Cyber security professionals: Skilled Worker visa salary
SOC 2020 occupation code 2135 · Science, research, engineering and technology professionals
Can be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa
Minimum salary in this occupation
- Going rate
- £48,500£24.87 an hour
- Most applicants£41,700 or the going rate, whichever is higher
- £48,500
- New entrantsUnder 26, switching from a Student or Graduate visa, or in training: 70% of the going rate, at least £33,400, for up to 4 years
- £34,000
- Relevant PhD90% of the going rate, at least £37,500
- £43,700
- Relevant STEM PhD80% of the going rate, at least £33,400
- £38,800
- Scale-up and Global Business Mobility routes
- £35,300
Open roles at visa sponsors that often use this code
- ICT Security AnalystBRAINTREE DISTRICT COUNCIL · Chelmsford
- Cyber Security SpecialistDB Cargo UK Limited · Doncaster
- Interim Cyber Security Internal AuditorGrant Thornton · London
- Information Security EngineerAJ Bell · Manchester
- SOC Level 2 Security AnalystNTT DATA · Birmingham
- Information Security AnalystNTT DATA · London
- Associate Director, CybersecurityNxera Pharma (formerly Sosei Heptares) · London
- Application Security EngineerGenomics · London
The employer chooses the occupation code for a role, so check it with them.
More roles →From Appendix Skilled Occupations on gov.uk, updated 11 November 2025. Appendix Skilled Occupations. A guide, not legal advice: the employer and the Home Office decide. Check the rules on gov.uk before relying on it.