Skilled Worker going rates by occupation code

Which table applies to me?

Codes in Table 1 are higher-skilled jobs. gov.uk says that if your occupation code is listed as higher skilled, you can apply for a Skilled Worker visa, as long as you meet the other requirements, including the salary rules.

Medium-skilled codes (Table 1a) are open only in some cases: if the job is on the Immigration Salary List or the Temporary Shortage List, or if you were granted Skilled Worker permission under the rules in place before 22 July 2025 and have held it ever since.

Healthcare and education jobs with national pay scales use the pay scale for the job as the going rate.

Check if your job is eligible, on gov.uk

What is a SOC code and who chooses it?

SOC stands for Standard Occupational Classification. Every job is matched to a 4-digit occupation code, and the code sets the going rate.

The employer chooses the code for the job, and it should match the work you will do. If you already have a job offer, gov.uk says to ask your employer for your occupation code. If you do not know it, you can search for a job title in the CASCOT occupation coding tool.

• CASCOT occupation coding tool
• Check a salary against a code

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Columns: soc, occupation, going_rate, new_entrant_rate, table, source, retrieved, licence. One row per occupation code; the rates are yearly figures in pounds.

Source: Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Occupations, published by the Home Office on gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Codes with pay scales

30 codes, mostly in the NHS and teaching, have no single going rate. The going rate is the national pay scale for the job, and it can differ between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Pay scale rules for healthcare and education, on gov.uk

Temporary Shortage List codes

9 medium-skilled codes in this table are on the Temporary Shortage List. The Immigration Rules count a code as on the list only where the application uses a certificate of sponsorship issued before 31 December 2026.

• 1243 Managers in logistics
• 3131 IT operations technicians
• 3520 Legal associate professionals
• 3533 Financial and accounting technicians
• 3544 Data analysts
• 3549 Business associate professionals not elsewhere classified
• 3552 Business sales executives
• 3554 Advertising and marketing associate professionals
• 3571 Human resources and industrial relations officers

The Temporary Shortage List, on gov.uk