Immigration Salary List for Skilled Worker Visa of the UK

The UK has replaced the shortage occupations list with the Immigration Salary List. If your job is on the immigration salary list, the minimum salary is 80% of the route’s usual minimum rate to qualify for a Skilled Worker or Health and Care Worker visa.

To apply for a skilled worker visa, you must show that you have a job qualification from a UK employer. Furthermore, the updated important lists can be found as follows:

• Register of Worker and Temporary Worker Licensed Sponsors.
• Skilled Worker Visa Eligible Occupations and Codes.

Why “Immigration Salary List”?

If your job is listed as eligible, you must earn at least 80% of the route’s standard minimum salary to qualify for either a Skilled Worker or a Health and Care Worker visa.

Working Hours and Salary Calculations

• The listed annual salaries are based on a 37.5-hour workweek.
  
• If your working hours differ, your salary must be pro-rated according to the hours your employer specifies.
  

Finding Your Job Code

If you’re unsure of your job’s code, you can use the CASCOT occupation coding tool to search for it.

Choosing the Right Salary Column

Depending on your circumstances, refer to the appropriate salary rate column:

• Standard Rate: Use this if your certificate of sponsorship was issued on or after 4 April 2024.
  
• Lower Rate: Use this if either of the following applies:
  • You are applying for a Health and Care Worker visa in specific eligible occupations.
    
  • You received your first Skilled Worker visa certificate of sponsorship before 4 April 2024 and have held continuous Skilled Worker visas since.

Immigration Salary List for the Skilled Worker Visa

Below is the immigration salary list, and if your occupation is available in this list, you do not need to be paid 38,700; instead, you can be paid 30,960 or the ongoing rate.

The lower rate column is strictly only for selected people who:

• are applying for a Health and Care Worker Visa in certain occupations,
• got their certificate of sponsorship for this visa application before 4 April 2024 ,
• got their CoS for the first Skilled Worker visa before 4 April 2024 and have continually held one or more Skilled Worker visas since then.

Occupation code	Job types included on the immigration salary list	Areas of the UK which qualify	Standard rate	Lower rate
1212	Managers and proprietors in forestry, fishing and related services – only “fishing boat masters”	Scotland only	£30,960 (£15.88 per hour)	£25,200 (£12.92 per hour)
2111	Chemical scientists – only jobs in the nuclear industry	Scotland only	£35,200 (£18.05 per hour)	£29,600 (£15.18 per hour)
2112	Biological scientists – all jobs	UK wide	£38,000 (£19.49 per hour)	£28,100 (£14.41 per hour)
2115	Social and humanities scientists – only archaeologists	UK wide	£36,400 (£18.67 per hour)	£25,200 (£12.92 per hour)
2142	Graphic and multimedia designers – all jobs	UK wide	£30,960 (£15.88 per hour)	£25,100 (£12.87 per hour)
3111	Laboratory technicians – only jobs requiring 3 or more years’ related on-the-job experience. This experience must not have been gained through working illegally.	UK wide	£30,960 (£15.88 per hour)	£25,000 (£12.82 per hour)
3212	Pharmaceutical technicians – all jobs	UK wide	£30,960 (£15.88 per hour)	£25,000 (£12.82 per hour)
3411	Artists – all jobs	UK wide	£32,800 (£16.82 per hour)	£25,900 (£13.28 per hour)
3414	Dancers and choreographers – only skilled classical ballet dancers or skilled contemporary dancers who meet the standard required by internationally recognised UK ballet or contemporary dance companies. The company must be endorsed as being internationally recognised by a UK industry body such as the Arts Councils (of England, Scotland or Wales).	UK wide	£31,200 (£16.00 per hour)	£30,000 (£15.38 per hour)
3415	Musicians – only skilled orchestral musicians who are leaders, principals, sub-principals or numbered string positions, and who meet the standard required by internationally recognised UK orchestras. The orchestra must be a full member of the Association of British Orchestras.	UK wide	£35,300 (£18.10 per hour)	£30,400 (£15.59 per hour)
3416	Arts officers, producers and directors – all jobs	UK wide	£37,500 (£19.23 per hour)	£31,300 (£16.05 per hour)
5119	Agriculture and fishing trades not elsewhere classified – only jobs in the fishing industry	UK wide	£30,960 (£15.88 per hour)	£25,000 (£12.82 per hour)
5213	Welding trades – only high integrity pipe welders, where the job requires 3 or more years’ related on-the-job experience. This experience must not have been gained through working illegally.	UK wide	£31,700 (£16.26 per hour)	£26,400 (£13.54 per hour)
5235	Boat and ship builders and repairers – all jobs	Scotland only	£34,100 (£17.49 per hour)	£26,300 (£13.49 per hour)
5312	Stonemasons and related trades – all jobs	UK wide	£32,400 (£16.62 per hour)	£26,200 (£13.44 per hour)
5313	Bricklayers – all jobs	UK wide	£30,960 (£15.88 per hour)	£25,600 (£13.13 per hour)
5314	Roofers, roof tilers and slaters – all jobs	UK wide	£30,960 (£15.88 per hour)	£25,000 (£12.82 per hour)
5316	Carpenters and joiners – all jobs	UK wide	£30,960 (£15.88 per hour)	£25,200 (£12.92 per hour)
5319	Construction and building trades not elsewhere classified – only retrofitters	UK wide	£30,960 (£15.88 per hour)	£25,500 (£13.08 per hour)
6135	Care workers and home carers – all jobs, except jobs with a working location in England are only eligible in this SOC 2020 occupation code where the sponsor holds registration with the Care Quality Commission and is currently carrying on a regulated activity. Private households or individuals (other than sole traders sponsoring someone to work for their business) cannot sponsor Skilled Worker applicants.	UK wide	£30,960 (£15.88 per hour)	£25,000 (£12.82 per hour)
6136	Senior care workers – all jobs, except jobs with a working location in England are only eligible in this SOC 2020 occupation code where the sponsor holds registration with the Care Quality Commission and is currently carrying on a regulated activity.	UK wide	£30,960 (£15.88 per hour)	£25,000 (£12.82 per hour)
6129	Animal care services occupations not elsewhere classified – only racing grooms, stallion handlers, stud grooms, stud hands, stud handlers and work riders	UK wide	£30,960 (£15.88 per hour)	£25,000 (£12.82 per hour)
9119	Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations not elsewhere classified – only deckhands on large fishing vessels (9 metres and above) where the job requires the worker to have at least 3 years’ full-time experience in using their skills. This experience must not have been gained through working illegally.	UK wide	£30,960 (£15.88 per hour)	£25,000 (£12.82 per hour)