
£43,700
(£22.41 per hour)
£38,800
(£19.90 per hour)
£34,000
(£17.44 per hour)
Yes
2431 Management consultants and business analysts • Business analysts and consultants
• Management advisers and consultants
• Risk analysts
• Management consultants and business analysts not elsewhere classified
£50,200
(£25.74 per hour)
£45,200
(£23.18 per hour)
£40,200
(£20.62 per hour)
£35,100
(£18.00 per hour)
Yes
2432 Marketing and commercial managers • Commercial managers
• Marketing managers
• Marketing and commercial managers not elsewhere classified
£50,100
(£25.69 per hour)
£45,100
(£23.13 per hour)
£40,000
(£20.51 per hour)
£35,000
(£17.95 per hour)
Yes
2433 Actuaries, economists and statisticians • Actuaries and actuarial analysts
• Economists
• Mathematicians
• Statistical data scientists
• Statisticians
• Actuaries, economists and statisticians not elsewhere classified
£55,100
(£28.26 per hour)
£49,600
(£25.44 per hour)
£44,100
(£22.62 per hour)
£38,600
(£19.79 per hour)
Yes
2434 Business and related research professionals • Intelligence analysts
• Researchers in media and entertainment
• Business and related research professionals not elsewhere classified
£38,800
(£19.90 per hour)
£35,000
(£17.95 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2435 Professional/chartered company secretaries • Professional/chartered company secretaries £58,200
(£29.85 per hour)
£52,300
(£26.82 per hour)
£46,500
(£23.85 per hour)
£40,700
(£20.87 per hour)
Yes
2439 Business, research and administrative professionals not elsewhere classified • Policy officers
• Business, research and administrative professionals not elsewhere classified
£56,600
(£29.03 per hour)
£50,900
(£26.10 per hour)
£45,300
(£23.23 per hour)
£39,600
(£20.31 per hour)
Yes
2440 Business and financial project management professionals • Business change managers
• Clinical trials coordinators
• Risk managers
• Business and financial project management professionals not elsewhere classified
£56,500
(£28.97 per hour)
£50,800
(£26.05 per hour)
£45,200
(£23.18 per hour)
£39,500
(£20.26 per hour)
Yes
2451 Architects • Architects
• Landscape architects and designers
£47,600
(£24.41 per hour)
£42,800
(£21.95 per hour)
£38,100
(£19.54 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2452 Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants • Chartered architectural technologists
• Town planning officers
• Urban designers
• Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants not elsewhere classified
£35,800
(£18.36 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2453 Quantity surveyors • Quantity surveyors £48,600
(£24.92 per hour)
£43,800
(£22.46 per hour)
£38,900
(£19.95 per hour)
£34,100
(£17.49 per hour)
Yes
2454 Chartered surveyors • Building control surveyors
• Hydrographic surveyors
• Land surveyors
• Property surveyors
• Chartered surveyors not elsewhere classified
£43,800
(£22.46 per hour)
£39,400
(£20.21 per hour)
£35,000
(£17.95 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2455 Construction project managers and related professionals • Construction project and contract managers
• Transport planners
• Construction project managers and related professionals not elsewhere classified
£44,300
(£22.72 per hour)
£39,900
(£20.46 per hour)
£35,400
(£18.15 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2462 Probation officers • Probation officers £35,700
(£18.31 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2464 Youth work professionals • Youth work professionals £38,000
(£19.49 per hour)
£34,200
(£17.54 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2469 Welfare professionals not elsewhere classified • Adoption officers
• Children and family services professionals
• Mediators and restorative practice professionals
• Welfare professionals not elsewhere classified
£39,700
(£20.36 per hour)
£35,700
(£18.31 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2471 Librarians • Librarians £34,800
(£17.85 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2472 Archivists, conservators and curators • Archivists
• Collection managers and curators
• Conservators
• Museum education officers
• Archivists and curators not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2481 Quality control and planning engineers • Garment technologists
• Planning engineers
• Quality control engineers
• Quality control and planning engineers not elsewhere classified
£41,300
(£21.18 per hour)
£37,100
(£19.03 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2482 Quality assurance and regulatory professionals • Compliance and regulatory professionals
• Quality assurance professionals
£48,200
(£24.72 per hour)
£43,400
(£22.26 per hour)
£38,600
(£19.79 per hour)
£33,800
(£17.33 per hour)
Yes
2483 Environmental health professionals • Environmental health professionals £40,900
(£20.97 per hour)
£36,800
(£18.87 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2491 Newspaper, periodical and broadcast editors • Newspaper, periodical and broadcast editors £39,600
(£20.31 per hour)
£35,600
(£18.26 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2492 Newspaper and periodical broadcast journalists and reporters • Broadcast journalists
• Newspaper journalists and reporters
• Newspaper and periodical journalists and reporters not elsewhere classified
£34,000
(£17.44 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2493 Public relations professionals • Press officers
• Public relations officers
• Social media managers
• Public relations professionals not elsewhere classified
£37,000
(£18.97 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
2494 Advertising accounts managers and creative directors • Advertising account managers
• Creative directors
• Fundraising managers
£46,000
(£23.59 per hour)
£41,400
(£21.23 per hour)
£36,800
(£18.87 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
3415 Musicians • Composers and musical arrangers
• Music conductors
• Instrumentalists
• Musicians not elsewhere classified
£37,500
(£19.23 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3416 Arts officers, producers and directors • Art consultants
• Broadcasting and entertainment directors
• Broadcasting and entertainment editors
• Broadcasting and entertainment producers
• Studio and stage managers
• Arts officers, producers and directors not elsewhere classified
£38,100
(£19.54 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3511 Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers • Airline pilots
• Air traffic controllers
• Flying instructors
• Helicopter pilots
• Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers not elsewhere classified
£80,400
(£41.23 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £56,300
(£28.87 per hour)
No
3531 Brokers • Commodity brokers and traders
• Insurance and mortgage brokers
• Shipbrokers
• Stockbrokers
• Brokers not elsewhere classified
£52,400
(£26.87 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £36,700
(£18.82 per hour)
No
3534 Financial accounts managers • Claims managers
• Credit managers
• Investment managers
• Relationship managers
• Financial accounts managers not elsewhere classified
£44,700
(£22.92 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3556 Sales accounts and business development managers • Brand managers
• Business development managers
• Sales account managers
• Sales accounts and business development managers not elsewhere classified
£55,200
(£28.31 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £38,600
(£19.79 per hour)
No

These SOC 2020 occupation codes are considered to be skilled to Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) level 3-5, other than “6135 Care workers and home carers”, which is considered to be skilled to RQF level 2.

Except where option D or the Temporary Shortage List in SW 6.1A applies, sponsors may ONLYsponsor Skilled Worker applicants in these SOC2020 occupation codes if the applicant was granted permission as a Skilled Worker under the rules in place before 22 July 2025, and they have had continuous permission as a Skilled Worker since then.

Other than skill level, the notes accompanying Table 1 also apply to this table.

