Ship and hovercraft officers
SOC 2020 code 3512 · Also called: ship and hovercraft captains and deck officers (excludes armed forces and fishing), marine engineers
- Going rate
- £58,300 a year
- General threshold
- £41,700 a year
- Skill level
- RQF 3 to 5
- Live adverts
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What do Skilled Worker ship and hovercraft officers get paid?
The standard requirement for SOC 3512 is £58,300 a year for 37.5 hours1.
- 1GOV.UK going rates · SOC 3512
Skilled Worker status
How evidence worksSOC 3512 (Ship and hovercraft officers) 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£58,300 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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What is the going rate for SOC 3512?
£58,300 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 3512 a Skilled Worker occupation code?
SOC 3512 (Ship and hovercraft officers) 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 3512?
Ship and hovercraft captains and deck officers (excludes armed forces and fishing) and marine engineers.