UK Occupations
363 occupations with salary data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE). Going rates show the minimum salary threshold for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.
Managers, Directors and Senior Officials
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1259
Chief executives and senior officials
Going rate
£88,100.00
Production managers and directors in manufacturing
Going rate
£55,000.00
Production managers and directors in construction
Going rate
£53,400.00
Production managers and directors in mining and energy
Going rate
£54,000.00
Financial managers and directors
Going rate
£75,100.00
Marketing, sales and advertising directors
Going rate
£87,300.00
Public relations and communications directors
Going rate
£77,200.00
Purchasing managers and directors
Going rate
£54,700.00
Human resource managers and directors
Going rate
£52,900.00
Information technology directors
Going rate
£86,000.00
Functional managers and directors n.e.c.
Going rate
£74,700.00
Directors in logistics, warehousing and transport
Going rate
£81,400.00
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale
Going rate
£36,400.00
Senior police officers
Going rate
£64,000.00
Health services and public health managers and directors
Going rate
£50,300.00
Social services managers and directors
Going rate
£43,000.00
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture
Going rate
£35,900.00
Managers and proprietors in forestry, fishing and related services
Shortage
Going rate
£33,400.00
Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors
Going rate
£38,300.00
Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors
Going rate
£33,400.00
Publicans and managers of licensed premises
Going rate
£36,300.00
Leisure and sports managers
Going rate
£34,100.00
Travel agency managers and proprietors
Going rate
£36,000.00
Health care practice managers
Going rate
£40,400.00
Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors
Shortage
Going rate
£40,400.00
Managers in transport and distribution
Going rate
£44,900.00
Managers in storage and warehousing
Going rate
£35,100.00
Managers in logistics
Going rate
£44,900.00
Property, housing and estate managers
Going rate
£42,600.00
Waste disposal and environmental services managers
Going rate
£48,300.00
Managers and directors in the creative industries
Going rate
£44,900.00
Hire services managers and proprietors
Going rate
£33,400.00
Directors in consultancy services
Going rate
£70,100.00
Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.
Going rate
£41,400.00
Professional Occupations
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2119
2121
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2240
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2324
2329
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2412
2419
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2440
2451
2452
2453
2454
2455
2461
2463
2464
2469
2472
2481
2482
2483
2491
2492
2493
2494
Chemical scientists
Shortage
Going rate
£39,900.00
Biological scientists
Shortage
Going rate
£40,300.00
Biochemists and biomedical scientists
Going rate
£45,900.00
Physical scientists
Going rate
£54,600.00
Social and humanities scientists
Shortage
Going rate
£40,400.00
Natural and social science professionals n.e.c.
Going rate
£41,500.00
Civil engineers
Going rate
£50,400.00
Mechanical engineers
Going rate
£46,800.00
Electrical engineers
Going rate
£58,700.00
Electronics engineers
Going rate
£52,000.00
Production and process engineers
Going rate
£45,000.00
Aerospace engineers
Going rate
£52,400.00
Engineering project managers and project engineers
Going rate
£51,900.00
Engineering professionals n.e.c.
Going rate
£46,100.00
IT project managers
Going rate
£58,200.00
IT managers
Going rate
£55,000.00
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers
Going rate
£54,900.00
Programmers and software development professionals
Going rate
£54,700.00
Cyber security professionals
Going rate
£48,500.00
IT quality and testing professionals
Going rate
£41,200.00
IT network professionals
Going rate
£45,600.00
Information technology professionals n.e.c.
Going rate
£52,300.00
Web design professionals
Going rate
£43,800.00
Graphic and multimedia designers
Shortage
Going rate
£33,400.00
Conservation professionals
Going rate
£36,000.00
Environment professionals
Going rate
£37,200.00
Research and development (R&D) managers
Going rate
£54,400.00
Other researchers, unspecified discipline
Going rate
£43,600.00
Generalist medical practitioners
Specialist medical practitioners
Physiotherapists
Occupational therapists
Speech and language therapists
Psychotherapists and cognitive behaviour therapists
Clinical psychologists
Other psychologists
Therapy professionals n.e.c.
Midwifery nurses
Community nurses
Specialist nurses
Nurse practitioners
Mental health nurses
Children's nurses
Other nursing professionals
Veterinarians
Going rate
£49,500.00
Pharmacists
Optometrists
Medical radiographers
Paramedics
Podiatrists
Other health professionals n.e.c.
