Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services
SOC 2020 code 1163 · Also called: senior officers in ambulance services, senior officers in fire services, senior officers in immigration services
- Going rate
- £61,600 a year
- General threshold
- £41,700 a year
- Skill level
- RQF 6 or above
- Live adverts
- 0
What do Skilled Worker senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services get paid?
The standard requirement for SOC 1163 is £61,600 a year for 37.5 hours1.
- 1GOV.UK going rates · SOC 1163
Skilled Worker status
How evidence worksSOC 1163 (Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services) is a Skilled Worker occupation code at RQF 6 or above under the rules in force on 8 Nov 2026.
Check a salary
Rules in force on 8 Nov 2026£61,600 is the going rate in Table 1 of GOV.UK’s Appendix Skilled Occupations, used for the standard option (option A). Lower requirements can apply in some cases, for example to new entrants or to applicants with a PhD relevant to the job. The options below show the ones the rules set for this code. Table 2 of the appendix has lower going rates for some other cases, which this page doesn’t list. See both tables on GOV.UK.
Information only. It checks a salary against the published rules for this occupation, not an application. Requirements are for a 37.5-hour week and change with the hours.
Jobs from licensed sponsors
Adverts we read and coded to SOC 1163. Coding can be wrong; each job shows how it matched.
Loading adverts…
Rule changes
Dated, from GOV.UKQuestions
What is the going rate for SOC 1163?
£61,600 a year for a 37.5-hour week under the rules in force on 8 Nov 2026, from GOV.UK’s going rates table. The standard requirement is the higher of the going rate and the general threshold of £41,700.
Is SOC 1163 a Skilled Worker occupation code?
SOC 1163 (Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services) is a Skilled Worker occupation code at RQF 6 or above under the rules in force on 8 Nov 2026.
Which job titles are in SOC 1163?
Senior officers in ambulance services, senior officers in fire services, senior officers in immigration services, senior officers in prison services and senior officers in revenue and customs.