SOC 2020 occupation code Examples of related job titles (non-exclusive) Going rate (SW – options A and D) 90% of going rate (SW – option B) 80% of going rate (SW – option C) 70% of going rate (SW – option E) Eligible for PhD points (SW)?
1150 Managers and directors in retail and wholesale • Managers and directors in retail and wholesale £36,400
(£18.67 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
1211 Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture • Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture £35,900
(£18.41 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
1212 Managers and proprietors in forestry, fishing and related services • Cattery and kennel managers and proprietors
• Fisheries managers and proprietors
• Forestry managers
• Livery yard and stud farm managers and proprietors
• Racehorse trainers
• Managers and proprietors in forestry, fishing and related services not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
1221 Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors • Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors £38,300
(£19.64 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
1222 Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors • Café and restaurant managers and proprietors
• Catering operations managers
• Takeaway managers and proprietors
• Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
1223 Publicans and managers of licensed premises • Publicans and managers of licensed premises £36,300
(£18.62 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
1224 Leisure and sports managers and proprietors • Cinema managers and proprietors
• Golf course managers
• Gym, fitness and leisure services managers and proprietors
• Marina managers
• Museum managers and proprietors
• Parks and gardens managers
• Theatre managers (excludes hospital service)
• Leisure and sports managers and proprietors not elsewhere classified
£34,100
(£17.49 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
1225 Travel agency managers and proprietors • Travel agency managers and proprietors £36,000
(£18.46 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
1231 Health care practice managers • Dental practice managers
• Medical practice managers
• Opticians managers
• Veterinary practice managers
• Health care practice managers not elsewhere classified
£40,400
(£20.72 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
1232 Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors • Day care managers
• Home care managers
• Residential care managers and proprietors
• Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors not elsewhere classified
£40,400
(£20.72 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
1233 Early education and childcare services proprietors • Early education and childcare services proprietors £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
1242 Managers in storage and warehousing • Managers in storage and warehousing £35,100
(£18.00 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
1243 Managers in logistics • Managers in logistics £44,900
(£23.03 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
1251 Property, housing and estate managers • Facilities managers
• Landlords, property and housing managers
• Property investors and developers
• Sales and lettings managers
• Shopping centre managers
• Property, housing and estate managers not elsewhere classified
£42,600
(£21.85 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
1252 Garage managers and proprietors • Garage managers and proprietors £45,600
(£23.38 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
1253 Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors • Beauty salon managers and proprietors
• Hairdressing managers and proprietors
• Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
1256 Betting shop and gambling establishment managers • Betting shop managers
• Bingo hall managers
• Casino managers
• Betting shop and gambling establishment managers not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
1257 Hire services managers and proprietors • Hire services managers and proprietors £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
1258 Directors in consultancy services • Design consultancy directors
• Environmental consultancy directors
• Management consultancy directors
• Surveying consultancy directors
• Directors in consultancy services not elsewhere classified
£70,100
(£35.95 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £49,100
(£25.18 per hour)
No
1259 Managers and proprietors in other services not elsewhere classified • Cleaning and hygiene services managers and proprietors
• Educational establishment managers and proprietors
• Funeral services and crematorium managers and proprietors
• Library managers
• Recruitment agency managers and proprietors
• Security services managers and proprietors
• Managers and proprietors in other services not elsewhere classified
£41,700
(£21.38 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
2324 Early education and childcare services managers • Early education and childcare services managers £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
3111 Laboratory technicians • Biological laboratory technicians
• Chemical laboratory technicians
• Health physics monitors
• Laboratory food technicians
• Medical laboratory technicians
• Laboratory technicians not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
3112 Electrical and electronics technicians • Avionics technicians
• Electrical and electronics technicians not elsewhere classified
£39,300
(£20.15 per hour)
£35,400
(£18.15 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
3113 Engineering technicians • Aerospace technicians
• Wind turbine technicians
• Engineering technicians not elsewhere classified
£42,500
(£21.79 per hour)
£38,300
(£19.64 per hour)
£34,000
(£17.44 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
3114 Building and civil engineering technicians • Building technicians
• Civil engineering technicians
• Surveying technicians
• Building and civil engineering technicians not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
3115 Quality assurance technicians • Quality assurance technicians £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
3116 Planning, process and production technicians • Planning, process and production technicians £34,800
(£17.85 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
3119 Science, engineering and production technicians not elsewhere classified • School technicians
• Textile consultants
• Science, engineering and production technicians not elsewhere classified
£34,600
(£17.74 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
3120 CAD, drawing and architectural technicians • Architectural technicians
• BIM and CAD technicians
• Cartographers
• CAD, drawing and architectural technicians not elsewhere classified
£33,800
(£17.33 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
3131 IT operations technicians • Games testers
• Network and systems administrators
• Quality assurance testers
• Software technicians
• IT operations technicians not elsewhere classified
£35,200
(£18.05 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
3132 IT user support technicians • IT user support technicians £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
3133 Database administrators and web content technicians • Database administrators
• Web content technicians
• Database administrators and web content technicians not elsewhere classified
£34,600
(£17.74 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Yes
3211 Dispensing opticians • Dispensing opticians £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3212 Pharmaceutical technicians • Pharmaceutical technicians £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3221 Youth and community workers • Community workers
• Family support workers
• Youth workers (excludes youth work professionals)
• Youth and community workers not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3222 Child and early years officers • Child protection officers
• Learning and behaviour mentors
• Welfare and attendance officers
• Child and early years officers not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3223 Housing officers • Housing officers £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3224 Counsellors • Bereavement counsellors
• Debt advisers
• Life coaches
• Relationship counsellors
• Substance misuse workers
• Counsellors not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3229 Welfare and housing associate professionals not elsewhere classified • Advocates (excludes solicitor advocates)
• Celebrants
• Charity workers
• Day care officers
• Health advisers
• Homelessness and housing advice support workers
• Mental health project workers
• Probation service workers
• Student support workers
• Victim support workers
• Welfare and housing associate professionals not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3232 Early education and childcare practitioners • Early education and childcare practitioners £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3240 Veterinary nurses • Veterinary nurses £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3312 Police officers (sergeant and below) • Police constable
• Police sergeant
• Police officers (sergeant and below) not elsewhere classified
£46,900
(£24.05 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3313 Fire service officers (watch manager and below) • Firefighters
• Fire service crew managers
• Watch managers
• Fire service officers (watch manager and below) not elsewhere classified
£42,100
(£21.59 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3314 Prison service officers (below principal officer) • Operational support grades
• Prison officers
• Prison service officers (below principal officer) not elsewhere classified
£38,800
(£19.90 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3319 Protective service associate professionals not elsewhere classified • Coastguard
• Customs and border control officers
• Fraud investigators (excludes benefit fraud)
• Immigration officers
• Private investigators
• Security consultants and managers (excludes cyber security)
• Protective service associate professionals not elsewhere classified
£41,100
(£21.08 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3411 Artists • Art technicians (excludes education)
• Drawing and painting artists
• Hand drawn animators
• Illustrators (excludes medical and scientific)
• Medical and scientific illustrators
• Picture restorers
• Sculptors
• Tattoo and henna artists
• Artists not elsewhere classified
£38,200
(£19.59 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3412 Authors, writers and translators • Authors
• Bloggers
• Copywriters
• Literary editors
• Poets
• Script writers
• Technical writers (excludes computing)
• Translators and interpreters
• Authors, writers and translators not elsewhere classified
£36,100
(£18.51 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3413 Actors, entertainers and presenters • Actors
• Broadcasters, podcasters and presenters
• Children’s entertainers
• Comedians
• Disc jockeys
• Magicians
• Models
• Singers
• Social media influencers
• Actors, entertainers and presenters not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3414 Dancers and choreographers • Choreographers
• Dance teachers (excludes educational establishments)
• Dancers
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3417 Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators • Camera operators and videographers
• Lighting designers
• Photographers
• Sound designers
• Sound engineers
• Theatre technicians (excludes hospitals)
• Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3421 Interior designers • Interior designers £35,200
(£18.05 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3422 Clothing, fashion and accessories designers • Clothing and fashion consultants
• Clothing and fashion designers
• Footwear designers
• Jewellery designers
• Textile designers
• Clothing, fashion and accessories designers not elsewhere classified
£36,500
(£18.72 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3429 Design occupations not elsewhere classified • Industrial and product designers
• Packaging designers
• Performance make-up artists
• Set designers
• Visual merchandising managers and designers
• Design occupations not elsewhere classified
£39,300
(£20.15 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3433 Fitness and wellbeing instructors • Group fitness instructors and personal trainers
• Pilates teachers
• Yoga teachers
• Fitness and wellbeing instructors not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3512 Ship and hovercraft officers • Ship and hovercraft captains and deck officers (excludes armed forces and fishing)
• Marine engineers
• Ship and hovercraft officers not elsewhere classified
£58,300
(£29.90 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £40,800
(£20.92 per hour)
No
3520 Legal associate professionals • Conveyancing professionals
• Cost lawyers
• Barrister’s and judge’s clerks
• Litigation officers
• Probate managers
• Will writers
• Legal associate professionals not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3532 Insurance underwriters • Insurance underwriters £36,500
(£18.72 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3533 Financial and accounting technicians • Accounting technicians
• Financial control technicians
• Financial and accounting technicians not elsewhere classified
£48,700
(£24.97 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £34,100
(£17.49 per hour)
No
3541 Estimators, valuers and assessors • Energy advisers and assessors
• Estimators
• Loss adjusters
• Valuers
• Vehicle damage assessors
• Estimators, valuers and assessors not elsewhere classified
£35,300
(£18.10 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3542 Importers and exporters • Importers and exporters £35,700
(£18.31 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3543 Project support officers • Project support officers £33,900
(£17.38 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3544 Data analysts • Data analysts £34,900
(£17.90 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3549 Business associate professionals not elsewhere classified • Business support officers
• Business systems analysts
• Contract administrators
• Clinical coders
• Clinical trials administrators
• Research coordinators
• Business associate professionals not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3551 Buyers and procurement officers • Buyers and procurement officers £35,500
(£18.21 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3552 Business sales executives • Business sales executives £36,700
(£18.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3553 Merchandisers • Merchandisers £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3554 Advertising and marketing associate professionals • Advertising and marketing executives
• Fundraisers
• Market researchers (excludes interviewers)
• Marketing associate professionals not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3555 Estate agents and auctioneers • Estate agents
• Land and property auctioneers and valuers
• Letting agents
• Estate agents and auctioneers not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3557 Events managers and organisers • Conference managers and organisers
• Exhibition managers and organisers
• Festival managers and organisers
• Hospitality managers
• Wedding planners and organisers
• Event managers and organisers not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3560 Public services associate professionals • Electoral services officers
• Health service administrators
• Job Centre officers
• Waste management officers
• Public services associate professionals not elsewhere classified
£39,500
(£20.26 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3571 Human resources and industrial relations officers • Equality and diversity officers
• Human resources advisers
• Recruitment consultants
• Human resources and industrial relations officers not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3572 Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists • Careers advisers and coaches
• Work placement officers
• Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3573 Information technology trainers • Information technology trainers £40,000
(£20.51 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3574 Other vocational and industrial trainers • Business coaches
• Retail and store trainers
• Training assessors
• Other vocational and industrial trainers not elsewhere classified
£34,500
(£17.69 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3581 Inspectors of standards and regulations • Animal health inspectors and officers
• Building control officers
• Driving examiners
• Health and safety inspectors
• Housing and planning inspectors
• Licensing officers
• Meat hygiene inspectors
• Nuclear safety inspectors
• Trading standards officers
• Traffic and vehicle examiners and inspectors
• Inspectors of standards and regulations not elsewhere classified
£34,400
(£17.64 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
3582 Health and safety managers and officers • Asbestos safety officers
• Fire safety managers and officers
• Occupational health and safety managers and officers
• Road traffic and transport safety officers
• Occupational hygienists
• Health and safety managers and officers not elsewhere classified
£42,500
(£21.79 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
4111 National government administrative occupations • National government benefits officers
• National government revenue officers
• Passport officers
• National government administrative occupations not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
4112 Local government administrative occupations • Local government benefits officers
• Local government housing assistants
• Local government revenue officers
• Parish clerks
• Local government administrative occupations not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
4113 Officers of non-governmental organisations • Charity administrators
• Clerks to governors
• Union officials
• Officers of non-governmental organisations not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
4121 Credit controllers • Credit controllers £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
4122 Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks • Accounting clerks and bookkeepers
• Payroll officers and wages clerks
• Bookkeepers, payroll managers and wage clerks not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
4124 Finance officers • Finance officers £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
4129 Financial administrative occupations not elsewhere classified • Box office assistants
• Grants officers
• Mortgage administrators
• Revenue assistants (excludes National and Local government revenue occupations)
• Treasury assistants
• Finance administrative occupations not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
4132 Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants • Claims handlers
• Insurance administrators
• Pensions administrators
• Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
4134 Transport and distribution clerks and assistants • Transport and distribution clerks and assistants £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
4141 Office managers • Office managers £37,400
(£19.18 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
4143 Customer service managers • Call centre managers
• Customer service managers not elsewhere classified
£35,200
(£18.05 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
4151 Sales administrators • Sales administrators £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
4159 Other administrative occupations not elsewhere classified • Business administrators
• Church administrators
• Facilities coordinators
• Proofreaders
• Property administrators
• Warranty administrators
• Other administrative occupations not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
4214 Company secretaries and administrators • Company secretaries and administrators £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
4215 Personal assistants and other secretaries • Farm secretaries
• Personal assistants (excludes care workers)
• Personal assistants and other secretaries not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5111 Farmers • Agricultural contractors
• Aquaculture farmers
• Arable farmers
• Dairy farmers
• Livestock farmers
• Poultry farmers
• Farmers not elsewhere classified
£34,100
(£17.49 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5112 Horticultural trades • Horticultural trades £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5113 Gardeners and landscape gardeners • Garden designers
• Gardeners (excludes horticultural/market gardening)
• Green roof installers
• Landscape gardeners
• Gardeners and landscape gardeners not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5114 Groundsmen and greenkeepers • Groundsmen and greenkeepers £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5119 Agricultural and fishing trades not elsewhere classified • Arborists
• Beekeepers
• Countryside and park officers and rangers
• Falconers
• Fish and river keepers
• Fishers
• Gamekeepers
• Agricultural and fishing trades not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5211 Sheet metal workers • Metal fabricators and finishers
• Panel beaters (excludes vehicles)
• Whitesmiths
• Sheet metal workers not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5212 Metal plate workers, smiths, moulders and related occupations • Die casters
• Farriers
• Moulders, mould makers and core makers
• Smiths
• Metal plate workers, smiths, moulders and related occupations not elsewhere classified
£36,700
(£18.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5213 Welding trades • Braziers and solderers
• Pipe welders
• Plate welders
• Welding trades not elsewhere classified
£34,900
(£17.90 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5214 Pipe fitters • Pipe fitters £46,000
(£23.59 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5221 Metal machining setters and setter-operators • Computer numerical control (CNC) machine setters and setter-operators
• Metal machining setters and setter-operators not elsewhere classified
£34,600
(£17.74 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5222 Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out • Tool fitters
• Tool makers
• Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out not elsewhere classified
£38,400
(£19.69 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5223 Metal working production and maintenance fitters • Automation maintenance technicians
• Bicycle mechanics
• Catering equipment technicians
• Door fitters and makers
• Gunsmiths
• Heavy plant maintenance technicians
• Hydraulic technicians
• Lift technicians
• Locksmiths
• Pump technicians
• Textile machine technicians
• Turbine fitters
• Metal working production and maintenance fitters not elsewhere classified
£39,300
(£20.15 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5224 Precision instrument makers and repairers • Calibration and precision instrument technicians
• Camera and photographic equipment technicians
• Horologists, watch makers and repairers
• Optical technicians
• Precision instrument makers and repairers not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5225 Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers • Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers £41,100
(£21.08 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5231 Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians • Auto electricians
• Car/light vehicle technicians
• Heavy and large vehicle technicians
• Motorcycle technicians
• Motorsport technicians
• MOT testers
• Roadside assistance technicians
• Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians not elsewhere classified
£35,500
(£18.21 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5232 Vehicle body builders and repairers • Vehicle body builders and repairers £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5233 Vehicle paint technicians • Vehicle paint technicians £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5234 Aircraft maintenance and related trades • Aircraft maintenance and related trades £45,000
(£23.08 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5235 Boat and ship builders and repairers • Boat and ship builders and repairers £33,700
(£17.28 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5236 Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers • Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers £57,000
(£29.23 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £39,900
(£20.46 per hour)
No
5241 Electricians and electrical fitters • Electric vehicle charging point installers
• Electro-mechanical technicians
• Installation and maintenance electricians
• Smart energy experts
• Solar panel installers
• Street lighting electrician
• Electricians and electrical fitters not elsewhere classified
£38,800
(£19.90 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5242 Telecoms and related network installers and repairers • Telecoms and related network installers and repairers £36,700
(£18.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5243 TV, video and audio servicers and repairers • TV, video and audio servicers and repairers £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5244 Computer system and equipment installers and servicers • Computer system and equipment installers and servicers £35,100
(£18.00 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5245 Security system installers and repairers • Security system installers and repairers £36,300
(£18.62 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5246 Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers • Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers £39,700
(£20.36 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5249 Electrical and electronic trades not elsewhere classified • Broadcast and communications technicians
• Overhead line workers
• Signal workers
• Electrical and electronic trades not elsewhere classified
£45,800
(£23.49 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5250 Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors • Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors £42,400
(£21.74 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5311 Steel erectors • Steel erectors £35,000
(£17.95 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5312 Stonemasons and related trades • Dry stone wallers
• Monumental masons
• Stonemasons
• Stonemasons and related trades not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5313 Bricklayers • Bricklayers £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5314 Roofers, roof tilers and slaters • Felt and flat roofers
• Sheeters and cladders
• Thatchers
• Tilers and slaters
• Roofers, roof tilers and slaters not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5315 Plumbers and heating and ventilating installers and repairers • Plumbers and heating and ventilation installers and repairers £38,100
(£19.54 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5316 Carpenters and joiners • Bedroom and kitchen fitters
• Carpenters
• Joiners
• Carpenters and joiners not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5317 Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters • Glass cutters and glaziers
• Window fabricators
• Window fitters
• Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5319 Construction and building trades not elsewhere classified • Builders
• Divers
• Fence erectors
• Industrial climbers
• Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) operators
• Steel fixers and underpinners
• Construction and building trades not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5321 Plasterers • Dry liners
• Plasterers (wall and decorative)
£34,200
(£17.54 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5322 Floorers and wall tilers • Carpet and linoleum fitters
• Floor layers
• Tilers
• Floorers and wall tilers not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5323 Painters and decorators • Painters and decorators £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5330 Construction and building trades supervisors • Carpenter and joinery supervisors
• Demolition supervisors
• Painting supervisors
• Plumbing supervisors
• Road construction supervisors
• Roofing supervisors
• Scaffolding supervisors
• Construction and building trade supervisors not elsewhere classified
£41,800
(£21.44 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5411 Upholsterers • Curtain makers
• Trimmers and upholsterers
• Upholsterers not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5412 Footwear and leather working trades • Footwear makers and repairers
• Leather workers (excludes leather dressing)
• Footwear and leather working trades not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5413 Tailors and dressmakers • Costume makers
• Dressmakers
• Fitters and alterations assistants
• Kilt makers
• Milliners (excludes wholesale, retail trade)
• Tailors
• Tailors and dressmakers not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5419 Textiles, garments and related trades not elsewhere classified • Embroiderers and sewers
• Knitters
• Sail makers
• Weavers (excludes basket, wig and wire goods mfr)
• Textiles, garments and related trades not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5421 Pre-press technicians • Pre-press technicians £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5422 Printers • Digital printers
• Flexographic printers
• Lithographic printers
• Screen printers
• Printers not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5423 Print finishing and binding workers • Print finishing and binding workers £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5431 Butchers • Butchers
• Slaughterers
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5432 Bakers and flour confectioners • Bakers (excludes food process bakery workers and textile manufacturing)
• Cake decorators and designers
• Bakers and flour confectioners not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5433 Fishmongers and poultry dressers • Fishmongers
• Poultry dressers
• Fishmongers and poultry dressers not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5434 Chefs • Chefs £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5436 Catering and bar managers • Catering and bar managers £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5441 Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers • Ceramic makers, decorators and finishers
• Ceramic potters
• Glass blowers
• Glass makers, decorators and finishers
• Optical glass makers
• Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5442 Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers • Cabinet makers (excludes metal)
• Furniture makers and fitters
• Furniture restorers
• Furniture sprayers and finishers
• Picture framers
• Shed makers
• Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5443 Florists • Florists £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
5449 Other skilled trades not elsewhere classified • Basket makers (excludes wire goods mfr)
• Candle makers
• Goldsmiths, silversmiths, jewellers and precious stone workers
• Hairpiece and wig makers
• Metal engravers
• Craft model makers
• Musical instrument repairers, makers and tuners
• Sign makers and writers
• Toy makers and repairers
• Other skilled trades not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
6111 Early education and childcare assistants • Early education and childcare assistants £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
6114 Childminders • Childminders £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
6117 Playworkers • Playworkers £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
6129 Animal care services occupations not elsewhere classified • Animal boarding assistants
• Animal breeders
• Animal groomers
• Animal trainers (excludes performing animals)
• Animal walkers
• Animal welfare workers
• Stable workers
• Veterinary assistants
• Zookeepers
• Animal care services occupations not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
6134 Houseparents and residential wardens • Foster carers
• Residential childcare practitioners
• School matrons and houseparents
• Residential housing wardens
• Houseparents and residential wardens not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
6135 Care workers and home carers – Jobs with a working location in England are only eligible in this SOC 2020 occupation code where the sponsor holds registration with the Care Quality Commission and is currently carrying on a regulated activity.

Eligibility for Skilled Worker applicants to be sponsored in this SOC 2020 occupation code is restricted, as set out in SW 6.1B of Appendix Skilled Worker.

Note: private households or individuals (other than sole traders sponsoring someone to work for their business) cannot sponsor Skilled Worker applicants.
• Community support workers
• Home care workers
• Residential care workers
• Care workers and home carers not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
6136 Senior care workers – Jobs with a working location in England are only eligible in this SOC 2020 occupation code where the sponsor holds registration with the Care Quality Commission and is currently carrying on a regulated activity.

Eligibility for Skilled Worker applicants to be sponsored in this SOC 2020 occupation code is restricted, as set out in SW 6.1B of Appendix Skilled Worker.
• Senior community support workers
• Senior home care workers
• Senior residential care workers
• Senior care workers not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
6213 Air travel assistants • Flight attendants
• Passenger services assistants
• Air travel assistants not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
6214 Rail travel assistants • Railway station assistants
• Revenue protection officers
• Train conductors and guards
• Rail travel assistants not elsewhere classified
£41,300
(£21.18 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
6311 Police community support officers • Police community support officers £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
7124 Market and street traders and assistants • Market and street traders and assistants £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
7131 Shopkeepers and owners - retail and wholesale • Antique dealers
• Art dealers
• Car traders
• Newsagents
• Retail jewellers
• Wholesalers
• Wine merchants
• Shopkeepers and owners - retail and wholesale not elsewhere classified
£33,700
(£17.28 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
7132 Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale • Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
7214 Market research interviewers • Field and telephone interviewers
• Mystery shoppers
• Political canvassers
• Traffic enumerators
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
7220 Customer service supervisors • Customer service supervisors £34,200
(£17.54 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
8113 Chemical and related process operatives • Chemical and related process operatives £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
8133 Energy plant operatives • Boiler operatives
• Compressor operatives
• Nuclear decommissioning operatives
• Energy plant operatives not elsewhere classified
£41,500
(£21.28 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
8134 Water and sewerage plant operatives • Water and sewerage distribution operatives
• Water treatment operatives
• Water and sewerage plant operatives not elsewhere classified
£38,000
(£19.49 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
8143 Routine inspectors and testers • Routine inspectors and testers £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
8215 Driving instructors • Cycling instructors
• Forklift instructors
• Heavy and large vehicle driving instructors
• Motorcycle instructors
• Passenger carrying vehicle (PCV) and car driving instructors
• Driving instructors not elsewhere classified
£39,500
(£20.26 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
8232 Marine and waterways transport operatives • Marine and waterways transport operatives £38,300
(£19.64 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
9119 Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations not elsewhere classified - ONLY the listed job titles are eligible in this SOC 2020 occupation code and ONLY where the job requires the worker to have at least 3 years’ full-time experience in using their skills. This experience must not have been gained through working illegally. • Vent chick sexer
• Deckhand on large fishing vessel (9 metres and above)
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No
9249 Elementary sales occupations not elsewhere classified • Retail order pickers
• Trolley collectors
• Elementary sales occupations not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
No

These SOC 2020 occupation codes are considered to be skilled to Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) level 6 or above, and are eligible for the Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility and Scale-up routes.

Going rates in Table 2 are per year and based on a 37.5-hour working week. They must be pro-rated for other working patterns, based on the weekly working hours stated by the applicant’s sponsor. Options F to J refer to the points options set out in Appendix Skilled Worker.

  1. The going rates and associated reductions which apply are whichever is the higher of:
    1. • the rate shown by the 25th percentile ASHE data for that occupation; or
    2. • £12.82 per hour

For the avoidance of doubt, where £12.82 per hour calculates as more than 70%, 80% or 90% of the stated going rate, £12.82 will nevertheless be taken to be 70%, 80% or 90% of the going rate, as applicable.

Only the going rate column applies to Skilled Worker settlement applications; the columns setting out 70%, 80% and 90% of the going rate do not apply.

Equivalent SOC 2010 occupation codes are included where they were previously eligible for the Skilled Worker route, for ease of matching to the relevant SOC 2020 occupation codes for applicants being sponsored to continue working in the same occupation.

