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Find out which jobs are eligible for the Skilled Worker visa. Search for your job title or code below.

This eligible occupation information is provided for general reference only and is based on data last updated on 4 January 2026. It may not reflect the most recent changes to immigration rules, occupation codes, or salary thresholds. Please always check the official Home Office guidance to confirm current eligibility.

CODE JOB TYPE RELATED JOB TITLES ELIGIBLE STANDARD GOING RATE LOWER GOING RATE
4151 Sales administrators
  • Sales administrators
Yes £33,400 (£17.13 per hour) £25,000 (£12.82 per hour)
4159 Other administrative occupations not elsewhere classified
  • Business administrators
  • Church administrators
  • Facilities coordinators
  • Proofreaders
  • Property administrators
  • Warranty administrators
  • Other administrative occupations not elsewhere classified
Yes £33,400 (£17.13 per hour) £25,000 (£12.82 per hour)
4214 Company secretaries and administrators
  • Company secretaries and administrators
Yes £33,400 (£17.13 per hour) £27,100 (£13.90 per hour)
4215 Personal assistants and other secretaries
  • Farm secretaries
  • Personal assistants (excludes care workers)
  • Personal assistants and other secretaries not elsewhere classified
Yes £33,400 (£17.13 per hour) £27,400 (£14.05 per hour)
5111 Farmers
  • Agricultural contractors
  • Aquaculture farmers
  • Arable farmers
  • Dairy farmers
  • Livestock farmers
  • Poultry farmers
  • Farmers not elsewhere classified
Yes £34,100 (£17.49 per hour) £28,200 (£14.46 per hour)
5112 Horticultural trades
  • Horticultural trades
Yes £33,400 (£17.13 per hour) £25,000 (£12.82 per hour)
5113 Gardeners and landscape gardeners
  • Garden designers
  • Gardeners (excludes horticultural/market gardening)
  • Green roof installers
  • Landscape gardeners
  • Gardeners and landscape gardeners not elsewhere classified
Yes £33,400 (£17.13 per hour) £25,000 (£12.82 per hour)
5114 Groundsmen and greenkeepers
  • Groundsmen and greenkeepers
Yes £33,400 (£17.13 per hour) £25,000 (£12.82 per hour)
5119 Agricultural and fishing trades not elsewhere classified
  • Arborists
  • Beekeepers
  • Countryside and park officers and rangers
  • Falconers
  • Fish and river keepers
  • Fishers
  • Gamekeepers
  • Agricultural and fishing trades not elsewhere classified
Yes £33,400 (£17.13 per hour) £25,000 (£12.82 per hour)
5211 Sheet metal workers
  • Metal fabricators and finishers
  • Panel beaters (excludes vehicles)
  • Whitesmiths
  • Sheet metal workers not elsewhere classified
Yes £33,400 (£17.13 per hour) £26,800 (£13.74 per hour)
5212 Metal plate workers, smiths, moulders and related occupations
  • Die casters
  • Farriers
  • Moulders, mould makers and core makers
  • Smiths
  • Metal plate workers, smiths, moulders and related occupations not elsewhere classified
Yes £36,700 (£18.82 per hour) £29,200 (£14.97 per hour)
5213 Welding trades
  • Braziers and solderers
  • Pipe welders
  • Plate welders
  • Welding trades not elsewhere classified
Yes £34,900 (£17.90 per hour) £29,500 (£15.13 per hour)
5214 Pipe fitters
  • Pipe fitters
Yes £46,000 (£23.59 per hour) £40,400 (£20.72 per hour)
5221 Metal machining setters and setter-operators
  • Computer numerical control (CNC) machining setters and setter-operators
  • Metal machining setters and setter-operators not elsewhere classified
Yes £34,600 (£17.74 per hour) £28,500 (£14.62 per hour)
5222 Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out
  • Tool fitters
  • Tool makers
  • Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out not elsewhere classified
Yes £38,400 (£19.69 per hour) £33,400 (£17.13 per hour)
5223 Metal working production and maintenance fitters
  • Automation maintenance technicians
  • Bicycle mechanics
  • Catering equipment technicians
  • Door fitters and makers
  • Gunsmiths
  • Heavy plant maintenance technicians
  • Hydraulic technicians
  • Lift technicians
  • Locksmiths
  • Pump technicians
  • Textile machine technicians
  • Turbine fitters
  • Metal working production and maintenance fitters not elsewhere classified
Yes £39,300 (£20.15 per hour) £29,900 (£15.33 per hour)
5224 Precision instrument makers and repairers
  • Calibration and precision instrument technicians
  • Camera and photographic equipment technicians
  • Horologists, watch makers and repairers
  • Optical technicians
  • Precision instrument makers and repairers not elsewhere classified
Yes £33,400 (£17.13 per hour) £28,300 (£14.51 per hour)
5225 Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers
  • Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers
Yes £41,100 (£21.08 per hour) £35,500 (£18.21 per hour)
5231 Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians
  • Auto electricians
  • Car/light vehicle technicians
  • Heavy and large vehicle technicians
  • Motorcycle technicians
  • Motorsport technicians
  • MOT testers
  • Roadside assistance technicians
  • Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians not elsewhere classified
Yes £35,500 (£18.21 per hour) £27,900 (£14.31 per hour)
5232 Vehicle body builders and repairers
  • Vehicle body builders and repairers
Yes £33,400 (£17.13 per hour) £27,600 (£14.15 per hour)
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