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.

96 occupations in professionalRules in force on 8 Nov 2026

Skilled Worker occupations
Code	Occupation	Skill level	Going rate	Skilled Worker
2111	Chemical scientists	RQF 6 or above	£39,900	Clear
2112	Biological scientists	RQF 6 or above	£40,300	Clear
2113	Biochemists and biomedical scientists	RQF 6 or above	£45,900	Clear
2114	Physical scientists	RQF 6 or above	£54,600	Clear
2115	Social and humanities scientists	RQF 6 or above	£40,400	Clear
2119	Natural and social science professionals not elsewhere classified	RQF 6 or above	£41,500	Clear
2121	Civil engineers	RQF 6 or above	£50,400	Clear
2122	Mechanical engineers	RQF 6 or above	£46,800	Clear
2123	Electrical engineers	RQF 6 or above	£58,700	Clear
2124	Electronics engineers	RQF 6 or above	£52,000	Clear
2125	Production and process engineers	RQF 6 or above	£45,000	Clear
2126	Aerospace engineers	RQF 6 or above	£52,400	Clear
2127	Engineering project managers and project engineers	RQF 6 or above	£51,900	Clear
2129	Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified	RQF 6 or above	£46,100	Clear
2131	IT project managers	RQF 6 or above	£58,200	Clear
2132	IT managers	RQF 6 or above	£55,000	Clear
2133	IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	RQF 6 or above	£54,900	Clear
2134	Programmers and software development professionals	RQF 6 or above	£54,700	Clear
2135	Cyber security professionals	RQF 6 or above	£48,500	Clear
2136	IT quality and testing professionals	RQF 6 or above	£41,200	Clear
2137	IT network professionals	RQF 6 or above	£45,600	Clear
2139	Information technology professionals not elsewhere classified	RQF 6 or above	£52,300	Clear
2141	Web design professionals	RQF 6 or above	£43,800	Clear
2142	Graphic and multimedia designers	RQF 6 or above	£33,400	Clear
2151	Conservation professionals	RQF 6 or above	£36,000	Clear
2152	Environment professionals	RQF 6 or above	£37,200	Clear
2161	Research and development (R&D) managers	RQF 6 or above	£54,400	Clear
2162	Other researchers, unspecified discipline	RQF 6 or above	£43,600	Clear
2211	Generalist medical practitioners (England)	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2212	Specialist medical practitioners	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2221	Physiotherapists	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2222	Occupational therapists	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2223	Speech and language therapists	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2224	Psychotherapists and cognitive behaviour therapists	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2225	Clinical psychologists	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2226	Other psychologists	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2229	Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2231	Midwifery nurses	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2232	Registered community nurses	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2233	Registered specialist nurses	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2234	Registered nurse practitioners	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2235	Registered mental health nurses	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2236	Registered children’s nurses	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2237	Other registered nursing professionals	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2240	Veterinarians	RQF 6 or above	£49,500	Clear
2251	Pharmacists	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2252	Optometrists	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2253	Dental practitioners (England)	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2254	Medical radiographers	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2255	Paramedics	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2256	Podiatrists	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2259	Other health professionals not elsewhere classified	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2311	Higher education teaching professionals	RQF 6 or above	£52,600	Clear
2312	Further education teaching professionals (England)	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2313	Secondary education teaching professionals	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2314	Primary education teaching professionals	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2315	Nursery education teaching professionals	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2316	Special and additional needs education teaching professionals	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2317	Teachers of English as a foreign language	RQF 6 or above	£36,200	Clear
2319	Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified	RQF 6 or above	£33,400	Clear
2321	Head teachers and principals	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2322	Education managers	RQF 6 or above	£43,900	Clear
2323	Education advisers and school inspectors	RQF 6 or above	£42,200	Clear
2324	Early education and childcare services managers	RQF 3 to 5	£33,400	A concern
2329	Other educational professionals not elsewhere classified	RQF 6 or above	£40,600	Clear
2411	Barristers and judges	RQF 6 or above	£59,400	Clear
2412	Solicitors and lawyers	RQF 6 or above	£51,600	Clear
2419	Legal professionals not elsewhere classified	RQF 6 or above	£33,400	Clear
2421	Chartered and certified accountants	RQF 6 or above	£49,200	Clear
2422	Finance and investment analysts and advisers	RQF 6 or above	£45,800	Clear
2423	Taxation experts	RQF 6 or above	£48,500	Clear
2431	Management consultants and business analysts	RQF 6 or above	£50,200	Clear
2432	Marketing and commercial managers	RQF 6 or above	£50,100	Clear
2433	Actuaries, economists and statisticians	RQF 6 or above	£55,100	Clear
2434	Business and related research professionals	RQF 6 or above	£38,800	Clear
2435	Professional/chartered company secretaries	RQF 6 or above	£58,200	Clear
2439	Business, research and administrative professionals not elsewhere classified	RQF 6 or above	£56,600	Clear
2440	Business and financial project management professionals	RQF 6 or above	£56,500	Clear
2451	Architects	RQF 6 or above	£47,600	Clear
2452	Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants	RQF 6 or above	£35,800	Clear
2453	Quantity surveyors	RQF 6 or above	£48,600	Clear
2454	Chartered surveyors	RQF 6 or above	£43,800	Clear
2455	Construction project managers and related professionals	RQF 6 or above	£44,300	Clear
2461	Social workers	RQF 6 or above	Pay scale	Clear
2462	Probation officers	RQF 6 or above	£35,700	Clear
2464	Youth work professionals	RQF 6 or above	£38,000	Clear
2469	Welfare professionals not elsewhere classified	RQF 6 or above	£39,700	Clear
2471	Librarians	RQF 6 or above	£34,800	Clear
2472	Archivists, conservators and curators	RQF 6 or above	£33,400	Clear
2481	Quality control and planning engineers	RQF 6 or above	£41,300	Clear
2482	Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	RQF 6 or above	£48,200	Clear
2483	Environmental health professionals	RQF 6 or above	£40,900	Clear
2491	Newspaper, periodical and broadcast editors	RQF 6 or above	£39,600	Clear
2492	Newspaper and periodical broadcast journalists and reporters	RQF 6 or above	£34,000	Clear
2493	Public relations professionals	RQF 6 or above	£37,000	Clear
2494	Advertising accounts managers and creative directors	RQF 6 or above	£46,000	Clear

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.