SOC 2020 occupation code Equivalent SOC 2010 occupation code(s) Examples of related job titles (non-exclusive) Going rate (SW – options F and I, GBM and SCU) 90% of going rate (SW – option G) 80% of going rate (SW – option H) 70% of going rate (SW – option J, GTR) Eligible for PhD points (SW)?
1111 Chief executives and senior officials 1115, 1172 • Chairpersons
• Chief executives
• Diplomats and foreign office officials
• Senior public service officials
• Chief executives and senior officials not elsewhere classified
£60,000
(£30.77 per hour)
£54,000
(£27.69 per hour)
£48,000
(£24.62 per hour)
£42,000
(£21.54 per hour)
Yes
1121 Production managers and directors in manufacturing 1121 • Production managers and directors in manufacturing £40,000
(£20.51 per hour)
£36,000
(£18.46 per hour)
£32,000
(£16.41 per hour)
£28,000
(£14.36 per hour)
Yes
1122 Production managers and directors in construction 1122 • Production managers and directors in construction £41,400
(£21.23 per hour)
£37,200
(£19.08 per hour)
£33,100
(£16.97 per hour)
£29,000
(£14.87 per hour)
Yes
1123 Production managers and directors in mining and energy 1123 • Managers and directors in the extraction of fossil fuels
• Managers and directors in the production of energy
• Production managers and directors in mining and energy not elsewhere classified
£47,100
(£24.15 per hour)
£42,400
(£21.74 per hour)
£37,700
(£19.33 per hour)
£33,000
(£16.92 per hour)
Yes
1131 Financial managers and directors 1131, 1150 • Bank, building society and post office managers
• Company secretaries and finance managers and directors
• Investment bankers and directors
• Financial managers and directors not elsewhere classified
£49,700
(£25.49 per hour)
£44,700
(£22.92 per hour)
£39,700
(£20.36 per hour)
£34,800
(£17.85 per hour)
Yes
1132 Marketing, sales and advertising directors 1132, 1134 • Advertising and marketing directors
• Sales directors
• Marketing, sales and advertising directors not elsewhere classified
£60,000
(£30.77 per hour)
£54,000
(£27.69 per hour)
£48,000
(£24.62 per hour)
£42,000
(£21.54 per hour)
Yes
1133 Public relations and communications directors 1132, 1134 • Public relations and communications directors £59,700
(£30.62 per hour)
£53,800
(£27.59 per hour)
£47,800
(£24.51 per hour)
£41,800
(£21.44 per hour)
Yes
1134 Purchasing managers and directors 1133 • Estimating managers and directors
• Procurement and purchasing managers and directors
• Purchasing managers and directors not elsewhere classified
£42,500
(£21.79 per hour)
£38,300
(£19.64 per hour)
£34,000
(£17.44 per hour)
£29,800
(£15.28 per hour)
Yes
1135 Charitable organisation managers and directors 1139, 1184 • Charitable organisation managers and directors £35,900
(£18.41 per hour)
£32,300
(£16.56 per hour)
£28,700
(£14.72 per hour)
£25,100
(£12.87 per hour)
Yes
1136 Human resource managers and directors 1135 • Employee relations managers
• Equality, diversity and inclusion managers
• Learning and development managers and directors
• Recruitment managers and directors
• Human resources managers and directors not elsewhere classified
£41,200
(£21.13 per hour)
£37,100
(£19.03 per hour)
£32,900
(£16.87 per hour)
£28,800
(£14.77 per hour)
Yes
1137 Information technology directors 1136, 2134, 3561 • Information security directors
• Information technology operations directors
• Information technology programme managers and directors
• Information technology technical directors
• Information technology directors not elsewhere classified
£61,200
(£31.38 per hour)
£55,000
(£28.21 per hour)
£48,900
(£25.08 per hour)
£42,800
(£21.95 per hour)
Yes
1139 Functional managers and directors not elsewhere classified 1139, 1223, 2424 • Accounts directors
• Administration directors
• Complaints and customer service directors
• Events directors
• Intellectual property managers and directors
• Municipal clerks
• Research and development (R&D) directors
• Functional managers and directors not elsewhere classified
£52,300
(£26.82 per hour)
£47,100
(£24.15 per hour)
£41,800
(£21.44 per hour)
£36,600
(£18.77 per hour)
Yes
1140 Directors in logistics, warehousing and transport 1133, 1161, 1162 • Supply chain directors
• Directors in logistics, warehousing and transport not elsewhere classified
£53,600
(£27.49 per hour)
£48,200
(£24.72 per hour)
£42,900
(£22.00 per hour)
£37,500
(£19.23 per hour)
Yes
1162 Senior police officers 1172 • Chief, deputy chief and assistant chief constables
• Chief inspectors
• Chief superintendents
• Senior police officers not elsewhere classified
£60,800
(£31.18 per hour)
£54,700
(£28.05 per hour)
£48,700
(£24.97 per hour)
£42,600
(£21.85 per hour)
Yes
1163 Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services 1173 • Senior officers in ambulance services
• Senior officers in fire services
• Senior officers in immigration services
• Senior officers in prison services
• Senior officers in revenue and customs
£50,000
(£25.64 per hour)
£45,000
(£23.08 per hour)
£40,000
(£20.51 per hour)
£35,000
(£17.95 per hour)
Yes
1171 Health services and public health managers and directors 1181 • Clinical governance and information managers
• Healthcare service managers and directors
• Health services and public health managers and directors not elsewhere classified
£41,600
(£21.33 per hour)
£37,400
(£19.18 per hour)
£33,300
(£17.08 per hour)
£29,100
(£14.92 per hour)
Yes
1172 Social services managers and directors 1184, 1242 • Social services managers and directors £33,100
(£16.97 per hour)
£29,800
(£15.28 per hour)
£26,500
(£13.59 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
1241 Managers in transport and distribution 1139, 1150, 1161, 1162, 4161 • Airport managers
• Depot and fleet managers
• Dispatch and distribution managers
• Harbour and port managers
• Road traffic managers
• Managers in transport and distribution not elsewhere classified
£35,200
(£18.05 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
1254 Waste disposal and environmental services managers 1255 • Landfill site managers
• Recycling managers
• Scrap yard managers
• Sewage works and water treatment managers
• Waste disposal and environmental services managers not elsewhere classified
£39,700
(£20.36 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £27,800
(£14.26 per hour)
No
1255 Managers and directors in the creative industries 1121, 1134, 1139, 1225, 1259, 2435, 3416 • Art gallery managers and directors
• Film and television production managers
• Publishing managers and directors
• Radio production managers
• Sport and talent agents
• Theatre production managers
• Managers and directors in the creative industries not elsewhere classified
£37,000
(£18.97 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,900
(£13.28 per hour)
No
2111 Chemical scientists 2111, 3111 • Analytical chemists
• Industrial chemists
• Nuclear and radiochemists
• Research and development chemists
• Chemical scientists not elsewhere classified
£31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£28,200
(£14.46 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2112 Biological scientists 2112 • Agricultural scientists
• Biologists
• Botanical and horticultural scientists
• Microbiologists and bacteriologists
• Pathologists
• Pharmacologists
• Zoological scientists
• Biological scientists not elsewhere classified
£30,700
(£15.74 per hour)
£27,600
(£14.15 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2113 Biochemists and biomedical scientists 2112, 3111, 3319 • Biochemists
• Biomedical scientists
• Biotechnologists
• Clinical scientists
• Biochemists and biomedical scientists not elsewhere classified
£35,100
(£18.00 per hour)
£31,600
(£16.21 per hour)
£28,100
(£14.41 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2114 Physical scientists 2113 • Geologists
• Geophysicists
• Hydrogeologists and hydrologists
• Meteorologists
• Physical scientists not elsewhere classified
£41,500
(£21.28 per hour)
£37,300
(£19.13 per hour)
£33,200
(£17.03 per hour)
£29,000
(£14.87 per hour)
Yes
2115 Social and humanities scientists 2114 • Anthropologists
• Archaeologists
• Behavioural scientists
• Epidemiologists
• Genealogists
• Geographic information systems (GIS) analysts
• Historians
• Political scientists
• Public health analysts
• Social and humanities scientists not elsewhere classified
£28,000
(£14.36 per hour)
£25,200
(£12.92 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2119 Natural and social science professionals not elsewhere classified


Note: For Skilled Worker purposes, SOC 2020 occupation code 2119 includes researchers in research organisations other than universities.
2119, 2426, 3111 • Sports scientists
• Natural and social science professionals not elsewhere classified
£33,700
(£17.28 per hour)
£30,300
(£15.54 per hour)
£26,900
(£13.79 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2121 Civil engineers 2121, 2122, 2126 • Building and building services engineers
• Geotechnical engineers
• Mining engineers
• Structural engineers
• Transportation engineers
• Water engineers (professional)
• Civil engineers not elsewhere classified
£39,200
(£20.10 per hour)
£35,300
(£18.10 per hour)
£31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£27,400
(£14.05 per hour)
Yes
2122 Mechanical engineers 2122, 2126 • Automotive engineers (professional)
• Marine engineers and naval architects
• Mechanical design engineers
• Mechanical engineers not elsewhere classified
£38,400
(£19.69 per hour)
£34,600
(£17.74 per hour)
£30,700
(£15.74 per hour)
£26,900
(£13.79 per hour)
Yes
2123 Electrical engineers 2123, 2126 • Laser engineers
• Power systems engineers
• Railway signalling engineers
• Electrical engineers not elsewhere classified
£47,100
(£24.15 per hour)
£42,400
(£21.74 per hour)
£37,700
(£19.33 per hour)
£33,000
(£16.92 per hour)
Yes
2124 Electronics engineers 2124, 2126, 5242 • Broadcast engineers (professional)
• Telecommunications engineers (professional)
• Electronics engineers not elsewhere classified
£41,200
(£21.13 per hour)
£37,100
(£19.03 per hour)
£33,000
(£16.92 per hour)
£28,900
(£14.82 per hour)
Yes
2125 Production and process engineers 2127, 5224 • Chemical engineers
• Control and instrumentation engineers
• Industrial and production engineers
• Production and process engineers not elsewhere classified
£36,500
(£18.72 per hour)
£32,900
(£16.87 per hour)
£29,200
(£14.97 per hour)
£25,600
(£13.13 per hour)
Yes
2126 Aerospace engineers 2122, 2124, 2126, 2129, 5223 • Aeronautical engineers (professional)
• Aircraft engineers (professional)
• Avionics engineers
• Aerospace engineers not elsewhere classified
£43,400
(£22.26 per hour)
£39,000
(£20.00 per hour)
£34,700
(£17.79 per hour)
£30,400
(£15.59 per hour)
Yes
2127 Engineering project managers and project engineers 2129 • Engineering project managers and project engineers £40,600
(£20.82 per hour)
£36,500
(£18.72 per hour)
£32,500
(£16.67 per hour)
£28,400
(£14.56 per hour)
Yes
2129 Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified 2126, 2129, 2135 • Acoustic engineers
• Biomedical engineers
• Brewers (qualified)
• Clinical Engineers
• Energy engineers
• Food technologists
• Gas engineers (professional)
• Heating and ventilating engineers (professional)
• Materials engineers
• Mechatronic engineers
• Nuclear engineers
• Patent engineers
• Robotics engineers
• Traffic engineers
• Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified
£37,500
(£19.23 per hour)
£33,700
(£17.28 per hour)
£30,000
(£15.38 per hour)
£26,200
(£13.44 per hour)
Yes
2131 IT project managers 2134 • IT project managers £42,600
(£21.85 per hour)
£38,300
(£19.64 per hour)
£34,100
(£17.49 per hour)
£29,800
(£15.28 per hour)
Yes
2132 IT managers 2133 • IT information managers
• IT product managers
• IT service delivery managers
• IT systems managers
• IT test managers
• Network managers
• Software development managers
• Technical support managers
• IT managers not elsewhere classified
£43,000
(£22.05 per hour)
£38,700
(£19.85 per hour)
£34,400
(£17.64 per hour)
£30,100
(£15.44 per hour)
Yes
2133 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers 2135, 2137 • Computer analysts and scientists
• Data architects
• Data engineers
• IT systems architects
• IT business analysts
• IT solutions architects and designers
• IT business analysts, architects and systems designers not elsewhere classified
£42,400
(£21.74 per hour)
£38,100
(£19.54 per hour)
£33,900
(£17.38 per hour)
£29,600
(£15.18 per hour)
Yes
2134 Programmers and software development professionals 2135, 2136, 2137, 2139, 3422 • Computer games designers
• Computer programmers
• Software developers
• Programmers and software development professionals not elsewhere classified
£40,000
(£20.51 per hour)
£36,000
(£18.46 per hour)
£32,000
(£16.41 per hour)
£28,000
(£14.36 per hour)
Yes
2135 Cyber security professionals 2139, 2426 • Cyber operational defence specialists
• Cyber security management and governance specialists
• Forensic computer specialists
• Secure system development specialists
• Cyber security professionals not elsewhere classified
£35,300
(£18.10 per hour)
£31,800
(£16.31 per hour)
£28,200
(£14.46 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2136 IT quality and testing professionals 2139, 2461 • IT quality and testing professionals £34,500
(£17.69 per hour)
£31,000
(£15.90 per hour)
£27,600
(£14.15 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2137 IT network professionals 2139 • IT network professionals £38,100
(£19.54 per hour)
£34,300
(£17.59 per hour)
£30,500
(£15.64 per hour)
£26,700
(£13.69 per hour)
Yes
2139 Information technology professionals not elsewhere classified 2137, 2139 • DevOps engineers
• IT consultants
• Webmasters and website managers
• Information technology professionals not elsewhere classified
£38,700
(£19.85 per hour)
£34,800
(£17.85 per hour)
£31,000
(£15.90 per hour)
£27,100
(£13.90 per hour)
Yes
2141 Web design professionals 2136, 2137 • Application designers
• UI and UX designers and researchers
• Web designers
• Web design professionals not elsewhere classified
£31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£28,200
(£14.46 per hour)
£25,100
(£12.87 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2142 Graphic and multimedia designers 2431, 3411, 3421, 3422, 3550, 5421 • Multimedia animators
• Graphic and multimedia designers not elsewhere classified
£26,200
(£13.44 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2151 Conservation professionals 2141 • Conservationists
• Ecologists
• Heritage officers
• Conservation professionals not elsewhere classified
£29,800
(£15.28 per hour)
£26,800
(£13.74 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2152 Environment professionals 2142, 3550 • Energy managers
• Environmental and geo-environmental engineers
• Environmental consultants
• Environmental scientists
• Sustainability officers
• Environmental professionals not elsewhere classified
£31,400
(£16.10 per hour)
£28,300
(£14.51 per hour)
£25,200
(£12.92 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2161 Research and development (R&D) managers 1139, 2150 • Laboratory managers
• Research and development (R&D) design managers
• Research and development (R&D) managers not elsewhere classified
£40,000
(£20.51 per hour)
£36,000
(£18.46 per hour)
£32,000
(£16.41 per hour)
£28,000
(£14.36 per hour)
Yes
2162 Other researchers, unspecified discipline 2119, 2426 • Other researchers, unspecified discipline £37,400
(£19.18 per hour)
£33,700
(£17.28 per hour)
£30,000
(£15.38 per hour)
£26,200
(£13.44 per hour)
Yes
2240 Veterinarians 2216 • Veterinarians £38,000
(£19.49 per hour)
£34,200
(£17.54 per hour)
£30,400
(£15.59 per hour)
£26,600
(£13.64 per hour)
Yes
2311 Higher education teaching professionals 2311, 2312 • Higher education teaching professionals £40,600
(£20.82 per hour)
£36,500
(£18.72 per hour)
£32,500
(£16.67 per hour)
£28,400
(£14.56 per hour)
Yes
2317 Teachers of English as a foreign language 2319 • Teachers of English as a Foreign Language £30,100
(£15.44 per hour)
£27,100
(£13.90 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2319 Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified 2319, 3413, 3414 • Adult education tutors
• Dance and drama school principals and owners
• Private music and singing teachers
• Private tutors
• Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified
£27,100
(£13.90 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2322 Education managers 1259, 2317, 2319 • Education managers £34,900
(£17.90 per hour)
£31,400
(£16.10 per hour)
£27,900
(£14.31 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2323 Education advisers and school inspectors 2318, 2319 • Educational advisers
• School inspectors
£35,700
(£18.31 per hour)
£32,100
(£16.46 per hour)
£28,500
(£14.62 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2329 Other educational professionals not elsewhere classified 2317, 2319 • Bursars
• Educational administrators
• Examiners and markers
• Other educational professionals not elsewhere classified
£30,000
(£15.38 per hour)
£27,000
(£13.85 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2411 Barristers and judges 2412 • Barristers and advocates
• Judges
• Barristers and judges not elsewhere classified
£37,000
(£18.97 per hour)
£33,300
(£17.08 per hour)
£29,600
(£15.18 per hour)
£25,900
(£13.28 per hour)
Yes
2412 Solicitors and lawyers 2413, 2419 • Commercial solicitors and lawyers
• Criminal solicitors and lawyers
• Family solicitors and lawyers
• Property solicitors and lawyers
• Solicitors and lawyers not elsewhere classified
£39,000
(£20.00 per hour)
£35,100
(£18.00 per hour)
£31,200
(£16.00 per hour)
£27,300
(£14.00 per hour)
Yes
2419 Legal professionals not elsewhere classified 2419, 3520 • Conveyancers
• Litigation executives
• Paralegals
• Patent and trademark attorneys
• Legal professionals not elsewhere classified
£25,100
(£12.87 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2421 Chartered and certified accountants 2421 • Auditors (qualified accountant)
• Financial accountants (qualified)
• Forensic accountants
• Fund accountants
• Insolvency practitioners
• Chartered and certified accountants not elsewhere classified
£36,900
(£18.92 per hour)
£33,200
(£17.03 per hour)
£29,500
(£15.13 per hour)
£25,800
(£13.23 per hour)
Yes
2422 Finance and investment analysts and advisers 3534, 3537 • Credit analysts
• Financial advisers and planners
• Financial analysts
• Mortgage advisers
• Finance and investment analysts and advisers not elsewhere classified
£34,200
(£17.54 per hour)
£30,800
(£15.79 per hour)
£27,300
(£14.00 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2423 Taxation experts 3535 • Taxation experts £35,400
(£18.15 per hour)
£31,900
(£16.36 per hour)
£28,300
(£14.51 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2431 Management consultants and business analysts 1255, 2423 • Business analysts and consultants
• Management advisers and consultants
• Risk analysts
• Management consultants and business analysts not elsewhere classified
£36,000
(£18.46 per hour)
£32,400
(£16.62 per hour)
£28,800
(£14.77 per hour)
£25,200
(£12.92 per hour)
Yes
2432 Marketing and commercial managers 3545 • Commercial managers
• Marketing managers
• Marketing and commercial managers not elsewhere classified
£39,900
(£20.46 per hour)
£35,900
(£18.41 per hour)
£31,900
(£16.36 per hour)
£28,000
(£14.36 per hour)
Yes
2433 Actuaries, economists and statisticians 2425 • Actuaries and actuarial analysts
• Economists
• Mathematicians
• Statistical data scientists
• Statisticians
• Actuaries, economists and statisticians not elsewhere classified
£40,700
(£20.87 per hour)
£36,600
(£18.77 per hour)
£32,500
(£16.67 per hour)
£28,500
(£14.62 per hour)
Yes
2434 Business and related research professionals 2426, 3319, 3543 • Intelligence analysts
• Researchers in media and entertainment
• Business and related research professionals not elsewhere classified
£31,500
(£16.15 per hour)
£28,400
(£14.56 per hour)
£25,200
(£12.92 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2435 Professional/chartered company secretaries 2429, 4214 • Professional/chartered company secretaries £38,600
(£19.79 per hour)
£34,700
(£17.79 per hour)
£30,900
(£15.85 per hour)
£27,000
(£13.85 per hour)
Yes
2439 Business, research and administrative professionals not elsewhere classified 2429, 4215 • Policy officers
• Business, research and administrative professionals not elsewhere classified
£43,200
(£22.15 per hour)
£38,900
(£19.95 per hour)
£34,500
(£17.69 per hour)
£30,200
(£15.49 per hour)
Yes
2440 Business and financial project management professionals 2424, 3545 • Business change managers
• Clinical trials coordinators
• Risk managers
• Business and financial project management professionals not elsewhere classified
£43,300
(£22.21 per hour)
£39,000
(£20.00 per hour)
£34,700
(£17.79 per hour)
£30,300
(£15.54 per hour)
Yes
2451 Architects 2431 • Architects
• Landscape architects and designers
£37,800
(£19.38 per hour)
£34,000
(£17.44 per hour)
£30,200
(£15.49 per hour)
£26,400
(£13.54 per hour)
Yes
2452 Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants 2431, 2432, 2435, 3121, 3122 • Chartered architectural technologists
• Town planning officers
• Urban designers
• Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants not elsewhere classified
£28,200
(£14.46 per hour)
£25,300
(£12.97 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2453 Quantity surveyors 2433 • Quantity surveyors £38,500
(£19.74 per hour)
£34,600
(£17.74 per hour)
£30,800
(£15.79 per hour)
£26,900
(£13.79 per hour)
Yes
2454 Chartered surveyors 2434, 2435, 3565 • Building control surveyors
• Hydrographic surveyors
• Land surveyors
• Property surveyors
• Chartered surveyors not elsewhere classified
£36,000
(£18.46 per hour)
£32,400
(£16.62 per hour)
£28,800
(£14.77 per hour)
£25,200
(£12.92 per hour)
Yes
2455 Construction project managers and related professionals 2432, 2436 • Construction project and contract managers
• Transport planners
• Construction project managers and related professionals not elsewhere classified
£36,600
(£18.77 per hour)
£32,900
(£16.87 per hour)
£29,300
(£15.03 per hour)
£25,600
(£13.13 per hour)
Yes
2462 Probation officers 2443 • Probation officers £29,400
(£15.08 per hour)
£26,400
(£13.54 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2464 Youth work professionals 2449 • Youth work professionals £34,500
(£17.69 per hour)
£31,000
(£15.90 per hour)
£27,600
(£14.15 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2469 Welfare professionals not elsewhere classified 2449 • Adoption officers
• Children and family services professionals
• Mediators and restorative practice professionals
• Welfare professionals not elsewhere classified
£33,500
(£17.18 per hour)
£30,200
(£15.49 per hour)
£26,800
(£13.74 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2471 Librarians 2451 • Librarians £26,400
(£13.54 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2472 Archivists, conservators and curators 2452 • Archivists
• Collection managers and curators
• Conservators
• Museum education officers
• Archivists and curators not elsewhere classified
£29,600
(£15.18 per hour)
£26,700
(£13.69 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2481 Quality control and planning engineers 2461, 3115 • Garment technologists
• Planning engineers
• Quality control engineers
• Quality control and planning engineers not elsewhere classified
£34,100
(£17.49 per hour)
£30,700
(£15.74 per hour)
£27,300
(£14.00 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2482 Quality assurance and regulatory professionals 2462, 3567 • Compliance and regulatory professionals
• Quality assurance professionals
£38,100
(£19.54 per hour)
£34,300
(£17.59 per hour)
£30,500
(£15.64 per hour)
£26,700
(£13.69 per hour)
Yes
2483 Environmental health professionals 2463 • Environmental health professionals £34,100
(£17.49 per hour)
£30,700
(£15.74 per hour)
£27,300
(£14.00 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2491 Newspaper, periodical and broadcast editors 2471 • Newspaper, periodical and broadcast editors £32,200
(£16.51 per hour)
£28,900
(£14.82 per hour)
£25,700
(£13.18 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2492 Newspaper and periodical broadcast journalists and reporters 2471 • Broadcast journalists
• Newspaper journalists and reporters
• Newspaper and periodical journalists and reporters not elsewhere classified
£25,500
(£13.08 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2493 Public relations professionals 2472 • Press officers
• Public relations officers
• Social media managers
• Public relations professionals not elsewhere classified
£30,100
(£15.44 per hour)
£27,100
(£13.90 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
2494 Advertising accounts managers and creative directors 2473 • Advertising account managers
• Creative directors
• Fundraising managers
£37,200
(£19.08 per hour)
£33,500
(£17.18 per hour)
£29,700
(£15.23 per hour)
£26,000
(£13.33 per hour)
Yes
3415 Musicians 3415 • Composers and musical arrangers
• Music conductors
• Instrumentalists
• Musicians not elsewhere classified
£30,100
(£15.44 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3416 Arts officers, producers and directors 2471, 3412, 3416 • Art consultants
• Broadcasting and entertainment directors
• Broadcasting and entertainment editors
• Broadcasting and entertainment producers
• Studio and stage managers
• Arts officers, producers and directors not elsewhere classified
£28,800
(£14.77 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3511 Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers 3511, 3512 • Airline pilots
• Air traffic controllers
• Flying instructors
• Helicopter pilots
• Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers not elsewhere classified
£64,100
(£32.87 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £44,900
(£23.03 per hour)
No
3531 Brokers 3532 • Commodity brokers and traders
• Insurance and mortgage brokers
• Shipbrokers
• Stockbrokers
• Brokers not elsewhere classified
£40,000
(£20.51 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £28,000
(£14.36 per hour)
No
3534 Financial accounts managers 1150, 3538 • Claims managers
• Credit managers
• Investment managers
• Relationship managers
• Financial accounts managers not elsewhere classified
£34,800
(£17.85 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3556 Sales accounts and business development managers 1121, 1133, 3538, 3545 • Brand managers
• Business development managers
• Sales account managers
• Sales accounts and business development managers not elsewhere classified
£40,500
(£20.77 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £28,300
(£14.51 per hour)
No