Higher education teaching professionals
Going rate
£52,600.00
Further education teaching professionals
Secondary education teaching professionals
Primary education teaching professionals
Nursery education teaching professionals
Special needs education teaching professionals
Head teachers and principals
Education managers
Going rate
£43,900.00
Education advisers and school inspectors
Going rate
£42,200.00
Early education and childcare services managers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Other educational professionals n.e.c
Going rate
£40,600.00
Barristers and judges
Going rate
£59,400.00
Solicitors and lawyers
Going rate
£51,600.00
Legal professionals n.e.c.
Going rate
£33,400.00
Chartered and certified accountants
Going rate
£49,200.00
Finance and investment analysts and advisers
Going rate
£45,800.00
Taxation experts
Going rate
£48,500.00
Management consultants and business analysts
Going rate
£50,200.00
Marketing and commercial managers
Going rate
£50,100.00
Actuaries, economists and statisticians
Going rate
£55,100.00
Business and related research professionals
Going rate
£38,800.00
Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c.
Going rate
£56,600.00
Business and financial project management professionals
Going rate
£56,500.00
Architects
Going rate
£47,600.00
Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants
Going rate
£35,800.00
Quantity surveyors
Going rate
£48,600.00
Chartered surveyors
Going rate
£43,800.00
Construction project managers and related professionals
Going rate
£44,300.00
Social workers
Clergy
Youth work professionals
Going rate
£38,000.00
Welfare professionals n.e.c.
Going rate
£39,700.00
Archivists and curators
Going rate
£33,400.00
Quality control and planning engineers
Going rate
£41,300.00
Quality assurance and regulatory professionals
Going rate
£48,200.00
Environmental health professionals
Going rate
£40,900.00
Newspaper and periodical editors
Going rate
£39,600.00
Newspaper and periodical journalists and reporters
Going rate
£34,000.00
Public relations professionals
Going rate
£37,000.00
Advertising accounts managers and creative directors
Going rate
£46,000.00
Associate Professional Occupations
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3115
3116
3119
3120
3131
3132
3133
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3212
3213
3219
3221
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3223
3224
3229
3231
3232
3240
3313
3314
3319
3412
3416
3417
3421
3422
3429
3432
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Laboratory technicians
Shortage
Going rate
£33,400.00
Electrical and electronics technicians
Going rate
£39,300.00
Engineering technicians
Going rate
£42,500.00
Building and civil engineering technicians
Going rate
£33,400.00
Quality assurance technicians
Going rate
£33,400.00
Planning, process and production technicians
Going rate
£34,800.00
Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c.
Going rate
£34,600.00
CAD, drawing and architectural technicians
Going rate
£33,800.00
IT operations technicians
Going rate
£35,200.00
IT user support technicians
Going rate
£33,400.00
Database administrators and web content technicians
Going rate
£34,600.00
Dispensing opticians
Going rate
£33,400.00
Pharmaceutical technicians
Shortage
Going rate
£33,400.00
Medical and dental technicians
Health associate professionals n.e.c.
Youth and community workers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Child and early years officers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Housing officers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Counsellors
Going rate
£33,400.00
Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.
Going rate
£33,400.00
Higher level teaching assistants
Early education and childcare practitioners
Going rate
£33,400.00
Veterinary nurses
Going rate
£33,400.00
Fire service officers (watch manager and below)
Going rate
£42,100.00
Prison service officers (below principal officer)
Going rate
£38,800.00
Protective service associate professionals n.e.c.
Going rate
£41,100.00
Authors, writers and translators
Going rate
£36,100.00
Arts officers, producers and directors
Shortage
Going rate
£38,100.00
Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators
Going rate
£33,400.00
Interior designers
Going rate
£35,200.00
Clothing, fashion and accessories designers
Going rate
£36,500.00
Design occupations n.e.c.
Going rate
£39,300.00
Sports coaches, instructors and officials
Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers
Going rate
£80,400.00
Legal associate professionals
Going rate
£33,400.00
Brokers
Going rate
£52,400.00
Insurance underwriters
Going rate
£36,500.00
Financial and accounting technicians
Going rate
£48,700.00
Financial accounts managers
Going rate
£44,700.00
Estimators, valuers and assessors
Going rate
£35,300.00
Importers and exporters
Going rate
£35,700.00
Project support officers
Going rate
£33,900.00
Data analysts
Going rate
£34,900.00
Business associate professionals n.e.c.
