Clothing, fashion and accessories designers
SOC 2020 code 3422 · Also called: clothing and fashion consultants, clothing and fashion designers, footwear designers
- Going rate
- £36,500 a year
- General threshold
- £41,700 a year
- Skill level
- RQF 3 to 5
- Live adverts
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What do Skilled Worker clothing, fashion and accessories designers get paid?
The standard requirement for SOC 3422 is £41,700 a year for 37.5 hours1.
- 1GOV.UK statement of changes · general threshold
- 2GOV.UK going rates · SOC 3422
Skilled Worker status
How evidence worksSOC 3422 (Clothing, fashion and accessories designers) is below RQF 6. The Temporary Shortage List covers every job in it, under the rules in force on 8 Nov 2026.
Check a salary
Rules in force on 8 Nov 2026£36,500 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. 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.
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Rule changes
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What is the going rate for SOC 3422?
£36,500 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 3422 a Skilled Worker occupation code?
SOC 3422 (Clothing, fashion and accessories designers) is below RQF 6. The Temporary Shortage List covers every job in it, under the rules in force on 8 Nov 2026.
Which job titles are in SOC 3422?
Clothing and fashion consultants, clothing and fashion designers, footwear designers, jewellery designers and textile designers.