Visa-sponsoring employers by town and city
On the Home Office register published on 5 October 2026, 121,996 organisations hold a Skilled Worker licence. These are the 493 towns and cities with a page on Visavi, each with 25 or more Skilled Worker licences in the register's own town column.
Home Office register,
Each town page gives the dated count of Skilled Worker licences, the licence routes and ratings, the towns within commuting distance and the universities nearby, all from the Home Office register of licensed sponsors.
Counts are of Skilled Worker licences on the register, so an employer that lists two towns is counted in each. A licence means an employer can sponsor. It is not a promise that they will, so every page links the sponsor check for the employer in front of you.
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own pages with nation totals, counting each employer once, and the pay scales that differ by nation. The whole table is free to download as a CSV, with the source and licence in every row. Towns whose name is shared by several places are marked, because their counts mix those places.
At a glance, 5 October 2026
- employers hold a Skilled Worker licence
- 121,996
- towns and cities with 25 or more
- 493
- towns and cities with 100 or more
- 163
| Town or city | Skilled Worker licences | Share of all Skilled Worker rows |
|---|---|---|
| London | 35,584 | 28.9% |
| Birmingham | 2,984 | 2.4% |
| Manchester | 2,785 | 2.3% |
| Leicester | 1,384 | 1.1% |
| Glasgow | 1,297 | 1.1% |
| Bristol | 1,242 | 1.0% |
| Edinburgh | 1,117 | 0.9% |
| Leeds | 1,046 | 0.8% |
| Nottingham | 1,009 | 0.8% |
| Ilford | 923 | 0.8% |
| Reading | 895 | 0.7% |
| Coventry | 877 | 0.7% |
| Slough | 850 | 0.7% |
| Milton Keynes | 820 | 0.7% |
| Cambridge | 816 | 0.7% |
England 421 places
- Abingdon 134
- Accrington 58
- Addlestone 41
- Aldershot 85
- Alfreton 31
- Alton 54
- Altrincham 157
- Amersham 76
- Andover 72
- Ascot 58
- Ashton-under-Lyne 73
- Aylesbury 200
- Aylesford 25
- Banbury 119
- Barking 304
- Barnet 80
- Barnsley 115
- Barnstaple 32
- Barrow-in-Furness 26
- Basildon 141
- Basingstoke 192
- Bath 195
- Batley 78
- Beaconsfield 40
- Beckenham 57
- Bedford 318
- Belvedere 26
- Benfleet 36
- Berkhamsted 34
- Bexhill-on-Sea 41
- Bexleyheath 58
- Bicester 98
- Biggleswade 31
- Bilston 46
- Birkenhead 56
- Birmingham 2,984
- Bishop's Stortford 65
- Blackburn 301
- Blackpool 159
- Bognor Regis 53
- Bolton 561
- Bootle 25
- Borehamwood 134
- Boston 51
- Bournemouth 246
- Bracknell 169
- Bradford 709
- Braintree 47
- Brentford 155
- Brentwood 107
- Bridgwater 43
- Brierley Hill 44
- Brighton 381
- Bristol 1,242
- Bromley 154
- Bromsgrove 50
- Buckingham 33
- Burgess Hill 40
- Burnley 106
- Burton-on-Trent 129
- Bury 141
- Bury St Edmunds 96
- Bushey 29
- Camberley 146
- Cambridge 816
- Cannock 60
- Canterbury 131
- Canvey Island 28
- Carlisle 90
- Carshalton 47
- Castleford 29
- Caterham 36
- Chatham 112
- Chelmsford 221
- Cheltenham 260
- Chertsey 49
- Chesham 46
- Cheshunt 26
- Chessington 59
- Chester 152
- Chesterfield 115
- Chichester 89
- Chigwell 38
- Chippenham 52
- Chipping Norton 25
- Chislehurst 28
- Chorley 71