These SOC 2020 occupation codes are considered to be skilled to Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) level 3-5, other than “6135 Care workers and home carers”, which is considered to be skilled to RQF level 2.

Except where option I or the Temporary Shortage List in SW 6.1A applies, sponsors may ONLYsponsor Skilled Worker applicants in these SOC2020 occupation codes if the applicant was granted permission as a Skilled Worker under the rules in place before 22 July 2025, and they have had continuous permission as a Skilled Worker since then.

These SOC 2020 occupation codes are not eligible for the Global Business Mobility or Scale-up routes.

Other than skill level, the notes accompanying Table 2 also apply to this table.

SOC 2020 occupation code Equivalent SOC 2010 occupation code(s) Examples of related job titles (non-exclusive) Going rate (SW – options F and I, GBM and SCU) 90% of going rate (SW – option G) 80% of going rate (SW – option H) 70% of going rate (SW – option J, GTR) Eligible for PhD points (SW)?
1150 Managers and directors in retail and wholesale 1121, 1190, 3545 • Managers and directors in retail and wholesale £29,400
(£15.08 per hour)
£26,400
(£13.54 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
1211 Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture 1211 • Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture £29,100
(£14.92 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
1212 Managers and proprietors in forestry, fishing and related services 1213, 5223 • Cattery and kennel managers and proprietors
• Fisheries managers and proprietors
• Forestry managers
• Livery yard and stud farm managers and proprietors
• Racehorse trainers
• Managers and proprietors in forestry, fishing and related services not elsewhere classified
£25,800
(£13.23 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
1221 Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors 1221 • Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors £29,800
(£15.28 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
1222 Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors 1223 • Café and restaurant managers and proprietors
• Catering operations managers
• Takeaway managers and proprietors
• Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors not elsewhere classified
£26,100
(£13.38 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
1223 Publicans and managers of licensed premises 1224 • Publicans and managers of licensed premises £30,900
(£15.85 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
1224 Leisure and sports managers and proprietors 1225, 1253 • Cinema managers and proprietors
• Golf course managers
• Gym, fitness and leisure services managers and proprietors
• Marina managers
• Museum managers and proprietors
• Parks and gardens managers
• Theatre managers (excludes hospital service)
• Leisure and sports managers and proprietors not elsewhere classified
£26,600
(£13.64 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
1225 Travel agency managers and proprietors 1226 • Travel agency managers and proprietors £30,000
(£15.38 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
1231 Health care practice managers 1241 • Dental practice managers
• Medical practice managers
• Opticians managers
• Veterinary practice managers
• Health care practice managers not elsewhere classified
£32,600
(£16.72 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
1232 Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors 1121, 1184, 1242, 1259 • Day care managers
• Home care managers
• Residential care managers and proprietors
• Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors not elsewhere classified
£32,000
(£16.41 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
1233 Early education and childcare services proprietors 1259, 2319, 6121 • Early education and childcare services proprietors £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
1242 Managers in storage and warehousing 1162 • Managers in storage and warehousing £29,100
(£14.92 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
1243 Managers in logistics 1133, 1161, 1162 • Managers in logistics £37,300
(£19.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £26,100
(£13.38 per hour)
No
1251 Property, housing and estate managers 1251 • Facilities managers
• Landlords, property and housing managers
• Property investors and developers
• Sales and lettings managers
• Shopping centre managers
• Property, housing and estate managers not elsewhere classified
£32,500
(£16.67 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
1252 Garage managers and proprietors 1252 • Garage managers and proprietors £36,300
(£18.62 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,400
(£13.03 per hour)
No
1253 Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors 1253 • Beauty salon managers and proprietors
• Hairdressing managers and proprietors
• Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors not elsewhere classified
£27,000
(£13.85 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
1256 Betting shop and gambling establishment managers 1225, 1259 • Betting shop managers
• Bingo hall managers
• Casino managers
• Betting shop and gambling establishment managers not elsewhere classified
£27,100
(£13.90 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
1257 Hire services managers and proprietors 1255, 1259 • Hire services managers and proprietors £28,200
(£14.46 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
1258 Directors in consultancy services 1259 • Design consultancy directors
• Environmental consultancy directors
• Management consultancy directors
• Surveying consultancy directors
• Directors in consultancy services not elsewhere classified
£44,600
(£22.87 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
No
1259 Managers and proprietors in other services not elsewhere classified 1139, 1259 • Cleaning and hygiene services managers and proprietors
• Educational establishment managers and proprietors
• Funeral services and crematorium managers and proprietors
• Library managers
• Recruitment agency managers and proprietors
• Security services managers and proprietors
• Managers and proprietors in other services not elsewhere classified
£33,100
(£16.97 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
2324 Early education and childcare services managers 1225, 1242, 1259, 2319, 6121 • Early education and childcare services managers £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
3111 Laboratory technicians 3111 • Biological laboratory technicians
• Chemical laboratory technicians
• Health physics monitors
• Laboratory food technicians
• Medical laboratory technicians
• Laboratory technicians not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
3112 Electrical and electronics technicians 3112 • Avionics technicians
• Electrical and electronics technicians not elsewhere classified
£30,800
(£15.79 per hour)
£27,800
(£14.26 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
3113 Engineering technicians 3113 • Aerospace technicians
• Wind turbine technicians
• Engineering technicians not elsewhere classified
£34,700
(£17.79 per hour)
£31,200
(£16.00 per hour)
£27,700
(£14.21 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
3114 Building and civil engineering technicians 3114 • Building technicians
• Civil engineering technicians
• Surveying technicians
• Building and civil engineering technicians not elsewhere classified
£27,900
(£14.31 per hour)
£25,100
(£12.87 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
3115 Quality assurance technicians 3115 • Quality assurance technicians £26,500
(£13.59 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
3116 Planning, process and production technicians 3116 • Planning, process and production technicians £28,700
(£14.72 per hour)
£25,900
(£13.28 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
3119 Science, engineering and production technicians not elsewhere classified 3111, 3119, 3411 • School technicians
• Textile consultants
• Science, engineering and production technicians not elsewhere classified
£28,000
(£14.36 per hour)
£25,200
(£12.92 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
3120 CAD, drawing and architectural technicians 2435, 3121, 3122 • Architectural technicians
• BIM and CAD technicians
• Cartographers
• CAD, drawing and architectural technicians not elsewhere classified
£28,700
(£14.72 per hour)
£25,800
(£13.23 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
3131 IT operations technicians 3131, 5245 • Games testers
• Network and systems administrators
• Quality assurance testers
• Software technicians
• IT operations technicians not elsewhere classified
£27,700
(£14.21 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
3132 IT user support technicians 3132, 5245 • IT user support technicians £27,700
(£14.21 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
3133 Database administrators and web content technicians 2137, 3131, 7220 • Database administrators
• Web content technicians
• Database administrators and web content technicians not elsewhere classified
£29,200
(£14.97 per hour)
£26,200
(£13.44 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Yes
3211 Dispensing opticians 2214, 3216 • Dispensing opticians £25,100
(£12.87 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3212 Pharmaceutical technicians 3217 • Pharmaceutical technicians £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3221 Youth and community workers 3231, 3239, 3531 • Community workers
• Family support workers
• Youth workers (excludes youth work professionals)
• Youth and community workers not elsewhere classified
£26,500
(£13.59 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3222 Child and early years officers 3239 • Child protection officers
• Learning and behaviour mentors
• Welfare and attendance officers
• Child and early years officers not elsewhere classified
£25,400
(£13.03 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3223 Housing officers 3234 • Housing officers £27,800
(£14.26 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3224 Counsellors 3235, 3239 • Bereavement counsellors
• Debt advisers
• Life coaches
• Relationship counsellors
• Substance misuse workers
• Counsellors not elsewhere classified
£26,200
(£13.44 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3229 Welfare and housing associate professionals not elsewhere classified 2129, 2318, 2412, 3239 • Advocates (excludes solicitor advocates)
• Celebrants
• Charity workers
• Day care officers
• Health advisers
• Homelessness and housing advice support workers
• Mental health project workers
• Probation service workers
• Student support workers
• Victim support workers
• Welfare and housing associate professionals not elsewhere classified
£25,400
(£13.03 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3232 Early education and childcare practitioners 6121, 6126 • Early education and childcare practitioners £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3240 Veterinary nurses 6131 • Veterinary nurses £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3312 Police officers (sergeant and below) 3312 • Police constable
• Police sergeant
• Police officers (sergeant and below) not elsewhere classified
£36,700
(£18.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,700
(£13.18 per hour)
No
3313 Fire service officers (watch manager and below) 1173, 3313 • Firefighters
• Fire service crew managers
• Watch managers
• Fire service officers (watch manager and below) not elsewhere classified
£37,600
(£19.28 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £26,300
(£13.49 per hour)
No
3314 Prison service officers (below principal officer) 3314 • Operational support grades
• Prison officers
• Prison service officers (below principal officer) not elsewhere classified
£31,600
(£16.21 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3319 Protective service associate professionals not elsewhere classified 3319 • Coastguard
• Customs and border control officers
• Fraud investigators (excludes benefit fraud)
• Immigration officers
• Private investigators
• Security consultants and managers (excludes cyber security)
• Protective service associate professionals not elsewhere classified
£33,200
(£17.03 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3411 Artists 3411 • Art technicians (excludes education)
• Drawing and painting artists
• Hand drawn animators
• Illustrators (excludes medical and scientific)
• Medical and scientific illustrators
• Picture restorers
• Sculptors
• Tattoo and henna artists
• Artists not elsewhere classified
£26,600
(£13.64 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3412 Authors, writers and translators 3412 • Authors
• Bloggers
• Copywriters
• Literary editors
• Poets
• Script writers
• Technical writers (excludes computing)
• Translators and interpreters
• Authors, writers and translators not elsewhere classified
£29,800
(£15.28 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3413 Actors, entertainers and presenters 3413, 3415, 3416 • Actors
• Broadcasters, podcasters and presenters
• Children’s entertainers
• Comedians
• Disc jockeys
• Magicians
• Models
• Singers
• Social media influencers
• Actors, entertainers and presenters not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3414 Dancers and choreographers 3414 • Choreographers
• Dance teachers (excludes educational establishments)
• Dancers
£28,500
(£14.62 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3417 Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators 3417 • Camera operators and videographers
• Lighting designers
• Photographers
• Sound designers
• Sound engineers
• Theatre technicians (excludes hospitals)
• Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators not elsewhere classified
£25,400
(£13.03 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3421 Interior designers 2431, 3422 • Interior designers £29,600
(£15.18 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3422 Clothing, fashion and accessories designers 3122, 3422 • Clothing and fashion consultants
• Clothing and fashion designers
• Footwear designers
• Jewellery designers
• Textile designers
• Clothing, fashion and accessories designers not elsewhere classified
£29,100
(£14.92 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3429 Design occupations not elsewhere classified 2431, 3122, 3422, 7125 • Industrial and product designers
• Packaging designers
• Performance make-up artists
• Set designers
• Visual merchandising managers and designers
• Design occupations not elsewhere classified
£29,800
(£15.28 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3433 Fitness and wellbeing instructors 3443 • Group fitness instructors and personal trainers
• Pilates teachers
• Yoga teachers
• Fitness and wellbeing instructors not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3512 Ship and hovercraft officers 3513 • Ship and hovercraft captains and deck officers (excludes armed forces and fishing)
• Marine engineers
• Ship and hovercraft officers not elsewhere classified
£39,100
(£20.05 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £27,300
(£14.00 per hour)
No
3520 Legal associate professionals 2419, 3520 • Conveyancing professionals
• Cost lawyers
• Barrister’s and judge’s clerks
• Litigation officers
• Probate managers
• Will writers
• Legal associate professionals not elsewhere classified
£26,400
(£13.54 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3532 Insurance underwriters 3533 • Insurance underwriters £29,800
(£15.28 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3533 Financial and accounting technicians 3537 • Accounting technicians
• Financial control technicians
• Financial and accounting technicians not elsewhere classified
£32,900
(£16.87 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3541 Estimators, valuers and assessors 3531 • Energy advisers and assessors
• Estimators
• Loss adjusters
• Valuers
• Vehicle damage assessors
• Estimators, valuers and assessors not elsewhere classified
£28,600
(£14.67 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3542 Importers and exporters 3536 • Importers and exporters £29,800
(£15.28 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3543 Project support officers 2136, 3113, 3534, 3539 • Project support officers £28,900
(£14.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3544 Data analysts 3539 • Data analysts £28,600
(£14.67 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3549 Business associate professionals not elsewhere classified 3539 • Business support officers
• Business systems analysts
• Contract administrators
• Clinical coders
• Clinical trials administrators
• Research coordinators
• Business associate professionals not elsewhere classified
£25,500
(£13.08 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3551 Buyers and procurement officers 3541 • Buyers and procurement officers £29,300
(£15.03 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3552 Business sales executives 3542, 4151 • Business sales executives £29,300
(£15.03 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3553 Merchandisers 3539, 3541, 3543, 7125 • Merchandisers £25,200
(£12.92 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3554 Advertising and marketing associate professionals 3412, 3416, 3543, 4151, 7215 • Advertising and marketing executives
• Fundraisers
• Market researchers (excludes interviewers)
• Marketing associate professionals not elsewhere classified
£26,300
(£13.49 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3555 Estate agents and auctioneers 3542, 3544, 3565, 5319 • Estate agents
• Land and property auctioneers and valuers
• Letting agents
• Estate agents and auctioneers not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3557 Events managers and organisers 3546 • Conference managers and organisers
• Exhibition managers and organisers
• Festival managers and organisers
• Hospitality managers
• Wedding planners and organisers
• Event managers and organisers not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3560 Public services associate professionals 3561 • Electoral services officers
• Health service administrators
• Job Centre officers
• Waste management officers
• Public services associate professionals not elsewhere classified
£34,000
(£17.44 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3571 Human resources and industrial relations officers 3562 • Equality and diversity officers
