New Update: Immigration Salary List (ISL)
On 4 December 2023, the Home Secretary announced several changes to the immigration system related to the Skilled Worker (SW) route. Subsequently on 17 January 2024 the government commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to carry out a rapid review of the new Immigration Salary List (ISL) and to report by 23 February 2024. This report fulfils that commission. We expect to receive a commission for a full review of the immigration salary list (ISL) and ask the government to consider the points outlined in this report prior to commission.
Government announcement:
The government announcement on 4 December 2023 (to be implemented from April 2024) includes:
- Shortage Occupation List (SOL) to be replaced with the Immigration Salary List (ISL);
- Abolishing the 20% ‘going rate’ discount, previously a benefit of placing an occupation on the SOL;
- SW route (except Health & Care worker (H&CW) visa):
- General threshold raised from £26,200 to £38,700. This is an increase from the 25th to 50th percentile (median) of eligible SW occupations alongside an update to the latest nominal wage data (Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE));
- Raising the occupation-specific thresholds from the 25th percentile to the 50th percentile (median) full-time salary of the occupation for non-H&CW occupations or the national pay scale where applicable; and,
- For occupations on the ISL, a threshold of either £30,960 or their occupation-specific threshold, whichever is higher.
- H&CW Visa:
- An exemption recognising the public value and as stated by the government to “continue to bring the healthcare workers that our care sector and NHS need”;
- General threshold of £29,000 rather than £38,700, which continues to be the 25th percentile of salaries uprated to the latest data;
- Occupation-specific thresholds set at the 25th percentile or the national pay scale where applicable; and,
- For occupations on the ISL, a threshold of either £23,200 or their occupation-specific threshold, whichever is higher.
As requested by the Home Secretary in the commissioning letter, we have considered only those occupations currently on the SOL and those which we recommended for inclusion in our 2023 SOL review. This is intended to be an interim measure for the implementation of the new rules announced on 4 December 2023, ahead of a full review of the ISL starting later in the year. We have recommended 21 occupations be included on the ISL, which represents 8% of job roles eligible for the SW route by employment. Previously, approximately 30% of job roles eligible for the SW route were on the SOL.
Following the change in occupation-specific thresholds (previously referred to as going rates) from the 25th percentile to the median full-time salary (for non-H&CW occupations), we will henceforth refer explicitly to the percentile measure (either 25th or 50th) and will use the term occupation-specific threshold to refer to the 25th percentile for H&CW occupations and the 50th percentile for non-H&CW occupations. We will no longer use the term ‘going rate’ (see Table 1 below for a summary of the changes).
Table 1. Summary of change in immigration rules related to the SOL/ISL
Non-H&CW occupations | H&CW occupations not on a pay scale (including care workers and senior care workers) | Pay scale occupations | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
General threshold (minimum salary threshold if not on SOL/ISL) | Current policy | £26,200 | £26,200 | £20,960 |
General threshold (minimum salary threshold if not on SOL/ISL) | From April 2024 | £38,700 | £29,000 | £23,200 |
Minimum general threshold if on SOL/ISL | Current policy | £20,960 | £20,960 | £20,960 |
Minimum general threshold if on SOL/ISL | From April 2024 | £30,960 | £23,200 | £23,200 |
Occupation-specific threshold | Current Policy | 25th percentile | 25th percentile | National pay scales |
Occupation-specific threshold | From April 2024 | 50th percentile | 25th percentile | National pay scales |
The role of the Immigration Salary List (ISL)
In our 2023 SOL review, we provided an overview of the role that the SOL plays in the current immigration system. It is a list of occupations where employers face a shortage of suitable labour and where we judge that migration is a sensible response to that shortage. The government will need to consider the benefits and function of the ISL in advance of our full ISL review. For this review we have assumed that the main benefit of inclusion on the ISL is to allow employers to recruit migrants on a salary below the general threshold – with the discount being a maximum of 20%. In this section, we consider the issues around the objectives of the ISL, and the benefits attached to it.