- Christchurch 52
- Cirencester 48
- Clacton-on-Sea 59
- Coalville 33
- Cobham 28
- Colchester 283
- Corby 88
- Coulsdon 26
- Coventry 877
- Cramlington 31
- Crawley 225
- Crewe 80
- Crowborough 25
- Croydon 522
- Dagenham 252
- Darlington 77
- Dartford 239
- Daventry 42
- Derby 493
- Dewsbury 136
- Didcot 57
- Doncaster 212
- Dorchester 44
- Dorking 38
- Dover 46
- Dudley 153
- Dunstable 128
- Durham 80
- Ealing 55
- East Grinstead 39
- Eastbourne 115
- Eastleigh 70
- Edgware 148
- Egham 81
- Ellesmere Port 44
- Elstree 27
- Ely 43
- Enfield 172
- Epping 35
- Epsom 104
- Erith 60
- Esher 39
- Evesham 49
- Exeter 183
- Fareham 129
- Farnborough 129
- Farnham 81
- Feltham 164
- Fleet 47
- Folkestone 57
- Gateshead 135
- Gerrards Cross 55
- Gillingham 77
- Gloucester 239
- Godalming 59
- Gosport 42
- Grantham 60
- Gravesend 114
- Grays 126
- Great Yarmouth 51
- Greenford 143
- Grimsby 66
- Guildford 248
- Hailsham 30
- Halesowen 51
- Halifax 137
- Hammersmith 27
- Hampton 26
- Harlow 146
- Harpenden 40
- Harrogate 131
- Harrow 799
- Hartlepool 48
- Hastings 43
- Hatfield 120
- Havant 48
- Haverhill 35
- Hayes 417
- Haywards Heath 54
- Hemel Hempstead 200
- Henley-on-Thames 46
- Hereford 82
- Hertford 55
- Heywood 36
- High Wycombe 343
- Hillingdon 26
- Hinckley 47
- Hitchin 85
- Hoddesdon 31
- Horley 40
- Hornchurch 80
- Horsham 73
- Hounslow 484
- Hove 141
- Huddersfield 299
- Hull 247
- Hungerford 25
- Huntingdon 92
- Hyde 34
- Ilford 923
- Ilkeston 31
- Ipswich 217
- Isleworth 65
- Iver 42
- Keighley 86
- Kendal 34
- Kenilworth 26
- Kettering 98
- Kidderminster 50
- Kidlington 35
- King's Lynn 53
- Kings Langley 29
- Kingston upon Thames 161
- Knutsford 33
- Lancaster 73
- Lancing 27
- Leamington Spa 112
- Leatherhead 90
- Leeds 1,046
- Leicester 1,384
- Leigh-on-Sea 38
- Leighton Buzzard 54
- Letchworth Garden City 68
- Lewes 29
- Leyton 30
- Lichfield 51
- Lincoln 157
- Littlehampton 34
- Liverpool 705
- London 35,584
- Loughborough 121
- Loughton 67
- Lowestoft 39
- Luton 691
- Lutterworth 26
- Lytham St Annes 37
- Macclesfield 78
- Maidenhead 210
- Maidstone 179
- Maldon 25
- Malvern 46
- Manchester 2,785
- Mansfield 88
- Margate 33
- Market Harborough 34
- Marlborough 28
- Marlow 52
- Melton Mowbray 33
- Middlesbrough 181
- Milton Keynes 820
- Mitcham 143
- Morden 79
- Nantwich 25
- Nelson 85
- New Malden 122
- Newark 74
- Newbury 114
- Newcastle upon Tyne 541
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 59
- Newmarket 79
- Newport Pagnell 25
- Newton Abbot 43
- North Shields 31
- Northampton 506
- Northolt 76
- Northwich 39
- Northwood 62
- Norwich 393
- Nottingham 1,009
- Nuneaton 119
- Oakham 35
- Oldbury 104
- Oldham 321
- Orpington 98
- Oswestry 28
- Oxford 604
- Paignton 32
- Perivale 32
- Peterborough 387
- Petersfield 28
- Pinner 109
- Plymouth 192
- Pontefract 35
- Poole 178
- Portsmouth 244
- Potters Bar 57
- Preston 379
- Purley 37
- Radlett 35
- Ramsgate 40
- Rayleigh 34
- Reading 895
- Redcar 26
- Redditch 122
- Redhill 76
- Reigate 44
- Retford 28
- Rickmansworth 64
- Ringwood 31
- Rochdale 256
- Rochester 103
- Romford 432
- Romsey 31
- Ross-on-Wye 26
- Rotherham 175
- Royston 36
- Rugby 135
- Ruislip 96
- Runcorn 51
