Skilled Worker occupations

Every Skilled Worker occupation code, with its going rate, its status under the dated rules and the jobs licensed sponsors are advertising for it. Find an occupation by job title.

121 occupationsRules in force on 8 Nov 2026

Skilled Worker occupations
Code	Occupation	Skill level	Going rate	Skilled Worker
1111	Chief executives and senior officials	Not known	£88,100	Not known
1121	Production managers and directors in manufacturing	Not known	£55,000	Not known
1122	Production managers and directors in construction	Not known	£53,400	Not known
1123	Production managers and directors in mining and energy	Not known	£54,000	Not known
1131	Financial managers and directors	Not known	£75,100	Not known
1132	Marketing, sales and advertising directors	Not known	£87,300	Not known
1133	Public relations and communications directors	Not known	£77,200	Not known
1134	Purchasing managers and directors	Not known	£54,700	Not known
1135	Charitable organisation managers and directors	Not known	£44,300	Not known
1136	Human resource managers and directors	Not known	£52,900	Not known
1137	Information technology directors	Not known	£86,000	Not known
1139	Functional managers and directors not elsewhere classified	Not known	£74,700	Not known
1140	Directors in logistics, warehousing and transport	Not known	£81,400	Not known
1162	Senior police officers	Not known	£64,000	Not known
1163	Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services	Not known	£61,600	Not known
1171	Health services and public health managers and directors	Not known	£50,300	Not known
1172	Social services managers and directors	Not known	£43,000	Not known
1241	Managers in transport and distribution	Not known	£44,900	Not known
1254	Waste disposal and environmental services managers	Not known	£48,300	Not known
1255	Managers and directors in the creative industries	Not known	£44,900	Not known
2111	Chemical scientists	Not known	£39,900	Not known
2112	Biological scientists	Not known	£40,300	Not known
2113	Biochemists and biomedical scientists	Not known	£45,900	Not known
2114	Physical scientists	Not known	£54,600	Not known
2115	Social and humanities scientists	Not known	£40,400	Not known
2119	Natural and social science professionals not elsewhere classified	Not known	£41,500	Not known
2121	Civil engineers	Not known	£50,400	Not known
2122	Mechanical engineers	Not known	£46,800	Not known
2123	Electrical engineers	Not known	£58,700	Not known
2124	Electronics engineers	Not known	£52,000	Not known
2125	Production and process engineers	Not known	£45,000	Not known
2126	Aerospace engineers	Not known	£52,400	Not known
2127	Engineering project managers and project engineers	Not known	£51,900	Not known
2129	Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified	Not known	£46,100	Not known
2131	IT project managers	Not known	£58,200	Not known
2132	IT managers	Not known	£55,000	Not known
2133	IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	Not known	£54,900	Not known
2134	Programmers and software development professionals	Not known	£54,700	Not known
2135	Cyber security professionals	Not known	£48,500	Not known
2136	IT quality and testing professionals	Not known	£41,200	Not known
2137	IT network professionals	Not known	£45,600	Not known
2139	Information technology professionals not elsewhere classified	Not known	£52,300	Not known
2141	Web design professionals	Not known	£43,800	Not known
2142	Graphic and multimedia designers	Not known	£33,400	Not known
2151	Conservation professionals	Not known	£36,000	Not known
2152	Environment professionals	Not known	£37,200	Not known
2161	Research and development (R&D) managers	Not known	£54,400	Not known
2162	Other researchers, unspecified discipline	Not known	£43,600	Not known
2211	Generalist medical practitioners (Northern Ireland)	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2212	Specialist medical practitioners	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2221	Physiotherapists	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2222	Occupational therapists	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2223	Speech and language therapists	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2224	Psychotherapists and cognitive behaviour therapists	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2225	Clinical psychologists	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2226	Other psychologists	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2229	Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2231	Midwifery nurses	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2232	Registered community nurses	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2233	Registered specialist nurses	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2234	Registered nurse practitioners	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2235	Registered mental health nurses	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2236	Registered children’s nurses	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2237	Other registered nursing professionals	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2240	Veterinarians	Not known	£49,500	Not known
2251	Pharmacists	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2252	Optometrists	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2253	Dental practitioners (Northern Ireland)	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2254	Medical radiographers	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2255	Paramedics	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2256	Podiatrists	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2259	Other health professionals not elsewhere classified	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2311	Higher education teaching professionals	Not known	£52,600	Not known
2312	Further education teaching professionals (Northern Ireland)	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2313	Secondary education teaching professionals	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2314	Primary education teaching professionals	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2315	Nursery education teaching professionals	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2316	Special and additional needs education teaching professionals	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2317	Teachers of English as a foreign language	Not known	£36,200	Not known
2319	Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified	Not known	£33,400	Not known
2321	Head teachers and principals	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2322	Education managers	Not known	£43,900	Not known
2323	Education advisers and school inspectors	Not known	£42,200	Not known
2329	Other educational professionals not elsewhere classified	Not known	£40,600	Not known
2411	Barristers and judges	Not known	£59,400	Not known
2412	Solicitors and lawyers	Not known	£51,600	Not known
2419	Legal professionals not elsewhere classified	Not known	£33,400	Not known
2421	Chartered and certified accountants	Not known	£49,200	Not known
2422	Finance and investment analysts and advisers	Not known	£45,800	Not known
2423	Taxation experts	Not known	£48,500	Not known
2431	Management consultants and business analysts	Not known	£50,200	Not known
2432	Marketing and commercial managers	Not known	£50,100	Not known
2433	Actuaries, economists and statisticians	Not known	£55,100	Not known
2434	Business and related research professionals	Not known	£38,800	Not known
2435	Professional/chartered company secretaries	Not known	£58,200	Not known
2439	Business, research and administrative professionals not elsewhere classified	Not known	£56,600	Not known
2440	Business and financial project management professionals	Not known	£56,500	Not known
2451	Architects	Not known	£47,600	Not known
2452	Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants	Not known	£35,800	Not known
2453	Quantity surveyors	Not known	£48,600	Not known
2454	Chartered surveyors	Not known	£43,800	Not known
2455	Construction project managers and related professionals	Not known	£44,300	Not known
2461	Social workers	Not known	Pay scale	Not known
2462	Probation officers	Not known	£35,700	Not known
2464	Youth work professionals	Not known	£38,000	Not known
2469	Welfare professionals not elsewhere classified	Not known	£39,700	Not known
2471	Librarians	Not known	£34,800	Not known
2472	Archivists, conservators and curators	Not known	£33,400	Not known
2481	Quality control and planning engineers	Not known	£41,300	Not known
2482	Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	Not known	£48,200	Not known
2483	Environmental health professionals	Not known	£40,900	Not known
2491	Newspaper, periodical and broadcast editors	Not known	£39,600	Not known
2492	Newspaper and periodical broadcast journalists and reporters	Not known	£34,000	Not known
2493	Public relations professionals	Not known	£37,000	Not known
2494	Advertising accounts managers and creative directors	Not known	£46,000	Not known
3415	Musicians	Not known	£37,500	Not known
3416	Arts officers, producers and directors	Not known	£38,100	Not known
3511	Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers	Not known	£80,400	Not known
3531	Brokers	Not known	£52,400	Not known
3534	Financial accounts managers	Not known	£44,700	Not known
3556	Sales accounts and business development managers	Not known	£55,200	Not known

Skill levels and list entries are read from GOV.UK. Codes below RQF 6 can be sponsored only while a salary or shortage list covers them: GOV.UK’s full table of occupation codes has every code.