• Human resources advisers
• Recruitment consultants
• Human resources and industrial relations officers not elsewhere classified
£27,100
(£13.90 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3572 Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists 3564 • Careers advisers and coaches
• Work placement officers
• Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists not elsewhere classified
£26,700
(£13.69 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3573 Information technology trainers 3563 • Information technology trainers £32,100
(£16.46 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3574 Other vocational and industrial trainers 3531, 3563 • Business coaches
• Retail and store trainers
• Training assessors
• Other vocational and industrial trainers not elsewhere classified
£28,200
(£14.46 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3581 Inspectors of standards and regulations 3565 • Animal health inspectors and officers
• Building control officers
• Driving examiners
• Health and safety inspectors
• Housing and planning inspectors
• Licensing officers
• Meat hygiene inspectors
• Nuclear safety inspectors
• Trading standards officers
• Traffic and vehicle examiners and inspectors
• Inspectors of standards and regulations not elsewhere classified
£30,000
(£15.38 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
3582 Health and safety managers and officers 1259, 2434, 3567 • Asbestos safety officers
• Fire safety managers and officers
• Occupational health and safety managers and officers
• Road traffic and transport safety officers
• Occupational hygienists
• Health and safety managers and officers not elsewhere classified
£34,800
(£17.85 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
4111 National government administrative occupations 3531, 3564, 4112 • National government benefits officers
• National government revenue officers
• Passport officers
• National government administrative occupations not elsewhere classified
£25,900
(£13.28 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
4112 Local government administrative occupations 3119, 3550 • Local government benefits officers
• Local government housing assistants
• Local government revenue officers
• Parish clerks
• Local government administrative occupations not elsewhere classified
£26,000
(£13.33 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
4113 Officers of non-governmental organisations 4114 • Charity administrators
• Clerks to governors
• Union officials
• Officers of non-governmental organisations not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
4121 Credit controllers   • Credit controllers £25,200
(£12.92 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
4122 Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks   • Accounting clerks and bookkeepers
• Payroll officers and wages clerks
• Bookkeepers, payroll managers and wage clerks not elsewhere classified
£25,400
(£13.03 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
4124 Finance officers   • Finance officers £25,600
(£13.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
4129 Financial administrative occupations not elsewhere classified   • Box office assistants
• Grants officers
• Mortgage administrators
• Revenue assistants (excludes National and Local government revenue occupations)
• Treasury assistants
• Finance administrative occupations not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
4132 Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants   • Claims handlers
• Insurance administrators
• Pensions administrators
• Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
4134 Transport and distribution clerks and assistants 4134 • Transport and distribution clerks and assistants £25,900
(£13.28 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
4141 Office managers 1241, 4161 • Office managers £30,000
(£15.38 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
4143 Customer service managers 7220 • Call centre managers
• Customer service managers not elsewhere classified
£27,600
(£14.15 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
4151 Sales administrators 4151 • Sales administrators £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
4159 Other administrative occupations not elsewhere classified   • Business administrators
• Church administrators
• Facilities coordinators
• Proofreaders
• Property administrators
• Warranty administrators
• Other administrative occupations not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
4214 Company secretaries and administrators 4214 • Company secretaries and administrators £27,100
(£13.90 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
4215 Personal assistants and other secretaries 4215 • Farm secretaries
• Personal assistants (excludes care workers)
• Personal assistants and other secretaries not elsewhere classified
£27,400
(£14.05 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5111 Farmers 5111 • Agricultural contractors
• Aquaculture farmers
• Arable farmers
• Dairy farmers
• Livestock farmers
• Poultry farmers
• Farmers not elsewhere classified
£28,200
(£14.46 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5112 Horticultural trades 5112 • Horticultural trades £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5113 Gardeners and landscape gardeners 5113, 9119 • Garden designers
• Gardeners (excludes horticultural/market gardening)
• Green roof installers
• Landscape gardeners
• Gardeners and landscape gardeners not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5114 Groundsmen and greenkeepers 5114 • Groundsmen and greenkeepers £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5119 Agricultural and fishing trades not elsewhere classified 3550, 5119 • Arborists
• Beekeepers
• Countryside and park officers and rangers
• Falconers
• Fish and river keepers
• Fishers
• Gamekeepers
• Agricultural and fishing trades not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5211 Sheet metal workers 5213 • Metal fabricators and finishers
• Panel beaters (excludes vehicles)
• Whitesmiths
• Sheet metal workers not elsewhere classified
£26,800
(£13.74 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5212 Metal plate workers, smiths, moulders and related occupations 5211, 5212, 5214 • Die casters
• Farriers
• Moulders, mould makers and core makers
• Smiths
• Metal plate workers, smiths, moulders and related occupations not elsewhere classified
£29,200
(£14.97 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5213 Welding trades 5215 • Braziers and solderers
• Pipe welders
• Plate welders
• Welding trades not elsewhere classified
£29,500
(£15.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5214 Pipe fitters 5216 • Pipe fitters £40,400
(£20.72 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £28,300
(£14.51 per hour)
No
5221 Metal machining setters and setter-operators 5221 • Computer numerical control (CNC) machine setters and setter-operators
• Metal machining setters and setter-operators not elsewhere classified
£28,500
(£14.62 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5222 Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out 5222 • Tool fitters
• Tool makers
• Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out not elsewhere classified
£33,400
(£17.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5223 Metal working production and maintenance fitters 5223, 5225, 5237 • Automation maintenance technicians
• Bicycle mechanics
• Catering equipment technicians
• Door fitters and makers
• Gunsmiths
• Heavy plant maintenance technicians
• Hydraulic technicians
• Lift technicians
• Locksmiths
• Pump technicians
• Textile machine technicians
• Turbine fitters
• Metal working production and maintenance fitters not elsewhere classified
£29,900
(£15.33 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5224 Precision instrument makers and repairers 5224 • Calibration and precision instrument technicians
• Camera and photographic equipment technicians
• Horologists, watch makers and repairers
• Optical technicians
• Precision instrument makers and repairers not elsewhere classified
£28,300
(£14.51 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5225 Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers 5225 • Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers £35,500
(£18.21 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5231 Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians 5231 • Auto electricians
• Car/light vehicle technicians
• Heavy and large vehicle technicians
• Motorcycle technicians
• Motorsport technicians
• MOT testers
• Roadside assistance technicians
• Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians not elsewhere classified
£27,900
(£14.31 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5232 Vehicle body builders and repairers 5232 • Vehicle body builders and repairers £27,600
(£14.15 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5233 Vehicle paint technicians 5232, 5234 • Vehicle paint technicians £29,600
(£15.18 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5234 Aircraft maintenance and related trades 5235 • Aircraft maintenance and related trades £34,800
(£17.85 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5235 Boat and ship builders and repairers 5236 • Boat and ship builders and repairers £29,600
(£15.18 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5236 Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers 5237 • Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers £38,800
(£19.90 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £27,100
(£13.90 per hour)
No
5241 Electricians and electrical fitters 5241 • Electric vehicle charging point installers
• Electro-mechanical technicians
• Installation and maintenance electricians
• Smart energy experts
• Solar panel installers
• Street lighting electrician
• Electricians and electrical fitters not elsewhere classified
£31,500
(£16.15 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5242 Telecoms and related network installers and repairers 5242, 5249 • Telecoms and related network installers and repairers £31,700
(£16.26 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5243 TV, video and audio servicers and repairers 5244 • TV, video and audio servicers and repairers £25,100
(£12.87 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5244 Computer system and equipment installers and servicers 5245, 5249 • Computer system and equipment installers and servicers £26,700
(£13.69 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5245 Security system installers and repairers 5249 • Security system installers and repairers £28,800
(£14.77 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5246 Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers 5241, 5249 • Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers £33,800
(£17.33 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5249 Electrical and electronic trades not elsewhere classified 5249 • Broadcast and communications technicians
• Overhead line workers
• Signal workers
• Electrical and electronic trades not elsewhere classified
£35,600
(£18.26 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5250 Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors 1252, 5250 • Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors £36,500
(£18.72 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,600
(£13.13 per hour)
No
5311 Steel erectors 5311 • Steel erectors £29,500
(£15.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5312 Stonemasons and related trades 5312 • Dry stone wallers
• Monumental masons
• Stonemasons
• Stonemasons and related trades not elsewhere classified
£28,500
(£14.62 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5313 Bricklayers 5312 • Bricklayers £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5314 Roofers, roof tilers and slaters 5313 • Felt and flat roofers
• Sheeters and cladders
• Thatchers
• Tilers and slaters
• Roofers, roof tilers and slaters not elsewhere classified
£25,300
(£12.97 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5315 Plumbers and heating and ventilating installers and repairers 5314 • Plumbers and heating and ventilation installers and repairers £31,400
(£16.10 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5316 Carpenters and joiners 5315 • Bedroom and kitchen fitters
• Carpenters
• Joiners
• Carpenters and joiners not elsewhere classified
£27,800
(£14.26 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5317 Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters 5249, 5316 • Glass cutters and glaziers
• Window fabricators
• Window fitters
• Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters not elsewhere classified
£25,800
(£13.23 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5319 Construction and building trades not elsewhere classified 5319 • Builders
• Divers
• Fence erectors
• Industrial climbers
• Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) operators
• Steel fixers and underpinners
• Construction and building trades not elsewhere classified
£27,300
(£14.00 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5321 Plasterers 5321 • Dry liners
• Plasterers (wall and decorative)
£29,500
(£15.13 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5322 Floorers and wall tilers 5313, 5322 • Carpet and linoleum fitters
• Floor layers
• Tilers
• Floorers and wall tilers not elsewhere classified
£25,400
(£13.03 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5323 Painters and decorators 5323 • Painters and decorators £27,800
(£14.26 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5330 Construction and building trades supervisors 5330 • Carpenter and joinery supervisors
• Demolition supervisors
• Painting supervisors
• Plumbing supervisors
• Road construction supervisors
• Roofing supervisors
• Scaffolding supervisors
• Construction and building trade supervisors not elsewhere classified
£34,600
(£17.74 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5411 Upholsterers 5412 • Curtain makers
• Trimmers and upholsterers
• Upholsterers not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5412 Footwear and leather working trades 5413 • Footwear makers and repairers
• Leather workers (excludes leather dressing)
• Footwear and leather working trades not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5413 Tailors and dressmakers 5414 • Costume makers
• Dressmakers
• Fitters and alterations assistants
• Kilt makers
• Milliners (excludes wholesale, retail trade)
• Tailors
• Tailors and dressmakers not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5419 Textiles, garments and related trades not elsewhere classified 5411, 5419 • Embroiderers and sewers
• Knitters
• Sail makers
• Weavers (excludes basket, wig and wire goods mfr)
• Textiles, garments and related trades not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5421 Pre-press technicians 5421 • Pre-press technicians £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5422 Printers 5422 • Digital printers
• Flexographic printers
• Lithographic printers
• Screen printers
• Printers not elsewhere classified
£26,200
(£13.44 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5423 Print finishing and binding workers 5423 • Print finishing and binding workers £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5431 Butchers 5431 • Butchers
• Slaughterers
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5432 Bakers and flour confectioners 5432 • Bakers (excludes food process bakery workers and textile manufacturing)
• Cake decorators and designers
• Bakers and flour confectioners not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5433 Fishmongers and poultry dressers 5433 • Fishmongers
• Poultry dressers
• Fishmongers and poultry dressers not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5434 Chefs 5434 • Chefs £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5436 Catering and bar managers 5436 • Catering and bar managers £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5441 Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers 5441 • Ceramic makers, decorators and finishers
• Ceramic potters
• Glass blowers
• Glass makers, decorators and finishers
• Optical glass makers
• Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers not elsewhere classified
£25,400
(£13.03 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5442 Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers 5442 • Cabinet makers (excludes metal)
• Furniture makers and fitters
• Furniture restorers
• Furniture sprayers and finishers
• Picture framers
• Shed makers
• Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5443 Florists 5443 • Florists £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
5449 Other skilled trades not elsewhere classified 5449 • Basket makers (excludes wire goods mfr)
• Candle makers
• Goldsmiths, silversmiths, jewellers and precious stone workers
• Hairpiece and wig makers
• Metal engravers
• Craft model makers
• Musical instrument repairers, makers and tuners
• Sign makers and writers
• Toy makers and repairers
• Other skilled trades not elsewhere classified
£25,800
(£13.23 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
6111 Early education and childcare assistants 6121, 6122, 6123 • Early education and childcare assistants £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
6114 Childminders 6122 • Childminders £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
6117 Playworkers 3550, 6123 • Playworkers £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
6129 Animal care services occupations not elsewhere classified 6139 • Animal boarding assistants
• Animal breeders
• Animal groomers
• Animal trainers (excludes performing animals)
• Animal walkers
• Animal welfare workers
• Stable workers
• Veterinary assistants
• Zookeepers
• Animal care services occupations not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
6134 Houseparents and residential wardens 6144 • Foster carers
• Residential childcare practitioners
• School matrons and houseparents
• Residential housing wardens
• Houseparents and residential wardens not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
6135 Care workers and home carers – Jobs with a working location in England are only eligible in this SOC 2020 occupation code where the sponsor holds registration with the Care Quality Commission and is currently carrying on a regulated activity.