- Rushden 31
- Saffron Walden 32
- Sale 53
- Salford 223
- Salisbury 102
- Scarborough 40
- Scunthorpe 57
- Sevenoaks 79
- Sheffield 654
- Shepperton 28
- Shipley 35
- Shoreham-by-Sea 27
- Shrewsbury 121
- Sidcup 59
- Sittingbourne 84
- Skelmersdale 26
- Skipton 34
- Slough 850
- Smethwick 108
- Solihull 232
- South Croydon 66
- South Shields 44
- Southall 412
- Southampton 550
- Southend-on-Sea 107
- Southport 64
- Southsea 38
- Spalding 58
- St Albans 205
- St Helens 88
- St Leonards-on-Sea 36
- St Neots 35
- Stafford 102
- Staines-upon-Thames 148
- Stamford 34
- Stanmore 135
- Stevenage 128
- Stockport 287
- Stockton-on-Tees 88
- Stoke-on-Trent 377
- Stourbridge 66
- Stratford-upon-Avon 58
- Stroud 45
- Sudbury 35
- Sunbury-on-Thames 45
- Sunderland 164
- Surbiton 106
- Sutton 184
- Sutton Coldfield 84
- Sutton-in-Ashfield 35
- Swadlincote 31
- Swindon 314
- Tadworth 27
- Tamworth 72
- Taunton 97
- Teddington 59
- Telford 154
- Tewkesbury 43
- Thame 37
- Thatcham 29
- Thornton Heath 62
- Tilbury 27
- Tipton 66
- Tonbridge 82
- Torquay 49
- Towcester 27
- Trowbridge 33
- Truro 57
- Tunbridge Wells 90
- Twickenham 134
- Uckfield 28
- Upminster 39
- Uxbridge 358
- Wakefield 165
- Wallasey 27
- Wallingford 42
- Wallington 88
- Walsall 319
- Waltham Abbey 29
- Waltham Cross 31
- Walthamstow 37
- Walton-on-Thames 66
- Wantage 30
- Ware 28
- Warrington 237
- Warwick 155
- Washington 33
- Waterlooville 46
- Watford 484
- Wednesbury 72
- Welling 59
- Wellingborough 95
- Wells 27
- Welwyn Garden City 79
- Wembley 416
- West Bromwich 167
- West Drayton 105
- West Malling 44
- Westcliff-on-Sea 40
- Weston-super-Mare 79
- Weybridge 96
- Weymouth 38
- Wickford 28
- Widnes 45
- Wigan 117
- Willenhall 63
- Wilmslow 47
- Wimbledon 78
- Wimborne 28
- Winchester 109
- Windsor 122
- Wirral 77
- Wisbech 44
- Witham 35
- Witney 85
- Woking 197
- Wokingham 150
- Wolverhampton 477
- Woodford Green 47
- Worcester 152
- Worcester Park 26
- Worksop 33
- Worthing 155
- Yeovil 51
- York 267
Scotland 28 places
- Aberdeen 485
- Airdrie 30
- Ayr 34
- Bathgate 48
- Bellshill 33
- Coatbridge 28
- Dumfries 45
- Dundee 159
- Dunfermline 65
- East Kilbride 32
- Edinburgh 1,117
- Falkirk 61
- Glasgow 1,297
- Glenrothes 30
- Greenock 27
- Hamilton 47
- Inverness 83
- Irvine 25
- Kilmarnock 44
- Kirkcaldy 47
- Lerwick 30
- Livingston 81
- Motherwell 50
- Paisley 73
- Perth 79
- Peterhead 25
- Stirling 67
- Westhill 39
Wales 15 places
- Barry 32
- Bridgend 65
- Caerphilly 34
- Cardiff 595
- Colwyn Bay 26
- Cwmbran 43
- Deeside 29
- Llandudno 26
- Llanelli 34
- Neath 33
- Pontypridd 45
- Port Talbot 28
- Rhyl 25
- Swansea 248
- Wrexham 94
Northern Ireland 16 places
- Antrim 26
- Armagh 37
- Ballymena 36
- Belfast 481
- Coleraine 34
- Cookstown 40
- Craigavon 25
- Derry/Londonderry 72
- Dungannon 90
- Enniskillen 32
- Lisburn 50
- Magherafelt 32
- Newry 95
- Newtownabbey 33
- Omagh 63
- Portadown 26
Other places 13 places
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Visa sponsors by town: 493 towns, with Skilled Worker licences and all licensed organisations, from the Home Office register of 5 October 2026.
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