SOC 2020 occupation codes

The Home Office uses the 2026 SOC 2020 occupation codes to score Skilled Worker applications. Each code has a going-rate threshold in the 2026 rules; pick a code to see the threshold and the registered sponsors who hire for it.

• 1111 Chief executives and senior officials£88,100
• 1112 Elected officers and representatives
• 1121 Production managers and directors in manufacturing£55,000
• 1122 Production managers and directors in construction£53,400
• 1123 Production managers and directors in mining and energy£54,000
• 1131 Financial managers and directors£75,100
• 1132 Marketing, sales and advertising directors£87,300
• 1133 Public relations and communications directors£77,200
• 1134 Purchasing managers and directors£54,700
• 1135 Charitable organisation managers and directors£44,300
• 1136 Human resource managers and directors£52,900
• 1137 Information technology directors£86,000
• 1139 Functional managers and directors n.e.c.£74,700
• 1140 Directors in logistics, warehousing and transport£81,400
• 1150 Managers and directors in retail and wholesale£36,400
• 1161 Officers in armed forces
• 1162 Senior police officers£64,000
• 1163 Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services£61,600
• 1171 Health services and public health managers and directors£50,300
• 1172 Social services managers and directors£43,000
• 1211 Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture£35,900
• 1212 Managers and proprietors in forestry, fishing and related services£33,400
• 1221 Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors£38,300
• 1222 Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors£33,400
• 1223 Publicans and managers of licensed premises£36,300
• 1224 Leisure and sports managers and proprietors£34,100
• 1225 Travel agency managers and proprietors£36,000
• 1231 Health care practice managers£40,400
• 1232 Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors£40,400
• 1233 Early education and childcare services proprietors£33,400
• 1241 Managers in transport and distribution£44,900
• 1242 Managers in storage and warehousing£35,100
• 1243 Managers in logistics£44,900
• 1251 Property, housing and estate managers£42,600
• 1252 Garage managers and proprietors£45,600
• 1253 Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors£33,400
• 1254 Waste disposal and environmental services managers£48,300
• 1255 Managers and directors in the creative industries£44,900
• 1256 Betting shop and gambling establishment managers£33,400
• 1257 Hire services managers and proprietors£33,400
• 1258 Directors in consultancy services£70,100
• 1259 Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.£41,700
• 2111 Chemical scientists£39,900
• 2112 Biological scientists£40,300
• 2113 Biochemists and biomedical scientists£45,900
• 2114 Physical scientists£54,600
• 2115 Social and humanities scientists£40,400
• 2119 Natural and social science professionals n.e.c.£41,500
• 2121 Civil engineers£50,400
• 2122 Mechanical engineers (professional)£46,800
• 2123 Electrical engineers£58,700
• 2124 Electronics engineers (professional)£52,000
• 2125 Production and process engineers£45,000
• 2126 Aerospace engineers£52,400
• 2127 Engineering project managers and project engineers£51,900
• 2129 Engineering professionals n.e.c.£46,100
• 2131 IT project managers£58,200
• 2132 IT managers£55,000
• 2133 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers£54,900
• 2134 Programmers and software development professionals£54,700
• 2135 Cyber security professionals£48,500
• 2136 IT quality and testing professionals£41,200
• 2137 IT network professionals£45,600
• 2139 Information technology professionals n.e.c.£52,300
• 2141 Web design professionals£43,800
• 2142 Graphic and multimedia designers£33,400
• 2151 Conservation professionals£36,000
• 2152 Environment professionals£37,200
• 2161 Research and development (R&D) managers£54,400
• 2162 Other researchers, unspecified discipline£43,600
• 2211 Generalist medical practitioners
• 2212 Specialist medical practitioners and consultants
• 2221 Physiotherapists
• 2222 Occupational therapists
• 2223 Speech and language therapists
• 2224 Psychotherapists and cognitive behaviour therapists
• 2225 Clinical psychologists
• 2226 Other psychologists
• 2229 Therapy professionals n.e.c.
• 2231 Midwifery nurses
• 2232 Registered community nurses
• 2233 Registered specialist nurses
• 2234 Registered nurse practitioners
• 2235 Registered mental health nurses
• 2236 Registered children's nurses
• 2237 Other registered nursing professionals
• 2240 Veterinarians£49,500
• 2251 Pharmacists
• 2252 Optometrists
• 2253 Dental practitioners
• 2254 Medical radiographers
• 2255 Paramedics
• 2256 Podiatrists
• 2259 Other health professionals n.e.c.