Eligibility for Skilled Worker applicants to be sponsored in this SOC 2020 occupation code is restricted, as set out in SW 6.1B of Appendix Skilled Worker.

Note: private households or individuals (other than sole traders sponsoring someone to work for their business) cannot sponsor Skilled Worker applicants.
2442, 3231, 3239, 6141, 6144, 6145 • Community support workers
• Home care workers
• Residential care workers
• Care workers and home carers not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
6136 Senior care workers – Jobs with a working location in England are only eligible in this SOC 2020 occupation code where the sponsor holds registration with the Care Quality Commission and is currently carrying on a regulated activity.

Eligibility for Skilled Worker applicants to be sponsored in this SOC 2020 occupation code is restricted, as set out in SW 6.1B of Appendix Skilled Worker.
6144, 6146 • Senior community support workers
• Senior home care workers
• Senior residential care workers
• Senior care workers not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
6213 Air travel assistants 6214 • Flight attendants
• Passenger services assistants
• Air travel assistants not elsewhere classified
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
6214 Rail travel assistants 6215 • Railway station assistants
• Revenue protection officers
• Train conductors and guards
• Rail travel assistants not elsewhere classified
£35,400
(£18.15 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
6311 Police community support officers   • Police community support officers £31,600
(£16.21 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
7124 Market and street traders and assistants   • Market and street traders and assistants £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
7131 Shopkeepers and owners - retail and wholesale 1223, 1253, 1254 • Antique dealers
• Art dealers
• Car traders
• Newsagents
• Retail jewellers
• Wholesalers
• Wine merchants
• Shopkeepers and owners - retail and wholesale not elsewhere classified
£27,200
(£13.95 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
7132 Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale 7130 • Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
7214 Market research interviewers 7215 • Field and telephone interviewers
• Mystery shoppers
• Political canvassers
• Traffic enumerators
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
7220 Customer service supervisors 7220 • Customer service supervisors £28,900
(£14.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
8113 Chemical and related process operatives   • Chemical and related process operatives £26,700
(£13.69 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
8133 Energy plant operatives 8124 • Boiler operatives
• Compressor operatives
• Nuclear decommissioning operatives
• Energy plant operatives not elsewhere classified
£30,100
(£15.44 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
8134 Water and sewerage plant operatives 8126 • Water and sewerage distribution operatives
• Water treatment operatives
• Water and sewerage plant operatives not elsewhere classified
£31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
8143 Routine inspectors and testers   • Routine inspectors and testers £26,600
(£13.64 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
8215 Driving instructors 8215 • Cycling instructors
• Forklift instructors
• Heavy and large vehicle driving instructors
• Motorcycle instructors
• Passenger carrying vehicle (PCV) and car driving instructors
• Driving instructors not elsewhere classified
£33,300
(£17.08 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
8232 Marine and waterways transport operatives 8232 • Marine and waterways transport operatives £26,300
(£13.49 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
9119 Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations not elsewhere classified - ONLY the listed job titles are eligible in this SOC 2020 occupation code and ONLY where the job requires the worker to have at least 3 years’ full-time experience in using their skills. This experience must not have been gained through working illegally. 9119 • Vent chick sexer
• Deckhand on large fishing vessel (9 metres and above)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
9249 Elementary sales occupations not elsewhere classified   • Retail order pickers
• Trolley collectors
• Elementary sales occupations not elsewhere classified
£27,500
(£14.10 per hour)
Not applicable Not applicable £25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No

These SOC 2020 occupation codes were previously considered to be skilled to Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) level 3-5, but have been reassessed as being below RQF level 3.

Sponsors may ONLYsponsor Skilled Worker applicants in these SOC2020 occupation codes if the date of application is before 4 April 2030, the applicant was granted permission as a Skilled Worker under the rules in place before 4 April 2024, has had continuous permission as a Skilled Worker since then, and is applying to work for the same sponsor as in their most recent permission.

These SOC 2020 occupation codes are not eligible for the Global Business Mobility or Scale-up routes.

Other than skill level, the notes accompanying Table 2 also apply to this table.

SOC 2020 occupation code Equivalent SOC 2010 occupation code(s) Examples of related job titles (non-exclusive) Going rate (SW – option F) 70% of going rate (SW – option J) Eligible for PhD points (SW)?
3214 Complementary health associate professionals 3219 • Alexander technique teachers
• Aromatherapists
• Homeopaths (excludes medically qualified)
• Hospital play specialists
• Hypnotherapists
• Massage therapists
• Reflexologists
• Reiki healers
• Complementary health associate professionals not elsewhere classified
£31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
6116 Nannies and au pairs 6122 • Au pairs
• Nannies
£31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
6232 Caretakers 1251, 6144 • Caretakers £31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
6250 Bed and breakfast and guest house owners and proprietors 1221 • Bed and breakfast and guest house owners and proprietors £31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
7115 Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers 3542 • Vehicle parts advisers
• Vehicle sales executives
£31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
7125 Visual merchandisers and related occupations 7125 • Fashion stylists
• Visual merchandisers and window dressers
• Visual merchandisers and related occupations not elsewhere classified
£31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
7129 Sales related occupations not elsewhere classified 3542 • Demonstrators and product promoters
• Hire desk controllers
• Sales energy consultants
• Sales related occupations not elsewhere classified
£31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
8115 Metal making and treating process operatives 5234, 5449 • Galvanisers and platers
• Metal sprayers and powder coaters
• Metal making and treating process operatives not elsewhere classified
£31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No
9252 Warehouse operatives 4134 • Warehouse operatives £31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
No

These SOC 2020 occupation codes were previously considered to be skilled to Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) level 6 or above, but have been reassessed as being below RQF level 6.

Sponsors may ONLYsponsor Global Business Mobility applicants in these SOC 2020 occupation codes if the date of application is before 4 April 2030, the applicant was granted permission as a lead applicant on a Global Business Mobility route under the Rules in place before 4 April 2024, and they have had continuous permission as a lead applicant on the Global Business Mobility route since then.

Other than skill level, the notes accompanying Table 2 also apply to this table, except that equivalent SOC 2010 occupation codes are only included where they were previously eligible for the Global Business Mobility routes.

SOC 2020 occupation code Equivalent SOC 2010 occupation code(s) Examples of related job titles (non-exclusive) Going rate (GBM – minimum rate) 70% of going rate (GTR – minimum rate)
1232 Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors 1221, 1184 • Day care managers
• Home care managers
• Residential care managers and proprietors
• Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors not elsewhere classified
£32,000
(£16.41 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
1233 Early education and childcare services proprietors 2319 • Early education and childcare services proprietors £31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
1243 Managers in logistics 1133, 1161 • Managers in logistics £37,300
(£19.13 per hour)
£26,100
(£13.38 per hour)
1259 Managers and proprietors in other services not elsewhere classified 1139 • Cleaning and hygiene services managers and proprietors
• Educational establishment managers and proprietors
• Funeral services and crematorium managers and proprietors
• Library managers
• Recruitment agency managers and proprietors
• Security services managers and proprietors
• Managers and proprietors in other services not elsewhere classified
£33,100
(£16.97 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
2324 Early education and childcare services managers 2319 • Early education and childcare services managers £31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
3119 Science, engineering and production technicians not elsewhere classified 3411 • School technicians
• Textile consultants
• Science, engineering and production technicians not elsewhere classified
£31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
3120 CAD, drawing and architectural technicians 2435 • Architectural technicians
• BIM and CAD technicians
• Cartographers
• CAD, drawing and architectural technicians not elsewhere classified
£31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
3133 Database administrators and web content technicians 2137 • Database administrators
• Web content technicians
• Database administrators and web content technicians not elsewhere classified
£31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
3229 Welfare and housing associate professionals not elsewhere classified 2129, 2318, 2412 • Advocates (excludes solicitor advocates)
• Celebrants
• Charity workers
• Day care officers
• Health advisers
• Homelessness and housing advice support workers
• Mental health project workers
• Probation service workers
• Student support workers
• Victim support workers
• Welfare and housing associate professionals not elsewhere classified
£31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
3411 Artists 3411 • Art technicians (excludes education)
• Drawing and painting artists
• Hand drawn animators
• Illustrators (excludes medical and scientific)
• Medical and scientific illustrators
• Picture restorers
• Sculptors
• Tattoo and henna artists
• Artists not elsewhere classified
£31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
3412 Authors, writers and translators 3412 • Authors
• Bloggers
• Copywriters
• Literary editors
• Poets
• Script writers
• Technical writers (excludes computing)
• Translators and interpreters
• Authors, writers and translators not elsewhere classified
£31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
3413 Actors, entertainers and presenters 3413, 3415, 3416 • Actors
• Broadcasters, podcasters and presenters
• Children’s entertainers
• Comedians
• Disc jockeys
• Magicians
• Models
• Singers
• Social media influencers
• Actors, entertainers and presenters not elsewhere classified
£31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
3414 Dancers and choreographers 3414 • Choreographers
• Dance teachers (excludes educational establishments)
• Dancers
£31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
3421 Interior designers 2431, 3422 • Interior designers £31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
3422 Clothing, fashion and accessories designers 3422 • Clothing and fashion consultants
• Clothing and fashion designers
• Footwear designers
• Jewellery designers
• Textile designers
• Clothing, fashion and accessories designers not elsewhere classified
£31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
3429 Design occupations not elsewhere classified 2431, 3422 • Industrial and product designers
• Packaging designers
• Performance make-up artists
• Set designers
• Visual merchandising managers and designers
• Design occupations not elsewhere classified
£31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)
3543 Project support officers 2136, 3534 • Project support officers £31,300
(£16.05 per hour)
£25,000
(£12.82 per hour)

Table 3: Eligible health and education SOC 2020 occupation codes where going rates are based on national pay scales

These SOC 2020 occupation codes are considered to be skilled to Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) level 6 or above, and are eligible for the Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility and Scale-up routes, other than roles below Agenda for Change band 5, which are ineligible for the Global Business Mobility and Scale-up routes, and are only eligible for the Skilled Worker route if the conditions specified in Table 4 are met.

SOC 2020 occupation codes in Table 3 are eligible for points option K set out in Appendix Skilled Worker. They are also eligible for the Global Business Mobility and Scale-up routes.

Equivalent SOC 2010 occupation codes are included where they were previously eligible for the Skilled Worker route, for ease of matching to the relevant SOC 2020 occupation codes for applicants being sponsored to continue working in the same occupation.

SOC 2020 occupation code Equivalent SOC 2010 occupation code(s) Examples of related job titles (non-exclusive) Going rate (annual) National pay scale source
2211 Generalist medical practitioners (England) 2211 • Doctor
• General practitioner
• House officer (hospital service)
• Medical practitioner
• Physician
Medical professionals - NHS doctors in post graduate training:
• Foundation year 1 (F1) and equivalent: £36,616
• Foundation year 2 (F2) and equivalent: £42,008
• Specialty registrar (StR) at ST/CT1-2 and equivalent: £49,909
• Specialty registrar (StR) at CT3/ST3-5: £61,825

Other medical professionals:
• Specialty doctor and equivalent: £59,175
• Salaried General practitioner (GP) and equivalent: £73,113
• Specialist doctor and equivalent: £96,990
• Consultant and equivalent: £105,504

These going rates are per year and based on a 40-hour working week. They must be pro-rated for other working patterns, based on the weekly working hours stated by the applicant’s sponsor.
Pay and Conditions Circular (M&D) 5/2024 R
2211 Generalist medical practitioners (Scotland) 2211 • Doctor
• General practitioner
• House officer (hospital service)
• Medical practitioner
• Physician
Medical professionals - NHS doctors in post graduate training:
• Foundation year 1 (F1) and equivalent: £34,500
• Foundation year 2 (F2) and equivalent: £42,794
• Specialty registrar (StR): £45,504

Other medical professionals:
• Specialty doctor and equivalent: £47,905
• Salaried General practitioner (GP) and equivalent: £74,192
• Consultant and equivalent: £107,144

These going rates are per year and based on a 40-hour working week. They must be pro-rated for other working patterns, based on the weekly working hours stated by the applicant’s sponsor.
NHS Circular: PCS(DD)2024/01
2211 Generalist medical practitioners (Wales) 2211 • Doctor
• General practitioner
• House officer (hospital service)
• Medical practitioner
• Physician
Medical professionals - NHS doctors in post graduate training:
• Foundation year 1 (F1) and equivalent: £33,307
• Foundation year 2 (F2) and equivalent: £41,073
• Specialty registrar (StR) at ST/CT1-2 and equivalent: £43,821
• Specialty registrar (StR) at CT/ST3 and above £43,821

Other medical professionals:
• Specialty doctor and equivalent: £59,727
• Salaried General practitioner (GP) and equivalent: £76,079
• Consultant and equivalent: £106,000 (37.5 hour week)

These going rates are per year and based on a 40-hour working week unless noted. They must be pro-rated for other working patterns, based on the weekly working hours stated by the applicant’s sponsor.
Welsh Government Pay Circular M&D(W) 07/2024 Pay Circular v4
2211 Generalist medical practitioners (Northern Ireland) 2211 • Doctor
• General practitioner
• House officer (hospital service)
• Medical practitioner
• Physician
Medical professionals on the HSC Doctors and Dentists in Training contract:
• Foundation year 1 (F1) and equivalent: £29,566
• Foundation year 2 (F2) and equivalent: £36,371
• Specialty registrar (StR) at ST/CT1-2 and equivalent: £38,780
• Specialty registrar (StR) at CT/ST3 and above £44,283

Other medical professionals:
• Specialty doctor (new 2021 contract) and equivalent: £52,530
• Salaried General practitioner (GP) and equivalent: £69,974
• Specialist (new 2021 contract) and equivalent): £83,945
• Consultant and equivalent: £94,127