Purpose and scope of the ISL
Despite the above assumptions, and in order to conduct a thorough full review of the ISL later this year, we require further clarity from the government on what the benefits and longer-term purpose of the ISL will be. Aside from some of the more technical aspects of the ISL, it is important for the government to lay out the role it wants the ISL to play within the wider immigration system. For example, is the primary purpose of the ISL to fill shortages in the short term with overseas labour? Or is the ISL being implemented for a wider purpose, for example, to support government priority sectors and broader government policies or to support sectors where there are broader benefits and spillovers to UK society, independent of shortage considerations? We highlight throughout this section some of our positions and where we require further clarity from the government so that we may perform an informed and comprehensive review of the ISL in due course.
It should be noted that, in our most recent review of the SOL, we referred to what we saw as the diminishing benefits of the SOL, highlighting that it served a relatively minor function in immigration policy and emphasising that the SOL has never served to support other government policies. We also recommended either abolishing or heavily reforming the SOL. We adopted this view in light of several factors, including the removal of both the Resident Labour Market Test and the cap on work visas with the introduction of the current immigration system, as well as the ask from the government to consider excluding occupations where there was a “negligible benefit” of being on the SOL. However, given the uplift in salary thresholds, there is a need for us to revisit our previous recommendations alongside conducting a full review of occupations. We also request that the government specify any further benefits an occupation will receive as a result of being included on the ISL. For example, will occupations placed on the ISL still benefit from slightly lower visa fees? In our 2023 SOL review, we previously stated that we see this as only a negligible benefit and, in isolation, should not warrant justification for placement on the ISL.
We note in the commissioning letter that, alongside the need for immigration to be a sensible response to shortage in a sector, occupations placed on the ISL must also be suitably skilled, as was the case with the SOL. For this reason, we will not consider RQF 1-2 occupations as part of ISL reviews and believe that, given the lower pay generally associated with these occupations, they would struggle to meet even the reduced ISL threshold required to access the SW route. We specify below our justification for including care worker occupations on the ISL in this interim review but will be revisiting this position as part of a fuller ISL review. We intend to follow the SOC 2020 code classifications for occupations skilled at RQF 3 and above for our full review of the ISL. The government should clarify if they would like us to take an alternative approach, providing a rationale for including any lower training requirement roles on the SW route. Given the new level of salary thresholds, we expect that the SW route use will be predominantly for graduate-level occupations as the levels of pay may be out of reach for many RQF 3-5 occupations, except for pay scale occupations and the social care sector which have exemptions.
Under the current system, there is a UK-wide SOL and Devolved Nations (DN) specific SOLs in line with our recommendation in our 2019 SOL review. We recommend that there is both a UK-wide ISL and a specific ISL for each of the Devolved Nations.
Timing of ISL reviews
Pending clarification from the government on the longer-term purposes and any changes to the benefits of the ISL, we also remain of the view that the ISL should be reviewed in a systematic and scheduled annual basis, with a cycle of major and minor reviews. This was an approach the government previously agreed as part of SOL reviews, although did not happen in practice due to the announced changes in salary thresholds. A regular cycle allows employers to prepare their evidence accordingly and for ISL reviews to be more responsive to the labour market. We propose maintaining the major/minor review cycle (a major review every 3 years with minor reviews the other 2 years). We described our approach in our 2023 SOL review and also reassert our view that the government should uprate salary thresholds each year in line with ASHE data to reflect prevailing labour market conditions. However, if the benefits and the purpose of the ISL significantly change, then a different approach may need to be considered. We would expect the full review planned for 2024 to be a major review.