• 2311 Higher education teaching professionals£52,600
• 2312 Further education teaching professionals
• 2313 Secondary education teaching professionals
• 2314 Primary education teaching professionals
• 2315 Nursery education teaching professionals
• 2316 Special and additional needs education teaching professionals
• 2317 Teachers of English as a foreign language£36,200
• 2319 Teaching professionals n.e.c.£33,400
• 2321 Head teachers and principals
• 2322 Education managers£43,900
• 2323 Education advisers and school inspectors£42,200
• 2324 Early education and childcare services managers£33,400
• 2329 Other educational professionals n.e.c£40,600
• 2411 Barristers and judges£59,400
• 2412 Solicitors and lawyers£51,600
• 2419 Legal professionals n.e.c.£33,400
• 2421 Chartered and certified accountants£49,200
• 2422 Finance and investment analysts and advisers£45,800
• 2423 Taxation experts£48,500
• 2431 Management consultants and business analysts£50,200
• 2432 Marketing and commercial managers£50,100
• 2433 Actuaries, economists and statisticians£55,100
• 2434 Business and related research professionals£38,800
• 2435 Professional/Chartered company secretaries£58,200
• 2439 Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c.£56,600
• 2440 Business and financial project management professionals£56,500
• 2451 Architects£47,600
• 2452 Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants£35,800
• 2453 Quantity surveyors£48,600
• 2454 Chartered surveyors£43,800
• 2455 Construction project managers and related professionals£44,300
• 2461 Social workers
• 2462 Probation officers£35,700
• 2463 Clergy
• 2464 Youth work professionals£38,000
• 2469 Welfare professionals n.e.c.£39,700
• 2471 Librarians£34,800
• 2472 Archivists, conservators and curators£33,400
• 2481 Quality control and planning engineers£41,300
• 2482 Quality assurance and regulatory professionals£48,200
• 2483 Environmental health professionals£40,900
• 2491 Newspaper, periodical and broadcast editors£39,600
• 2492 Newspaper and periodical broadcast journalists and reporters£34,000
• 2493 Public relations professionals£37,000
• 2494 Advertising accounts managers and creative directors£46,000
• 3111 Laboratory technicians£33,400
• 3112 Electrical and electronics technicians£39,300
• 3113 Engineering technicians£42,500
• 3114 Building and civil engineering technicians£33,400
• 3115 Quality assurance technicians£33,400
• 3116 Planning, process and production technicians£34,800
• 3119 Science, engineering and production technicians n.e.c.£34,600
• 3120 CAD, drawing and architectural technicians£33,800
• 3131 IT technicians£35,200
• 3132 IT user support technicians£33,400
• 3133 Database administrators and web content technicians£34,600
• 3211 Dispensing opticians£33,400
• 3212 Pharmaceutical technicians£33,400
• 3213 Medical and dental technicians
• 3214 Complementary health associate professionals£31,300
• 3219 Health associate professionals n.e.c.
• 3221 Youth and community workers£33,400
• 3222 Child and early years officers£33,400
• 3223 Housing officers£33,400
• 3224 Counsellors£33,400
• 3229 Welfare and housing associate professionals n.e.c.£33,400
• 3231 Higher level teaching assistants
• 3232 Early education and childcare practitioners£33,400
• 3240 Veterinary nurses£33,400
• 3311 Non-commissioned officers and other ranks
• 3312 Police officers (sergeant and below)£46,900
• 3313 Fire service officers (watch manager and below)£42,100
• 3314 Prison service officers (below principal officer)£38,800
• 3319 Protective service associate professionals n.e.c.£41,100
• 3411 Artists£38,200
• 3412 Authors, writers and translators£36,100
• 3413 Actors, entertainers and presenters£33,400
• 3414 Dancers and choreographers£33,400
• 3415 Musicians£37,500
• 3416 Arts officers, producers and directors£38,100
• 3417 Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators£33,400
• 3421 Interior designers£35,200
• 3422 Clothing, fashion and accessories designers£36,500
• 3429 Design occupations n.e.c.£39,300
• 3431 Sports players
• 3432 Sports coaches, instructors and officials
• 3433 Fitness and wellbeing instructors£33,400
• 3511 Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers£80,400
• 3512 Ship and hovercraft officers£58,300
• 3520 Legal associate professionals£33,400
• 3531 Brokers£52,400
• 3532 Insurance underwriters£36,500
• 3533 Financial and accounting technicians£48,700
• 3534 Financial accounts managers£44,700
• 3541 Estimators, valuers and assessors£35,300
• 3542 Importers and exporters£35,700
• 3543 Project support officers£33,900
• 3544 Data analysts£34,900
• 3549 Business associate professionals n.e.c.£33,400
• 3551 Buyers and procurement officers£35,500
• 3552 Business sales executives£36,700
• 3553 Merchandisers£33,400
• 3554 Advertising and marketing associate professionals£33,400
• 3555 Estate agents and auctioneers£33,400
• 3556 Sales accounts and business development managers£55,200
• 3557 Events managers and organisers£33,400
• 3560 Public services associate professionals£39,500
