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UK Immigration Salary Tables, SOC Requirements and Temporary Shortage List – July 2025 Update

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The UK Home Office’s latest immigration rule changes come into effect on 22 July 2025, impacting Skilled Worker, Care Worker, Global Business Mobility, and related visa routes. These updates introduce higher salary thresholds and stricter skill level requirements that employers, HR teams, and applicants must navigate carefully.

This page compiles updated salary tables and Standard Occupation Code (SOC) requirements in one place—helping you stay compliant and plan ahead.

📌 Note: Applications submitted or Certificates of Sponsorship assigned before 22 July 2025 will follow the pre-22 July rules.

 

Updated Skilled Worker Salary Thresholds (Effective 22 July 2025)

 

Option

Description

Pre-22nd July 2025

Post-22nd July 2025

A

Salary

£38,700

£41,700

B

Salary and relevant PhD qualification

£34,830

£37,500

C

Salary and relevant STEM PhD qualification

£30,960

£33,400

D

Salary and a job in an occupation on the Immigration Salary List

£30,960

£33,400

E

Salary and applicant is a new entrant

£30,960

£33,400

F

Salary if you were granted permission as a Skilled Worker under the rules in place before 4 April 2024

£29,000

£31,300

G

Salary and relevant PhD qualification if you were granted permission as a Skilled Worker under the rules in place before 4 April 2024

£26,100

£28,200

 

The Temporary Shortage Occupation List 

A temporary shortage list has been announced permitting workers in certain SOCs below RQF 6 in an application submitted between 22 July 2025 and 31 December 2026. The SOCs to be included are as follows:

Remember:

  • 1243 Managers in logistics
  • 1258 Directors in consultancy services
  • 3111 Laboratory technicians
  • 3112 Electrical and electronics technicians
  • 3113 Engineering technicians
  • 3114 Building and civil engineering technicians
  • 3115 Quality assurance technicians
  • 3116 Planning, process and production technicians
  • 3120 CAD, drawing and architectural technicians
  • 3131 IT operations technicians
  • 3132 IT user support technicians
  • 3133 Database administrators and web content technicians
  • 3412 Authors, writers and translators
  • 3414 Dancers and choreographers
  • 3417 Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators
  • 3422 Clothing, fashion and accessories designers
  • 3429 Design occupations not elsewhere classified – only the following job types:
    • Industrial and product designers
    • Packaging designers
    • Performance make-up artists
    • Set designers
    • Visual merchandising managers and designers
  • 3512 Ship and hovercraft officers
  • 3520 Legal associate professionals
  • 3532 Insurance underwriters
  • 3533 Financial and accounting technicians
  • 3541 Estimators, valuers and assessors
  • 3544 Data analysts
  • 3549 Business associate professionals not elsewhere classified – only the following job types:
    • Business support officers
    • Business systems analysts
    • Contract administrators
    • Clinical coders
    • Clinical trials administrators
    • Research coordinators
  • 3552 Business sales executives
  • 3554 Advertising and marketing associate professionals
  • 3571 Human resources and industrial relations officers
  • 3573 Information technology trainers
  • 4121 Credit controllers
  • 4122 Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks
  • 4129 Financial administrative occupations not elsewhere classified – only the following job types:
    • Box office assistants
    • Grants officers
    • Mortgage administrators
    • Revenue assistants (excludes National and Local government revenue occupations)
    • Treasury assistants
  • 4132 Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants
  • 5213 Welding trades
  • 5214 Pipe fitters
  • 5223 Metal working production and maintenance fitters
  • 5225 Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers
  • 5231 Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians
  • 5232 Vehicle body builders and repairers
  • 5233 Vehicle paint technicians
  • 5235 Boat and ship builders and repairers
  • 5241 Electricians and electrical fitters
  • 5242 Telecoms and related network installers and repairers
  • 5244 Computer system and equipment installers and servicers
  • 5245 Security system installers and repairers
  • 5249 Electrical and electronic trades not elsewhere classified
  • 5311 Steel erectors
  • 5315 Plumbers and heating and ventilating installers and repairers
  • 5319 Construction and building trades not elsewhere classified – only the following job types:
    • Builders
    • Divers
    • Fence erectors
    • Industrial climbers
    • Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) operators
    • Steel fixers and underpinners
  • 5322 Floorers and wall tilers
  • 5323 Painters and decorators
  • 5330 Construction and building

 

 

Table 1: Eligible SOC 2020 occupation codes and related going rates based on median Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) data

 

 

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

 

 

Table 2: Eligible SOC 2020 occupation codes and related going rates based on 25th percentile Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) data

 

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)
(£16.67 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)
32500
(£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/char tered 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

 

 

Table 2aa: Additional eligible SOC 2020 occupation codes and related going rates for Skilled Worker applicants granted permission under the rules in place before 22 July 2025

 

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 elswhere 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
    • Trading standards
officers
• Traffic and vehicle examiners and inspectors
• Inspectors of standards and regulations not
elsewhere classified
         
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 Not £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

 

 

Table 2a: Additional eligible SOC 2020 occupation codes and related going rates for Skilled Worker applicants granted permission under the rules in place before 4 April 2024

 

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

 

 

Table 2b: Additional eligible SOC 2020 occupation codes and related going rates for Global Business Mobility applicants granted permission under the rules in place before 4 April 2024

 

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 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

 

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, SOC2020 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

 

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

 


 - Correct at time of writing - 1July 2025.

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