Public sector and care workers
We have recommended the continued inclusion of care worker occupations on the ISL and will reassess this position as part of a fuller ISL review. In making care workers eligible in 2022 we recognised the very considerable public benefit that is provided by the social care sector, over and above its economic contribution. However, we remain concerned with the low pay that continues to be embedded further within the sector and we are disappointed that the government have failed to respond to our 2022 review of the adult social care sector almost 2 years after publication.
There is a widening divide occurring as a result of the increasing salary demands placed on the private sector, whilst occupations that are publicly funded receive exemptions from these thresholds. The government appears to be exempting itself from any salary thresholds which would require an increase in pay for publicly funded workers and therefore an increase in funding for these public services. This widening divide poses an increased risk of exploitation for lower-paid occupations, such as care workers, as the gap between salary thresholds for private and publicly funded occupations becomes larger.
Relatedly, jobs within SOC codes that are eligible for the H&CW visa are generally only eligible for the visa if the job is with the NHS, a private provider working for the NHS, or in adult social care. This means that even if a SOC code is eligible for the H&CW visa, which threshold a specific job faces will depend on whether the job is eligible for the H&CW visa. For example, the NHS would be able to pay laboratory technicians (SOC 2020 code 3111) £23,200 or above whilst private sponsors would have to pay laboratory technicians £30,960 or above. This will result in a widening divide between jobs within the same occupation that are publicly funded and those that are in the private sector. This adds extra complexity to the system. We encourage the government to consider this impact of the rule changes.
Salary discount on ISL
Placement on the ISL will give occupations a 20% discount on the general salary threshold subject to not reducing salaries below the level of the occupation-specific threshold. This raises two important questions. First, because the general threshold has now been redefined for SW non-H&CW occupations to be the median salary of eligible occupations rather than the 25th percentile, this will mean that for many occupations, particularly at the RQF3-5 level, even the ISL-reduced threshold will be above the salaries paid for the vast majority of workers in that occupation. For example, veterinary nurses (SOC 2020 code 3240), which are not on a national pay scale, have a median salary of £24,400 and therefore, even if placed on the ISL, would struggle to use the SW route given the ISL threshold would be £30,960. The new general threshold in effect will mean that the SW route becomes unavailable for many occupations.
Second, we recommended the abolition of the going rate discount in our 2023 SOL review because we were concerned that allowing employers to pay below the 25th percentile of salaries in an occupation could lead to undercutting of domestic workers and exploitation of migrants. Whilst the government have accepted this recommendation, they have at the same time redefined the occupation-specific threshold to be the 50th percentile (for non-H&CW occupations). This, however, substantially weakens the rationale for not being able to pay below the occupation-specific threshold – as half of all workers in an occupation earn less than the median and this does not obviously lead to undercutting and exploitation. We encourage the government to consider this impact of the rule’s changes.
Prior to a future commission on the ISL, the government will need to decide on what the appropriate benefits of the ISL should be. We recommend the government ask the MAC to provide advice on what the benefits of the ISL should be. This could be done via a 2-stage process whereby we carry out the necessary analysis and make recommendations to the government on what the benefits of the ISL should be. This needs to be done in advance of a full ISL review (where we review which occupations to include on the ISL) to enable stakeholders to provide evidence with an understanding of the benefits. Following agreement from the government on the benefits, the MAC could carry out a major review of the ISL. It is not feasible to carry out a major review of which occupations to include on the list in advance of agreement of the benefits of the ISL.
New entrant threshold
The government has announced that, for now, the new entrant discount available for those aged 26 and under will continue. In its current form, this discount provides a 30% discount on the occupation-specific threshold and a 20% discount on the general salary threshold, the higher of which must be paid. Employers may take advantage of the new entrant discount (more than they have historically done) as the increased salary thresholds will make this discount more attractive and for some occupations may be the only way to recruit migrant workers on the SW route. Given the increased incentive to use the discount as a result of higher salary thresholds, we encourage the government to consider this impact of the rule changes on the use of new entrant discount.