These going rates are per year and based on a 40-hour working week. They must be pro-rated for other working patterns, based on the weekly working hours stated by the applicant’s sponsor.
Workforce policy guidance - HSC (TC8) 01/2024 - Pay and Conditions of Service for Hospital, Medical and Dental Staff - Pay Award 2023/24
2212 Specialist medical practitioners 2111, 3111 • Anaesthetist
• Consultant (hospital service)
• Homeopath (medically qualified)
• Medical acupuncturist
• Paediatrician
• Psychiatrist
• Radiologist
• Surgeon
As SOC 2020 occupation code 2211 As SOC 2020 occupation code 2211
2221 Physiotherapists 2221 • Electro-therapist
• Physiotherapist
• Physiotherapy practitioner
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2222 Occupational therapists 2222 • Community occupational therapist
• Occupational therapist
• Paediatric occupational therapist
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2223 Speech and language therapists 2223 • Communication therapist
• Language therapist
• Speech and language therapist
• Speech therapist
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2224 Psychotherapists and cognitive behaviour therapists 2229, 3219, 3235 • Cognitive behavioural therapist
• Psycho-analyst
• Psychological counsellor
• Psychotherapist
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2225 Clinical psychologists 2212 • Clinical psychologist
• Consultant clinical psychologist
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2226 Other psychologists 2212 • Educational psychologist
• Forensic psychologist
• Occupational psychologist
• Psychologist
• Psychometrist
See relevant pay band in Table 4 – except Educational psychologist in Scottish Education, rates below:

• Educational Psychologist
£56,763
• Senior Educational Psychologist, Depute Principal Educational Psychologist and Principal Educational Psychologist £76,701
NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2229 Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified 2212, 2229, 3219 • Acupuncturist
• Art therapist
• Chiropractor
• Dance movement therapist
• Family therapist
• Genetic counsellor
• Nutritionist
• Osteopath
• Sports massage therapist
• Sports therapist
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2231 Midwifery nurses 2232 • Delivery suite manager
• Midwife
• Midwifery manager
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2232 Registered community nurses 2231 • Community care nurse
• District nurse
• Health visitor
• Practice nurse
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2233 Registered specialist nurses 2231 • Advanced primary care nurse
• Intensive care nurse
• Clinical nurse specialist
• Theatre manager (hospital service)
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2234 Registered nurse practitioners 2231 • Health care practitioner
• Mental health practitioner
• Practitioner (nursing)
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2235 Registered mental health nurses 2231 • Community mental health nurse
• Psychiatric nurse
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2236 Registered children’s nurses 2231 • Community children’s nurse
• Neonatal nurse
• Paediatric nurse
• School nurse
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2237 Other registered nursing professionals 2231, 6144 • Clinical lead nurse
• Matron (care/residential home)
• Nurse
• Nurse educator
• Occupational health nurse
• Staff nurse
• Team leader (nursing)
• Ward manager
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2251 Pharmacists 2213 • Chemist (pharmaceutical)
• Dispensary manager
• Pharmaceutical chemist
• Pharmacist
•Pharmacy manager
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2252 Optometrists 2214 • Doctor of optometry
• Ophthalmic optician
• Optician
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2253 Dental practitioners (England) 2215 • Dental surgeon
• Dentist
• Orthodontist
• Periodontist
• Dental foundation training and equivalent: £38,472 (35-hour week)
• Dental core training (hospital dental services) and equivalent: £49,909 (40-hour week)
• Dental specialty training and equivalent: £61,825 (40-hour week)
• Band A posts (for example, Community practitioner) and equivalent: £50,512 (37.5-hour week)
• Band B posts (for example, Senior dental officer) and equivalent: £78,573 (37.5-hour week)
• Band C posts (for example, Specialist / managerial posts) and equivalent: £94,007 (37.5-hour week)
• Consultant and equivalent: £105,504 (40-hour week)

These going rates are per year and based on the weekly working hours stated above. They must be pro-rated for other working patterns, based on the weekly working hours stated by the applicant’s sponsor.
Pay and Conditions Circular (M&D) 5/2024 R
2253 Dental practitioners (Scotland) 2215 • Dental surgeon
• Dentist
• Orthodontist
• Periodontist
• Dental foundation training (Hospital dental services) known as Vocational Training in Scotland: £39,603 (based on a 35-hour week)
• Dental core training and equivalent: £50,538
• Band A posts (for example, Community practitioner) and equivalent: £52,035
• Band B posts (for example, Senior dental officer) and equivalent: £80,942
• Band C posts (for example, Specialist / managerial posts) and equivalent: £96,841

These going rates are per year and (unless otherwise stated) based on a 40-hour working week. They must be pro-rated for other working patterns, based on the weekly working hours stated by the applicant’s sponsor.
NHS Circular: PCS(DD)2024/01
2253 Dental practitioners (Wales) 2215 • Dental surgeon
• Dentist
• Orthodontist
• Periodontist
• Dental foundation training (Hospital dental services) and equivalent: £38,292
• Dental core training and equivalent: £41,269
• Band A posts (for example, Community practitioner) and equivalent: £50,789
• Band B posts (for example, Senior dental officer) and equivalent: £79,003
• Band C posts (for example, Specialist / managerial posts) and equivalent: £94,525
• Consultant and equivalent: £106,000 (37.5 hour week)

These going rates are per year and based on a 40 hour working week unless noted. They must be pro-rated for other working patterns, based on the weekly working hours stated by the applicant’s sponsor.
Welsh Government Pay Circular M&D(W) 07/2024 Pay Circular v4
2253 Dental practitioners (Northern Ireland) 2215 • Dental surgeon
• Dentist
• Orthodontist
• Periodontist
• Dental foundation year two training (Hospital dental services) and equivalent: £36,371
• Dental specialty training and equivalent: £38,780 (40-hour week)
• Community Dental Officer and equivalent: £47,655 (37.5-hour week)
• Senior community dental officer) and equivalent: £74,129 (37.5-hour week)
• Specialist Community Dentist: £88,686 (37.5-hour week)
• Assistant Community Clinical Director: £88,686 (37.5-hour week)
• Community Clinical Director: £88,686 (37.5-hour week)
•Administrative dentists: Dental Officer: £43,738 (37- hour week)
• Senior Dental Officer: £62,500 (37-hour week),
• Assistant clinical Director: £83,051 (37-hour week)
• Clinical Director: £83,051 (37-hour week)
• Consultant Northern Ireland: £94,127 (40-hour week)

These going rates are per year and based on the weekly working hours stated above. They must be pro-rated for other working patterns, based on the weekly working hours stated by the applicant’s sponsor.
Workforce policy guidance - HSC (TC8) 01/2024 - Pay and Conditions of Service for Hospital, Medical and Dental Staff - Pay Award 2023/24
2254 Medical radiographers 2217 • Medical photographer
• Nuclear medicine practitioner
• Radiographer
• Sonographer
• Therapeutic radiographer
• Vascular technologist
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2255 Paramedics 3213 • Ambulance paramedic
• Emergency care practitioner
• Paramedic
•Paramedic-ECP
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2256 Podiatrists 2218 • Chiropodist
• Foot health practitioner (qualified)
• Podiatrist
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2259 Other health professionals not elsewhere classified 2112, 2219, 3218, 3219 • Audiologist
• Clinical physiologist
• Dietician-nutritionist
• Family planner
• Occupational health adviser
• Operating theatre practitioner
• Physiologist
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
2312 Further education teaching professionals (England) 2312 • FE College lecturer
• Lecturer (further education)
• Teacher (further education)
• Tutor (further education)
• Unqualified lecturer: £22,387
• Qualified lecturer: £27,786
• Advanced teaching and training: £41,905
• Leadership & management: £41,905

These going rates are per year and based on the definition of a full-time teaching professional used when determining these pay scales. They must be pro-rated for other working patterns, based on the weekly working hours stated by the applicant’s sponsor.
General Further Education Colleges 2023 national pay scales
Sixth Form Colleges 2023 national pay scales
2312 Further education teaching professionals (Scotland) 2312 • FE College lecturer
• Lecturer (further education)
• Teacher (further education)
• Tutor (further education)
• Lecturer and equivalent: £27,786
• Senior lecturer and equivalent: £41,905

These going rates are per year and based on the definition of a full-time teaching professional used when determining these pay scales. They must be pro-rated for other working patterns, based on the weekly working hours stated by the applicant’s sponsor.
No national pay scales published – minimum rates taken as the lowest of the other three nations
2312 Further education teaching professionals (Wales) 2312 • FE College lecturer
• Lecturer (further education)
• Teacher (further education)
• Tutor (further education)
• Instructor / demonstrator and associate lecturer: £24,048.75
• Main grade lecturer: £30,619.64
• Upper pay spine: £44,010.49
• Management: £47,696.57

These going rates are per year and based on the definition of a full-time teaching professional used when determining these pay scales. They must be pro-rated for other working patterns, based on the weekly working hours stated by the applicant’s sponsor.
Wales FE pay scales
2312 Further education teaching professionals (Northern Ireland) 2312 • FE College lecturer
• Lecturer (further education)
• Teacher (further education)
• Tutor (further education)
• Lecturer: £30,000
• Principal lecturer: £52,361
• Heads of Departments: £55,339

These going rates are per year and based on the definition of a full-time teaching professional used when determining these pay scales. They must be pro-rated for other working patterns, based on the weekly working hours stated by the applicant’s sponsor.
Northern Ireland FE pay scales pay offer from College Employers’ Forum
2313 Secondary education teaching professionals 2314 • Curriculum leader (secondary school)
• Deputy head teacher (secondary school)
• Head of year (secondary school)
• Secondary school teacher
• Sixth form teacher
• Teacher (secondary school)
See relevant pay band in Table 5 Teachers’ national pay scales: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
2314 Primary education teaching professionals 2315 • Deputy head teacher (primary school)
• Infant teacher
• Junior school teacher
• Primary school teacher
See relevant pay band in Table 5 Teachers’ national pay scales: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
2315 Nursery education teaching professionals 2315 • Kindergarten teacher (professional)
• Nursery school teacher
• Pre-school teacher
See relevant pay band in Table 5 Teachers’ national pay scales: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
2316 Special and additional needs education teaching professionals 2316 • Behaviour support teacher
• Deputy head teacher (special/additional needs school)
• Learning support teacher
• Special educational needs coordinator
• Special needs teacher
See relevant pay band in Table 5 Teachers’ national pay scales: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
2321 Head teachers and principals 2317 • Head master (secondary school)
• Head teacher (primary school)
• Principal (further education)
• Rector (university)
See relevant pay band in Table 5 Teachers’ national pay scales: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
2461 Social workers 2442 • Independent review officer (social worker)
• Mental health social worker
• Senior practitioner (local government: social services)
• Social worker
• Team leader (local government: social services)
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

Table 3a: Additional health and education SOC 2020 occupation codes where going rates are based on national pay scales, for Skilled Worker applicants granted permission under the rules in place before 22 July 2025

These SOC 2020 occupation codes are considered to be skilled to Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) level 3-5.

Except where option D, option I or the Temporary Shortage List in SW 6.1A applies, sponsors may ONLY sponsor Skilled Worker applicants in these SOC2020 occupation codes if the applicant was granted permission as a Skilled Worker under the rules in place before 22 July 2025, and they have had continuous permission as a Skilled Worker since then. In these circumstances, they are eligible under points option K in Appendix Skilled Worker.

These SOC 2020 occupation codes are not eligible for the Global Business Mobility or Scale-up routes.

Equivalent SOC 2010 occupation codes are included where they were previously eligible for the Skilled Worker route, for ease of matching to the relevant SOC 2020 occupation codes for applicants being sponsored to continue working in the same occupation.

SOC 2020 occupation code Equivalent SOC 2010 occupation code(s) Examples of related job titles (non-exclusive) Going rate (annual) National pay scale source
3213 Medical and dental technicians 3218, 5224 • Cardiographer
• Dental hygienist
• Dental technician
• Medical technical officer
• Ocularist
• Orthopaedic technician
• Radiography assistant practitioner
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England), Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
3219 Health associate professionals not elsewhere classified 3218, 3219 • Antenatal teacher
• Diet adviser
• Health trainer
• Therapist
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England), Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
3231 Higher level teaching assistants 6125, 6126 • Advanced teaching assistant
• HLTA
• Learning support practitioner
• Teaching assistant (qualified)
General Assistants / Classroom Assistants:
£23,656 (FTE £12.26 per hour)
Classroom Assistant SEN:
£25,147 p.a. (FTE £13.03 per hour)
NJC pay scales 2024
No available data for Scotland so matching the value of other nations
6112 Teaching assistants 3111, 6125 • Classroom assistant
• School assistant
• Teaching assistant
£23,656 (FTE £12.26 per hour) NJC pay scales 2024
No available data for Scotland so matching the value of other nations
6113 Educational support assistants 6126 • Education support assistant
• Learning support assistant
• Non-teaching assistant (schools)
• Special needs assistant
• Support assistant (educational establishments)
£23,656 (FTE £12.26 per hour) NJC pay scales 2024
No available data for Scotland so matching the value of other nations
6131 Nursing auxiliaries and assistants

Note: For Skilled Worker purposes, SOC 2020 occupation code 6131 only applies to roles in environments where registered nurse roles also exist.
5431, 6141 • Auxiliary nurse
• Health care assistant (hospital service)
• Health care support worker
• Nursing assistant
• Nursing auxiliary
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
6132 Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics)   • Ambulance care assistant
• Ambulance driver
• Ambulance service preparation operative
• Ambulance technician
• Emergency medical technician
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
6133 Dental nurses 6143 • Dental assistant
• Dental nurse
• Dental nurse-receptionist
• Dental surgery assistant
See relevant pay band in Table 4 NHS Agenda for Change: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

Table 4: Going rates for listed healthcare SOC 2020 occupation codes by administration and band

Going rates in Table 4 are per year and based on a 37.5-hour week (in Scotland, a 37-hour week). They must be pro-rated for other working patterns, based on the weekly working hours stated by the applicant’s sponsor. Band 1 and band 2 jobs are not eligible to be sponsored.

Except where option D or the Temporary Shortage List in SW 6.1A applies, sponsors may ONLY sponsor Skilled Worker applicants in band 3 and band 4 jobs if the applicant was granted permission as a Skilled Worker under the rules in place before 22 July 2025, and they have had continuous permission as a Skilled Worker since then.

Band 1 to band 4 jobs are not eligible for the Global Business Mobility or Scale-up routes.

Band or equivalent England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Band 3 £24,071 £26,869 £24,433 £22,816
Band 4 £26,530 £29,116 £26,928 £25,147
Band 5 £29,970 £31,892 £30,420 £28,407
Band 6 £37,338 £39,912 £37,898 £35,392
Band 7 £46,148 £48,788 £46,840 £43,742
Band 8a £53,755 £60,126 £54,550 £50,952
Band 8b £62,215 £70,986 £63,150 £58,972
Band 8c £74,290 £83,837 £75,405 £70,417
Band 8d £88,168 £99,534 £89,491 £83,571
Band 9 £105,385 £117,732 £106,967 £99,891

Table 5: Going rates for listed education SOC 2020 occupation codes by administration and role

Going rates in Table 5 are per year and based on the definition of a full-time teacher used when determining these pay scales. They must be pro-rated for other working patterns, based on the weekly working hours stated by the applicant’s sponsor.

Role England (excluding London / Fringe) London Fringe Outer London Inner London Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Unqualified teachers / Probationers £21,731 £23,140 £25,758 £27,252 £33,594 £21,812 -
Qualified teachers £31,650 £33,075 £36,413 £38,766 £40,305 £32,433 £30,000
Chartered teachers - - - - £52,158 - -
Principal teachers - - - - £55,155 - -
Leadership group £49,781 £51,151 £53,731 £59,186 - £50,653 £47,241
Leading practitioner £50,025 £51,403 £53,994 £59,478 - £50,902 -
Head teacher £56,316 £57,693 £60,266 £65,731 £62,556 £57,304 £53,309

Table 6: SOC 2020 occupation codes which are not eligible for the Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility or Scale-up routes

  1. These occupations are ineligible for the Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility or Scale-up routes because:
    1. • they do not meet the required skill level; or
    2. • applicants must be sponsored in another route for jobs in these occupations; or
    3. • those subject to immigration control cannot apply for jobs in these occupations.

SOC 2020 occupation codes in Tables 1a, 2aa, 2a, 2b and 3a are also not eligible for these routes, except where otherwise indicated.


