Skilled Worker visa: eligible salary if you're under 26, studying, training or in a postdoctoral role
Check the minimum annual salary you'll need to be paid on a Skilled Worker or Health and Care visa if you're under 26, studying, training or in a postdoctoral role.
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Check the minimum annual salary you’ll need to be paid to qualify for a Skilled Worker or Health and Care visa if one of the following applies:
- you’re under 26 on the date you apply
- you’re currently in the UK on a Student visa - or you have been in the last 2 years - studying at bachelor’s degree level or above
- you’re currently in the UK on a Graduate visa
- you’ll be working towards a recognised qualification in a UK regulated profession
- you’ll be working towards full registration or chartered status in the job you’re being sponsored for
Updates to this page
Published 1 December 2020Last updated 8 October 2024 + show all updates
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Rules have been changed to correct the going rate values.
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Updated going rates table in line with changes to the Immigration Rules.
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Updated to reflect Immigration Rules changes.
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Prison service officers (below principal officer), occupation code 3314, added to the list of eligible occupations. Dryliners added to the related job titles for occupation code 5321.
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Updated salary information - the annual salaries are now based on a 37.5-hour working week (previously a 39-hour working week).
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Updated the minimum salary for each occupation.
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Updated to add fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations not elsewhere classified to the list.
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First published.