Going rate
£33,400.00
Buyers and procurement officers
Going rate
£35,500.00
Business sales executives
Going rate
£36,700.00
Merchandisers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Marketing associate professionals
Going rate
£33,400.00
Estate agents and auctioneers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Sales accounts and business development managers
Going rate
£55,200.00
Events managers and organisers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Public services associate professionals
Going rate
£39,500.00
Human resources and industrial relations officers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists
Going rate
£33,400.00
Information technology trainers
Going rate
£40,000.00
Other vocational and industrial trainers
Going rate
£34,500.00
Inspectors of standards and regulations
Going rate
£34,400.00
Health and safety managers and officers
Going rate
£42,500.00
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations
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4124
4129
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4134
4135
4136
4141
4142
4143
4151
4152
4159
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4212
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National government administrative occupations
Going rate
£33,400.00
Local government administrative occupations
Going rate
£33,400.00
Credit controllers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks
Going rate
£33,400.00
Bank and post office clerks
Finance officers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Financial administrative occupations n.e.c.
Going rate
£33,400.00
Records clerks and assistants
Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants
Going rate
£33,400.00
Stock control clerks and assistants
Transport and distribution clerks and assistants
Going rate
£33,400.00
Library clerks and assistants
Human resources administrative occupations
Office managers
Going rate
£37,400.00
Office supervisors
Customer service managers
Going rate
£35,200.00
Sales administrators
Going rate
£33,400.00
Data entry administrators
Other administrative occupations n.e.c.
Going rate
£33,400.00
Medical secretaries
Legal secretaries
School secretaries
Personal assistants and other secretaries
Going rate
£33,400.00
Receptionists
Skilled Trades Occupations
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5112
5113
5114
5119
5211
5212
5213
5214
5221
5222
5223
5224
5225
5231
5232
5233
5234
5235
5236
5241
5242
5244
5245
5246
5249
5250
5311
5312
5313
5314
5315
5316
5317
5319
5321
5322
5323
5330
5411
5412
5419
5421
5422
5423
5431
5432
5434
5435
5436
5442
5449
Farmers
Going rate
£34,100.00
Horticultural trades
Going rate
£33,400.00
Gardeners and landscape gardeners
Going rate
£33,400.00
Groundsmen and greenkeepers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.
Shortage
Going rate
£33,400.00
Sheet metal workers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Metal plate workers, smiths, moulders and related occupations
Going rate
£36,700.00
Welding trades
Shortage
Going rate
£34,900.00
Pipe fitters
Going rate
£46,000.00
Metal machining setters and setter-operators
Going rate
£34,600.00
Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out
Going rate
£38,400.00
Metal working production and maintenance fitters
Going rate
£39,300.00
Precision instrument makers and repairers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers
Going rate
£41,100.00
Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians
Going rate
£35,500.00
Vehicle body builders and repairers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Vehicle paint technicians
Going rate
£33,400.00
Aircraft maintenance and related trades
Going rate
£45,000.00
Boat and ship builders and repairers
Shortage
Going rate
£33,700.00
Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers
Going rate
£57,000.00
Electricians and electrical fitters
Going rate
£38,800.00
Telecoms and related network installers and repairers
Going rate
£36,700.00
Computer system and equipment installers and servicers
Going rate
£35,100.00
Security system installers and repairers
Going rate
£36,300.00
Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers
Going rate
£39,700.00
Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.
Going rate
£45,800.00
Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors
Going rate
£42,400.00
Steel erectors
Going rate
£35,000.00
Stonemasons and related trades
Shortage
Going rate
£33,400.00
Bricklayers
Shortage
Going rate
£33,400.00
Roofers, roof tilers and slaters
Shortage
Going rate
£33,400.00
Plumbers & heating and ventilating installers and repairers
Going rate
£38,100.00
Carpenters and joiners
Shortage
Going rate
£33,400.00
Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters
Going rate
£33,400.00
Construction and building trades n.e.c.
Shortage
Going rate
£33,400.00
Plasterers
Going rate
£34,200.00
Floorers and wall tilers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Painters and decorators
Going rate
£33,400.00
Construction and building trades supervisors
Going rate
£41,800.00
Upholsterers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Footwear and leather working trades
Going rate
£33,400.00
Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.