• 3571 Human resources and industrial relations officers£33,400
• 3572 Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists£33,400
• 3573 Information technology trainers£40,000
• 3574 Other vocational and industrial trainers£34,500
• 3581 Inspectors of standards and regulations£34,400
• 3582 Health and safety managers and officers£42,500
• 4111 National government administrative occupations£33,400
• 4112 Local government administrative occupations£33,400
• 4113 Officers of non-governmental organisations£33,400
• 4121 Credit controllers£33,400
• 4122 Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks£33,400
• 4123 Bank and post office clerks
• 4124 Finance officers£33,400
• 4129 Financial administrative occupations n.e.c.£33,400
• 4131 Records clerks and assistants
• 4132 Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants£33,400
• 4133 Stock control clerks and assistants
• 4134 Transport and distribution clerks and assistants£33,400
• 4135 Library clerks and assistants
• 4136 Human resources administrative occupations
• 4141 Office managers£37,400
• 4142 Office supervisors
• 4143 Customer service managers£35,200
• 4151 Sales administrators£33,400
• 4152 Data entry administrators
• 4159 Other administrative occupations n.e.c.£33,400
• 4211 Medical secretaries
• 4212 Legal secretaries
• 4213 School secretaries
• 4214 Company secretaries and administrators£33,400
• 4215 Personal assistants and other secretaries£33,400
• 4216 Receptionists
• 4217 Typists and related keyboard occupations
• 5111 Farmers£34,100
• 5112 Horticultural trades£33,400
• 5113 Gardeners and landscape gardeners£33,400
• 5114 Groundsmen and greenkeepers£33,400
• 5119 Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.£33,400
• 5211 Sheet metal workers£33,400
• 5212 Metal plate workers, smiths, moulders and related occupations£36,700
• 5213 Welding trades£34,900
• 5214 Pipe fitters£46,000
• 5221 Metal machining setters and setter-operators£34,600
• 5222 Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out£38,400
• 5223 Metal working production and maintenance fitters and technicians£39,300
• 5224 Precision instrument makers and repairers£33,400
• 5225 Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers£41,100
• 5231 Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians£35,500
• 5232 Vehicle body builders and repairers£33,400
• 5233 Vehicle paint technicians£33,400
• 5234 Aircraft maintenance and related trades£45,000
• 5235 Boat and ship builders and repairers£33,700
• 5236 Rail and rolling stock builders and repairers£57,000
• 5241 Electricians and electrical fitters£38,800
• 5242 Telecoms and related network installers and repairers£36,700
• 5243 TV, video and audio servicers and repairers£33,400
• 5244 Computer system and equipment installers and servicers£35,100
• 5245 Security system installers and repairers£36,300
• 5246 Electrical service and maintenance mechanics and repairers£39,700
• 5249 Electrical and electronic trades n.e.c.£45,800
• 5250 Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors£42,400
• 5311 Steel erectors£35,000
• 5312 Stonemasons and related trades£33,400
• 5313 Bricklayers£33,400
• 5314 Roofers, roof tilers and slaters£33,400
• 5315 Plumbers and heating and ventilating installers and repairers£38,100
• 5316 Carpenters and joiners£33,400
• 5317 Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters£33,400
• 5319 Construction and building trades n.e.c.£33,400
• 5321 Plasterers£34,200
• 5322 Floorers and wall tilers£33,400
• 5323 Painters and decorators£33,400
• 5330 Construction and building trades supervisors£41,800
• 5411 Upholsterers£33,400
• 5412 Footwear and leather working trades£33,400
• 5413 Tailors and dressmakers£33,400
• 5419 Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.£33,400
• 5421 Pre-press technicians£33,400
• 5422 Printers£33,400
• 5423 Print finishing and binding workers£33,400
• 5431 Butchers£33,400
• 5432 Bakers and flour confectioners£33,400
• 5433 Fishmongers and poultry dressers£33,400
• 5434 Chefs£33,400
• 5435 Cooks
• 5436 Catering and bar managers£33,400
• 5441 Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers£33,400
• 5442 Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers£33,400
• 5443 Florists£33,400
• 5449 Other skilled trades n.e.c.£33,400
• 6111 Early education and childcare assistants£33,400
• 6112 Teaching assistants£23,656
• 6113 Educational support assistants£23,656
• 6114 Childminders£33,400
• 6116 Nannies and au pairs£31,300
• 6117 Playworkers£33,400
• 6121 Pest controllers
• 6129 Animal care services occupations n.e.c.£33,400
• 6131 Nursing auxiliaries and assistants
• 6132 Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics)
• 6133 Dental nurses
• 6134 Houseparents and residential wardens£33,400
• 6135 Care workers and home carers£33,400
• 6136 Senior care workers£33,400
• 6137 Care escorts
• 6138 Undertakers, mortuary and crematorium assistants
• 6211 Sports and leisure assistants
• 6212 Travel agents
• 6213 Air travel assistants£33,400
• 6214 Rail travel assistants£41,300
• 6219 Leisure and travel service occupations n.e.c.
