Information technology professionals not elsewhere classified: Skilled Worker visa salary
SOC 2020 occupation code 2139 · Science, research, engineering and technology professionals
Can be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa
Minimum salary in this occupation
- Going rate
- £52,300£26.82 an hour
- Most applicants£41,700 or the going rate, whichever is higher
- £52,300
- 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
- £36,600
- Relevant PhD90% of the going rate, at least £37,500
- £47,100
- Relevant STEM PhD80% of the going rate, at least £33,400
- £41,800
- Scale-up and Global Business Mobility routes
- £38,700
Open roles at visa sponsors that often use this code
- IT Lead Infrastructure EngineerHeron Foods · Hull
- Structured Cabling Data EngineerNG Bailey · Portsmouth
- Junior Data EngineerSagacity · London
- Data EngineerFDM Group · London
- Manager - Platform EngineerDeloitte · Belfast
- Senior Data EngineerFSP Consulting · Reading
- Principal Data EngineerBreedon Group plc · Alfreton
- Data EngineerThe Hyde Group · London
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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.