About UK Sponsor Finder
UK Sponsor Finder is a free, searchable interface over two official UK Government datasets — the Home Office Register of Licensed Sponsors and the SOC 2020 occupation classification. The data is the same data the Home Office publishes; the tool simply makes it usable.
Why this site exists
Finding a UK visa sponsor used to mean trawling through a 500-page spreadsheet published by the Home Office, with no search, no filters, and no indication of whether a listed employer was still actively hiring. UK Sponsor Finder was built to fix that: a fast, searchable interface over the same official register, updated automatically every day so the data you see reflects what the Home Office published this morning.
The site is run by an independent developer in the UK, with no affiliation to the Home Office or any immigration adviser. It exists because the raw data is public and useful, but hard to use in its original form.
What the tool does
The search covers two public datasets at once:
Register of Licensed Sponsors (Workers)
Every UK employer that currently holds a valid sponsor licence, published by the Home Office. More than 120,000 organisations are listed, ranging from NHS trusts and FTSE 100 companies to independent schools and small technology firms.
SOC 2020 occupation codes with 2026 salary thresholds
The official occupation classification used to determine whether a role qualifies for the Skilled Worker route and what minimum salary applies. The thresholds are set annually by the Migration Advisory Committee.
A single search query checks both datasets simultaneously and returns matching sponsors and relevant occupation codes side by side. The visa cost calculator lets applicants work out the headline fees — visa application, Immigration Health Surcharge, and certificate of sponsorship — before starting the formal process.
How the data is kept up to date
A scheduled job runs every 24 hours. It downloads the latest sponsor CSV from GOV.UK, compares it record-by-record against the previous version, and writes only the rows that have changed — new licences granted, licences revoked, or details amended. The timestamp shown on each route and sponsor page reflects when that record last moved in the register.
SOC 2020 code metadata is updated each April after the Home Office publishes its annual Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules, which is when salary thresholds are typically revised.
Guides and further reading
The guides section covers the practical side of the UK sponsorship process in plain English: how the points-based system works, what a Certificate of Sponsorship actually is, how to read a sponsor’s status, and what to do if a licence is revoked after you have already applied. The guides are written for people navigating the process for the first time, not for immigration lawyers.
Disclaimer
UK Sponsor Finder is not affiliated with the UK Government. Salary thresholds and visa rules change frequently — always cross-check against the official GOV.UK guidance before relying on anything here for a visa application. Nothing on this site constitutes immigration advice.
Data licensing
All datasets reproduced on this site are published under the Open Government Licence v3.0:
Register of Licensed Sponsors
Published by the UK Home Office.
SOC 2020 unit groups, parent hierarchy, and coding index
From the Office for National Statistics Standard Occupational Classification 2020 publication.
2026 Skilled Worker going-rate salary thresholds
From the Home Office Skilled Worker eligible occupations publication.