Use of ISL beyond the Skilled Worker route
In our 2023 SOL review, we highlighted 2 areas where the SOL was used in other parts of the immigration system and would need review if the SOL itself was changed.
(a) – Asylum Seekers: Current rules require that asylum seekers who have been granted permission to work can only work in roles on the SOL. We recommended in our 2023 SOL review that, if granted the right to work, asylum seekers should be able to work in any job and failing this any job eligible for the SW route. We question the value of restricting asylum seekers granted the right to work to roles on what will become the ISL. Under the current rules it means that, for example, an asylum seeker with the right to work could do work as a welder but not as a software developer.
(b) – Creative Workers: The Creative Worker (CW) visa currently allows employers to waive a labour market test associated with this visa if the relevant occupation is on the SOL. We recommended removal of this reference to the SOL and to remove the labour market test. We also recommended that the Home Office attached a minimum salary threshold to the CW visa, to ensure there is no economic advantage in using this visa to pay lower salaries compared to the SW route for the same job. This recommendation has become all the more pertinent with the rise in SW salary thresholds and we urge the government to consider the recommendations we have made in this space to help protect both migrant and resident workers.
Immigration salary list recommendations
The following SW (non-H&CW) occupations have been recommended for the ISL. These occupations were previously recommended for the SOL in our 2023 review:
Table 2. SW (Non-H&CW) occupations recommended for the ISL that were previously recommended for inclusion on the SOL in our 2023 review
SOC 2010 code | Description | SOC 2020 code | Description | Salary threshold if on ISL | UK wide or Devolved Nation ISL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1213 | Managers and proprietors in forestry, fishing and related services – add only “fishing boat masters” | 1212 | Managers and proprietors in forestry, fishing and related services – add only “fishing boat masters” | £30,960 | Scotland only |
3111 | Laboratory technicians – all jobs (requires 3 years or more experience) | 3111 | Laboratory technicians – all non-H&CW eligible jobs (requires 3 years or more experience) | £30,960 | UK-wide |
3217 | Pharmaceutical technicians – all jobs | 3212 | Pharmaceutical technicians – all non-H&CW eligible jobs | £30,960 | UK-wide |
5236 | Boat and ship builders and repairers – all jobs | 5235 | Boat and ship builders and repairers – all jobs | £34,100 | Scotland only |
5312 | Bricklayers and masons – all jobs | 5312 | Stonemasons and related trades – all jobs | £32,400 | UK-wide |
5312 | Bricklayers and masons – all jobs | 5313 | Bricklayers – all jobs | £30,960 | UK-wide |
5313 | Roofers, roof tilers and slaters – all jobs | 5314 | Roofers, roof tilers and slaters – all jobs | £30,960 | UK-wide |
5319 | Construction and building trades not elsewhere classified – add only “retrofitters” | 5319 | Construction and building trades not elsewhere classified – add only “retrofitters” | £30,960 | UK-wide |
6139 | Animal care services occupations not elsewhere classified – add only “racing grooms”, “stallion handlers”, “stud grooms”, “stud hands”, “stud handlers” and “work riders” | 6129 | Animal care services occupations not elsewhere classified – add only “racing grooms”, “stallion handlers”, “stud grooms”, “stud hands”, “stud handlers” and “work riders” | £30,960 | UK-wide |
6145 | Care workers and home carers – private households or individuals (other than sole traders sponsoring someone to work for their business) cannot sponsor Skilled Worker applicants | 6135 | Care workers and home carers – private households or individuals (other than sole traders sponsoring someone to work for their business) cannot sponsor Skilled Worker applicants in non-H&CW eligible jobs* | £30,960 | UK-wide |
6146 | Senior care workers – all jobs | 6136 | Senior care workers – all non-H&CW eligible jobs* | £30,960 | UK-wide |
*Home Office data suggests a very small % (less than 1% of visas granted) of care workers and senior care workers are not eligible for the H&CW visa.