Going rate
£33,400.00
Pre-press technicians
Going rate
£33,400.00
Printers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Print finishing and binding workers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Butchers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Bakers and flour confectioners
Going rate
£33,400.00
Chefs
Going rate
£33,400.00
Cooks
Catering and bar managers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Other skilled trades n.e.c.
Going rate
£33,400.00
Caring, Leisure and Other Service Occupations
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6112
6113
6116
6121
6129
6131
6132
6133
6134
6135
6136
6137
6138
6211
6212
6213
6214
6221
6222
6231
6232
6240
6311
6312
Early education and childcare assistants
Going rate
£33,400.00
Teaching assistants
Educational support assistants
Nannies and au pairs
Pest control officers
Animal care services occupations n.e.c.
Shortage
Going rate
£33,400.00
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants
Shortage
Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics)
Dental nurses
Houseparents and residential wardens
Going rate
£33,400.00
Care workers and home carers
Shortage
Going rate
£33,400.00
Senior care workers
Shortage
Going rate
£33,400.00
Care escorts
Undertakers, mortuary and crematorium assistants
Sports and leisure assistants
Travel agents
Air travel assistants
Going rate
£33,400.00
Rail travel assistants
Going rate
£41,300.00
Hairdressers and barbers
Beauticians and related occupations
Housekeepers and related occupations
Caretakers
Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors
Police community support officers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Parking and civil enforcement occupations
Sales and Customer Service Occupations
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7112
7113
7114
7115
7122
7123
7125
7129
7131
7132
7211
7213
7219
7220
Sales and retail assistants
Retail cashiers and check-out operators
Telephone salespersons
Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants
Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers
Debt, rent and other cash collectors
Roundspersons and van salespersons
Visual merchandisers and related occupations
Sales related occupations n.e.c.
Shopkeepers and owners - retail and wholesale
Going rate
£33,700.00
Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale
Going rate
£33,400.00
Call and contact centre occupations
Communication operators
Customer service occupations n.e.c.
Customer service supervisors
Going rate
£34,200.00
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives
8111
8112
8113
8114
8115
8119
8120
8131
8132
8134
8135
8139
8141
8142
8143
8144
8145
8146
8149
8151
8152
8153
8159
8160
8211
8212
8214
8219
8221
8222
8229
8231
8232
8233
8234
8239
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives
Textile process operatives
Chemical and related process operatives
Going rate
£33,400.00
Plastics process operatives
Metal making and treating process operatives
Process operatives n.e.c.
Metal working machine operatives
Paper and wood machine operatives
Mining and quarry workers and related operatives
Water and sewerage plant operatives
Going rate
£38,000.00
Printing machine assistants
Plant and machine operatives n.e.c.
Assemblers (electrical and electronic products)
Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods)
Routine inspectors and testers
Going rate
£33,400.00
Weighers, graders and sorters
Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters
Sewing machinists
Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c.
Scaffolders, stagers and riggers
Road construction operatives
Rail construction and maintenance operatives
Construction operatives n.e.c.
Production, factory and assembly supervisors
Large goods vehicle drivers
Bus and coach drivers
Delivery drivers and couriers
Road transport drivers n.e.c.
Crane drivers
Fork-lift truck drivers
Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.
Train and tram drivers
Marine and waterways transport operatives
Going rate
£38,300.00
Air transport operatives
Rail transport operatives
Other drivers and transport operatives n.e.c.
Elementary Occupations
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9129
9131
9132
9139
9211
9219
9221
9222
9223
9224
9225
9226
9229
9231
9232
9233
9241
9251
9252
9253
9259
9261
9262
9263
9264
9265
9266
Groundworkers
Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.
Industrial cleaning process occupations
Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers
Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c.
Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers
Elementary administration occupations n.e.c.
Window cleaners
Street cleaners
Cleaners and domestics
Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers
Refuse and salvage occupations
Vehicle valeters and cleaners
Elementary cleaning occupations n.e.c.
Security guards and related occupations
School midday and crossing patrol occupations
Exam invigilators
Shelf fillers
Elementary storage supervisors
Warehouse operatives
Delivery operatives
Elementary storage occupations n.e.c.
Bar and catering supervisors
Hospital porters
Kitchen and catering assistants
Waiters and waitresses
Bar staff
Coffee shop workers