• 6221 Hairdressers and barbers
• 6222 Beauticians and related occupations
• 6231 Housekeepers and related occupations
• 6232 Caretakers£31,300
• 6240 Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors
• 6250 Bed and breakfast and guest house owners and proprietors£31,300
• 6311 Police community support officers£33,400
• 6312 Parking and civil enforcement occupations
• 7111 Sales and retail assistants
• 7112 Retail cashiers and check-out operators
• 7113 Telephone salespersons
• 7114 Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants
• 7115 Vehicle and parts salespersons and advisers£31,300
• 7121 Collector salespersons and credit agents
• 7122 Debt, rent and other cash collectors
• 7123 Roundspersons and van salespersons
• 7124 Market and street traders and assistants£33,400
• 7125 Visual merchandisers and related occupations£31,300
• 7129 Sales related occupations n.e.c.£31,300
• 7131 Shopkeepers and owners - retail and wholesale£33,700
• 7132 Sales supervisors - retail and wholesale£33,400
• 7211 Call and contact centre occupations
• 7212 Telephonists
• 7213 Communication operators
• 7214 Market research interviewers£33,400
• 7219 Customer service occupations n.e.c.
• 7220 Customer service supervisors£34,200
• 8111 Food, drink and tobacco process operatives
• 8112 Textile process operatives
• 8113 Chemical and related process operatives£33,400
• 8114 Plastics process operatives
• 8115 Metal making and treating process operatives£31,300
• 8119 Process operatives n.e.c.
• 8120 Metal working machine operatives
• 8131 Paper and wood machine operatives
• 8132 Mining and quarry workers and related operatives
• 8133 Energy plant operatives£41,500
• 8134 Water and sewerage plant operatives£38,000
• 8135 Printing machine assistants
• 8139 Plant and machine operatives n.e.c.
• 8141 Assemblers (electrical and electronic products)
• 8142 Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods)
• 8143 Routine inspectors and testers£33,400
• 8144 Weighers, graders and sorters
• 8145 Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters
• 8146 Sewing machinists
• 8149 Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c.
• 8151 Scaffolders, stagers and riggers
• 8152 Road construction operatives
• 8153 Rail construction and maintenance operatives
• 8159 Construction operatives n.e.c.
• 8160 Production, factory and assembly supervisors
• 8211 Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers
• 8212 Bus and coach drivers
• 8213 Taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs
• 8214 Delivery drivers and couriers
• 8215 Driving instructors£39,500
• 8219 Road transport drivers n.e.c.
• 8221 Crane drivers
• 8222 Fork-lift truck drivers
• 8229 Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.
• 8231 Train and tram drivers
• 8232 Marine and waterways transport operatives£38,300
• 8233 Air transport operatives
• 8234 Rail transport operatives
• 8239 Other drivers and transport operatives n.e.c.
• 9111 Farm workers
• 9112 Forestry and related workers
• 9119 Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations n.e.c.£33,400
• 9121 Groundworkers
• 9129 Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.
• 9131 Industrial cleaning process occupations
• 9132 Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers
• 9139 Elementary process plant occupations n.e.c.
• 9211 Postal workers, mail sorters and messengers
• 9219 Elementary administration occupations n.e.c.
• 9221 Window cleaners
• 9222 Street cleaners
• 9223 Cleaners and domestics
• 9224 Launderers, dry cleaners and pressers
• 9225 Refuse and salvage occupations
• 9226 Vehicle valeters and cleaners
• 9229 Elementary cleaning occupations n.e.c.
• 9231 Security guards and related occupations
• 9232 School midday and crossing patrol occupations
• 9233 Exam invigilators
• 9241 Shelf fillers
• 9249 Elementary sales occupations n.e.c.£33,400
• 9251 Elementary storage supervisors
• 9252 Warehouse operatives£31,300
• 9253 Delivery operatives
• 9259 Elementary storage occupations n.e.c.
• 9261 Bar and catering supervisors
• 9262 Hospital porters
• 9263 Kitchen and catering assistants
• 9264 Waiters and waitresses
• 9265 Bar staff
• 9266 Coffee shop workers
• 9267 Leisure and theme park attendants
• 9269 Other elementary services occupations n.e.c.