SOC 2020 occupation code

Examples of related job titles (non-exhaustive)

1112 Elected officers and representatives

• Councillor (local government)
• Member of Parliament
 

1161 Officers in armed forces

• Army officer
• Commander (armed forces)
• Flight-lieutenant
• Royal Navy officer
• Squadron-leader
 

2463 Clergy

• Chaplain
• Clergyman
• Minister of religion
• Nun
• Pastor
• Priest
• Vicar
 

3214 Complementary health associate professionals

• Colour therapist
• Holistic therapist
• Homeopath
• Hypnotherapist
• Massage therapist
• Reflexologist
 

3311 Non-commissioned officers and other ranks

• Aircraftman
• Aircraft technician (armed forces)
• Lance-corporal
• Sergeant (armed forces)
• Soldier
• Weapons engineer (armed forces)
 

3431 Sports players

• Cricketer
• Footballer
• Jockey
• Golfer
 

3432 Sports coaches, instructors and officials

• Referee
• Riding instructor
• Sports coach
• Sports development officer
• Swimming teacher
 

4123 Bank and post office clerks

• Bank clerk
• Cashier (banking)
• Customer service adviser (building society)
• Customer service officer (banking)
• Post office clerk
 

4131 Records clerks and assistants

• Admissions officer
• Clerical officer (hospital service)
• Examinations officer (education)
• Filing clerk
• Records clerk
• Ward clerk
 

4133 Stock control clerks and assistants

• Auditor (stock control)
• Despatch clerk
• Material controller
• Stock controller
• Stores administrator
• Supply chain coordinator
 

4135 Library clerks and assistants

• Archives assistant (library)
• Information assistant (library)
• Learning resource assistant
• Library assistant
• Library clerk
• Library supervisor
 

4136 Human resources administrative occupations

• Course administrator
• Human resources administrator
• Personnel administrator
• Personnel clerk
• Training administrator
 

4142 Office supervisors

• Administration supervisor
• Clerical supervisor
• Facilities supervisor
• Office supervisor
 

4152 Data entry administrators

• Data administrator
• Database assistant
• Data entry clerk
• Database inputter
 

4211 Medical secretaries

• Clinic coordinator
• Clinic administrator
• Medical administrator
• Medical secretary
• Secretary (medical practice)
 

4212 Legal secretaries

• Legal administrator
• Legal clerk
• Legal secretary
• Secretary (legal services)
 

4213 School secretaries

• Administration assistant (schools)
• Clerical assistant (schools)
• School administrator
• School secretary
• Secretary (schools)
 

4216 Receptionists

• Dental receptionist
• Doctor’s receptionist
• Medical receptionist
• Reception manager
• Receptionist
• Receptionist-administrator
 

4217 Typists and related keyboard occupations

• Audio typist
• Transcriber
• Typist
• Typist-clerk
 

5435 Cooks

• Cook
• Cook-supervisor
• Fish fryer
• Head cook
 

6116 Nannies and au pairs

• Au pair
• Nanny
 

6121 Pest control officers

• Fumigator
• Pest control officer
• Pest control technician
• Pest controller
 

6137 Care escorts

• Bus escort
• Escort
• Passenger assistant
• School escort
 

6138 Undertakers, mortuary and crematorium assistants

• Crematorium technician
• Embalmer
• Funeral director
• Pall bearer
• Undertaker
 

6211 Sports and leisure assistants

• Croupier
• Leisure attendant
• Lifeguard
• Runner (broadcasting)
• Sports assistant
 

6212 Travel agents

• Reservations agent
• Sales consultant (travel agents)
• Travel adviser
• Travel agent
• Travel consultant
 

6219 Leisure and travel service occupations not elsewhere classified

• Bus conductor
• Holiday representative
• Information assistant (tourism)
• Steward (shipping)
• Tour guide
 

6221 Hairdressers and barbers

• Artistic director (hairdressing)
• Barber
• Colourist (hairdressing)
• Hair designer
• Hair stylist
• Hairdresser
 

6222 Beauticians and related occupations

• Beautician
• Beauty therapist
• Nail technician
• Spa therapist
 

6231 Housekeepers and related occupations

• Chalet host
• House keeper
• Lifestyle manager
• Valet
 

6232 Caretakers

• Caretaker
• Concierge
• Janitor
• Porter (college)
• School premises manager
• Site manager (educational establishments)
 

6240 Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors

• Butler
• Cleaner-in-charge
• Cleaning supervisor
• Guest service manager
• Hotel services supervisor
• House keeper (hotel)
 

6250 Bed and breakfast and guest house owners and proprietors

• Guest house owner
• Landlady (guest house)
 

6312 Parking and civil enforcement occupations

• Car park attendant
• Civil enforcement officer
• Community warden
• Parking attendant
• Traffic warden
 

7111 Sales and retail assistants

• Retail assistant
• Sales adviser
• Sales assistant
• Sales consultant (retail trade)
• Shop assistant
 

7112 Retail cashiers and check-out operators

• Cashier (wholesale trade)
• Check-out operator
• Customer team member (retail trade)
• Forecourt attendant
• General assistant (check-out: retail trade)
• Till operator
 

7113 Telephone salespersons

• Inbound sales adviser
• Sales adviser (telephone sales)
• Telesales executive
• Telesales operative
 

7114 Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants

• Dispenser
• Health care assistant (retail pharmacy)
• Optical assistant
• Pharmacy assistant
 

7115 Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers

• Car sales executive
• Car salesman
• Parts adviser (retail trade)
• Parts technician
 

7121 Collector salespersons and credit agents

• Agent (insurance)
• Canvasser
• Distributor (door-to-door sales)
• Insurance agent
 

7122 Debt, rent and other cash collectors

• Bailiff
• Collecting agent
• Debt collector
• Meter reader
• Pawn broker
• Vending operator
 

7123 Roundspersons and van salespersons

• Dairyman (retail trade: delivery round)
• Ice-cream salesman
• Milkman (milk retailing)
• Roundsman
• Van salesman
 

7125 Visual merchandisers and related occupations

• Display representative
• Fashion stylist
• Visual merchandising assistant
• Window dresser
 

7129 Sales related occupations not elsewhere classified

• Demonstrator
• Hire controller
• Insurance salesman
• Promoter (wholesale, retail trade)
• Sales representative (retail trade)
 

7211 Call and contact centre occupations

• Call centre agent
• Call centre operator
• Customer service adviser (call centre)
• Customer service operator
 

7212 Telephonists

• Call handler (motoring organisation)
• Operator (telephone)
• Switchboard operator (telephone)
• Telephonist
• Telephonist-receptionist
 

7213 Communication operators

• Call handler (emergency services)
• Communications officer
• Control room operator (emergency services)
• Controller (taxi service)
• Emergency medical despatcher
• Radio operator
 

7219 Customer service occupations not elsewhere classified

• Complaints officer
• Customer adviser
• Customer service administrator
• Customer service adviser
• Customer service assistant
• Customer services representative
 

8111 Food, drink and tobacco process operatives

• Baker (food products mfr)
• Bakery assistant
• Factory worker (food products mfr)
• Meat processor (meat packing)
• Process worker (brewery)
• Process worker (dairy)
 

8112 Textile process operatives

• Factory worker (clothing mfr)
• Hosiery worker
• Machinist (rope, twine mfr)
• Process worker (textile mfr)
• Spinner (paper twine mfr)
 

8114 Plastics process operatives

• Extrusion operator (plastics mfr)
• Fabricator (plastics mfr)
• Injection moulder
• Laminator (fibreglass)
• Process worker (plastic goods mfr)
 

8115 Metal making and treating process operatives

• Degreaser (metal trades)
• Electroplater
• Furnaceman (metal trades)
• Process worker (nickel mfr)
• Wire drawer
 

8119 Process operatives not elsewhere classified

• Glass worker
• Moulder (rubber goods mfr)
• Melting pot assistant (electric cable)
• Process worker (fibreglass mfr)
• Stone finisher (cast concrete products mfr)
 

8120 Metal working machine operatives

• Engineer (nos)
• Machinist (metal trades)
• Metal polisher
• Process worker (metal trades)
• Shot blaster
 

8131 Paper and wood machine operatives

• Box maker (cardboard)
• Guillotine operator (printing)
• Machinist (paper goods mfr)
• Sawyer
• Wood machinist
 

8132 Mining and quarry workers and related operatives

• Coal miner
• Derrickman (oil wells)
• Diamond driller (well sinking)
• Plant operator (quarry)
• Quarry operative
 

8135 Printing machine assistants

• Finishing operative (printing)
• Lithographer (printing)
• Machinist (printing)
• Print operator
• Printer’s assistant
 

8139 Plant and machine operatives not elsewhere classified

• Bench hand (metal trades)
• Cable maker (spring mfr)
• Laser operator
• Manufacturer (metal goods mfr)
• Saw doctor
 

8141 Assemblers (electrical and electronic products)

• Assembler (electrical, electronic equipment mfr)
• Line operator (electrical)
• Panel wirer
• Solderer
• Technical operator (circuit board mfr)
 

8142 Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods)

• Assembler (metal trades)
• Car worker
• Lineworker (vehicle mfr)
• Manufacturing operator (metal trades)
• Process worker (metal trades: assembly)
 

8144 Weighers, graders and sorters

• Grader (food products mfr)
• Metal sorter
• Selector (ceramics mfr)
• Weighbridge clerk
• Weighbridge operator
 

8145 Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters

• Tyre and exhaust fitter
• Tyre fitter
• Tyre technician
• Windscreen fitter
 

8146 Sewing machinists

• Overlocker
• Seamstress
• Sewing machinist
• Stitcher
• Upholstery machinist
 

8149 Assemblers and routine operatives not elsewhere classified

• Assembler
• Gluer (furniture mfr)
• Paint line operator
• Production assistant
• Riveter (soft toy mfr)
 

8151 Scaffolders, stagers and riggers

• Bell hanger (church bells)
• Rigger (film, television production)
• Stage rigger (shipbuilding)
• Tackleman (steelworks)
 

8152 Road construction operatives

• Asphalter
• Concrete finisher (building construction)
• Highways operative
• Paver
• Road worker
• Tarmacer
 

8153 Rail construction and maintenance operatives

• Line Inspector (railways)
• Maintenance man (railway maintenance and repair)
• Relayer (railways)
• Track maintenance engineer
• Trackman (railways)
• Ultrasonic engineer (railway maintenance and repair)
 

8159 Construction operatives not elsewhere classified

• Asbestos remover
• Cable layer
• Demolition worker
• General handyman
• Maintenance man
• Public lighting operative
• Thermal insulation engineer
 

8160 Production, factory and assembly supervisors

• Foreman (plasterboard mfr)
• Leading hand (textile mfr)
• Mill foreman (food products mfr)
• Print room supervisor
• Process supervisor (chemical mfr)
• Production team leader (vehicle mfr)
 

8211 Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers

• Haulage contractor
• LGV/HGV driver
• Lorry driver
• Owner (HGV/LGV)
• Tanker driver
 

8212 Bus and coach drivers

• Bus driver
• Coach driver
• Coach operator
• Minibus driver
• PSV driver
 

8213 Taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs

• Carriage driver
• Chauffeur
• Mini cab driver
• Taxi driver
• Taxi owner
 

8214 Delivery drivers and couriers

• Courier-driver
• Cash in transit driver
• Customer service team member (delivery service)
• Delivery driver
• Meals on wheels driver
• Parcel delivery driver
• Van driver
 

8219 Road transport drivers not elsewhere classified

• Driver
• Driver-cleaner
• Driver-valeter
• Recovery driver
• Test driver (vehicle mfr)
 

8221 Crane drivers

• Crane driver
• Crane operator
• Haulage engine driver
• Grab driver
• Winchman
 

8222 Fork-lift truck drivers

• Fork lift driver
• Fork lift truck driver
• Fork truck operator
• Stacker-driver
 

8229 Mobile machine drivers and operatives not elsewhere classified

• Agricultural machinist
• Digger driver
• Dredger
• Excavator driver
• JCB driver
• Plant operator
• Rig operator
• Tractor driver (agriculture)
 

8231 Train and tram drivers

• Diesel driver (railways)
• Train driver
• Train operator
• Tram driver
• Shunter driver
 

8233 Air transport operatives

• Aircraft dispatcher
• Baggage handler
• Cargo handler (airport)
• Controller, airfield
• Ground staff (airport)
• Ramp agent
• Refueller (airport)
 

8234 Rail transport operatives

• Protection master
• Railway worker
• Shunter
• Signalman (railways)
• Transport supervisor (railways)
 

8239 Other drivers and transport operatives not elsewhere classified

• Bus inspector
• Marshal (transport)
• Operations assistant (freight handling)
• Test driver (motor vehicle mfr)
• Transport supervisor
• Yard foreman (road transport)
 

9111 Farm workers

• Agricultural worker
• Farm labourer
• Farm worker
• Herdsman
• Poultry catcher
• Shepherd
 

9112 Forestry and related workers

• Arboricultural worker
• Forestry contractor
• Forestry worker
• Lumberjack
• Park keeper
 

9119 Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations not elsewhere classified
- all jobs not listed in Table 1 and Table 2

• Grass cutter
• Hatchery worker (fishing)
• Horticultural worker
• Labourer (landscape gardening)
• Mushroom picker
• Nursery worker
 

9121 Groundworkers

• Drainage worker
• Ground worker (building construction)
• Trench digger
 

9129 Elementary construction occupations not elsewhere classified

• Building worker
• Electrician’s mate (building construction)
• Hod carrier
• Labourer (building construction)
• Odd job man
• Sea diver’s assistant
 

9131 Industrial cleaning process occupations

• Cleaner and greaser
• Factory cleaner
• Hygiene operative
• Industrial cleaner
• Pot washer
 

9132 Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers

• Factory worker (packing)
• Packaging operator
• Packer
• Paint filler
 

9139 Elementary process plant occupations not elsewhere classified

• Factory worker
• Fitter’s mate
• Labourer (engineering)
• Material handler
 

9211 Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers

• Leaflet distributor
• Mail sorter
• Messenger
• Paper boy
• Paper girl
• Postman
• Postwoman
 

9219 Elementary administration occupations not elsewhere classified

• General assistant
• Office junior
• Office worker
• Reprographic technician
 

9221 Window cleaners

• Window cleaner
• Window cleaning contractor
 

9222 Street cleaners

• Cleansing operative (street cleaning)
• Litter picker
• Road sweeper
• Street cleaner
 

9223 Cleaners and domestics

• Chambermaid
• Cleaner
• Domestic
• Home help
• School cleaner
 

9224 Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers

• Carpet cleaner
• Dry cleaner
• Garment presser
• Laundry assistant
• Laundry worker
• Presser (laundry, launderette, dry cleaning)
 

9225 Refuse and salvage occupations

• Binman (local government: cleansing department)
• Dustman
• Hopper attendant (refuse destruction)
• Recycling operative
• Refuse collector
• Salvage worker
 

9226 Vehicle valeters and cleaners

• Car washer
• Carriage cleaner
• Motor car polisher (garage)
• Vehicle valeter
 

9229 Elementary cleaning occupations not elsewhere classified

• Amenity block attendant
• Bin cleaner
• Chimney sweep
• Toilet cleaner
 

9231 Security guards and related occupations

• CCTV operator
• Court usher
• Door supervisor
• Enforcement officer
• Security guard
• Security officer
 

9232 School midday and crossing patrol occupations

• Dinner lady (schools)
• Lunchtime supervisor
• Midday assistant
• School crossing patrol officer
 

9233 Exam invigilators

• Invigilator
 

9241 Shelf fillers

• Customer team member (shelf filling)
• Evening merchandiser
• General assistant (retail trade)
• Grocery assistant
• Shelf filler
• Shelf stacker
 

9251 Elementary storage supervisors

• Despatch supervisor
• Foreman (docks)
• Warehouse supervisor
• Yard foreman (auctioneers)
 

9252 Warehouse operatives

• Order picker
• Storeman
• Team member (warehousing)
• Warehouse operative
• Warehouseman
 

9253 Delivery operatives

• Driver’s mate
• Delivery assistant
• Furniture remover
• Porter
 

9259 Elementary storage occupations not elsewhere classified

• Art handler
• Dock worker
• General assistant (wholesale trade)
• Labourer (haulage contractor)
 

9261 Bar and catering supervisors

• Bar supervisor
• Catering supervisor
• Foreman (catering)Head waiter
• Restaurant supervisor
 

9262 Hospital porters

• Hospital porter
• Porter (hospital service)
• Portering supervisor (hospital services)
 

9263 Kitchen and catering assistants

• Catering assistant
• Crew member (fast food outlet)
• Kitchen assistant
• Kitchen porter
• Sandwich artist
 

9264 Waiters and waitresses

• Food and beverage assistant
• Silver service waiter
• Steward (catering)
• Waiter
• Waitress
 

9265 Bar staff

• Barmaid
• Bar staff
• Bartender
• Glass collector (public house)
• Mixologist (beverages)
 

9266 Coffee shop workers

• Barista
• Coffee shop assistant
 

9267 Leisure and theme park attendants

• Arcade assistant
• Art gallery assistant
• Cinema attendant
• Museum attendant
• Ride operator
• Steward (sports ground)
• Usher
 

9269 Other elementary services occupations not elsewhere classified

• Bingo caller
• Cloak room attendant
• Hotel assistant
• Night porter
• Porter (residential buildings)
• Stage hand (entertainment)