Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks
SOC 2020 code 4122 · Also called: accounting clerks and bookkeepers, payroll officers and wages clerks
- Going rate
- £33,400 a year
- General threshold
- £41,700 a year
- Skill level
- RQF 3 to 5
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What do Skilled Worker book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks get paid?
The standard requirement for SOC 4122 is £41,700 a year for 37.5 hours1.
- 1GOV.UK statement of changes · general threshold
- 2GOV.UK going rates · SOC 4122
Skilled Worker status
How evidence worksSOC 4122 (Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks) is below RQF 6. The Temporary Shortage List covers every job in it, under the rules in force on 8 Nov 2026.
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Rules in force on 8 Nov 2026£33,400 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 4122?
£33,400 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 4122 a Skilled Worker occupation code?
SOC 4122 (Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks) 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 4122?
Accounting clerks and bookkeepers and payroll officers and wages clerks.