The following non-H&CW occupations have been recommended for the ISL. Under the old salary thresholds, we considered in our 2023 review that they were able to use the SW route without inclusion on the SOL but now would benefit from being on ISL given the higher salary thresholds and there are no clear and obvious reasons to exclude them in the interim:
Table 3. Occupations recommended for the ISL that are not on the H&CW Visa where inclusion is sensible due to increased salary thresholds
SOC 2010 code | Description | SOC 2020 code | Description | Salary threshold if on ISL | UK wide or Devolved Nation ISL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2111 | Chemical scientists – only jobs in the nuclear industry | 2111 | Chemical scientists – only jobs in the nuclear industry | £35,200 | Scotland only |
2112 | Biological scientists and biochemists – all jobs | 2112 | Biological scientists – all non-H&CW eligible jobs | £37,100 | UK-wide |
2114 | Social and humanities scientists – only archaeologists | 2115 | Social and humanities scientists – only archaeologists | £36,400 | UK-wide |
3411 | Artists – all jobs | 3411 | Artists – all jobs | £32,800 | UK-wide |
3414 | Dancers and choreographers – only skilled classical ballet dancers or skilled contemporary dancers who meet the standard required by internationally recognised UK ballet or contemporary dance companies. The company must be endorsed as being internationally recognised by a UK industry body such as the Arts Councils (of England, Scotland or Wales). | 3414 | Dancers and choreographers – only skilled classical ballet dancers or skilled contemporary dancers who meet the standard required by internationally recognised UK ballet or contemporary dance companies. The company must be endorsed as being internationally recognised by a UK industry body such as the Arts Councils (of England, Scotland or Wales). | £31,200 | UK-wide |
3415 | Musicians – only skilled orchestral musicians who are leaders, principals, sub-principals or numbered string positions, and who meet the standard required by internationally recognised UK orchestras. The orchestra must be a full member of the Association of British Orchestras. | 3415 | Musicians – only skilled orchestral musicians who are leaders, principals, sub-principals or numbered string positions, and who meet the standard required by internationally recognised UK orchestras. The orchestra must be a full member of the Association of British Orchestras. | £35,300 | UK-wide |
3416 | Arts officers, producers and directors – all jobs | 3416 | Arts officers, producers and directors – all jobs | £37,500 | UK-wide |
3421 | Graphic designers – all jobs | 2142 | Graphic and multimedia designers – all jobs | £30,960 | UK-wide |
5215 | Welding trades – only high integrity pipe welders, where the job requires 3 or more years related on-the-job experience. This experience must not have been gained through illegal working. | 5213 | Welding trades – only high integrity pipe welders, where the job requires 3 or more years related on-the-job experience. This experience must not have been gained through illegal working. | £31,700 | UK-wide |
5315 | Carpenters and joiners – all jobs | 5316 | Carpenters and joiners – all jobs | £30,960 | UK-wide |
The following H&CW occupations have been recommended for the ISL:
Table 4. Occupations recommended for the ISL that are eligible for the H&CW Visa and that were previously recommended for inclusion on the SOL in our 2023 review
SOC 2010 code | Description | SOC 2020 code | Description | Salary threshold if on ISL | UK wide or Devolved Nation ISL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3111 | Laboratory technicians – all jobs (requires 3 years or more experience) | 3111 | Laboratory technicians – all H&CW eligible jobs (requires 3 years or more experience) | £23,200 | UK-wide |
3217 | Pharmaceutical technicians – all jobs | 3212 | Pharmaceutical technicians – all H&CW eligible jobs | £23,400 | UK-wide |
6145 | Care workers and home carers – private households or individuals (other than sole traders sponsoring someone to work for their business) cannot sponsor Skilled Worker applicants | 6135 | Care workers and home carers – private households or individuals (other than sole traders sponsoring someone to work for their business) cannot sponsor Skilled Worker applicants in H&CW eligible jobs* | £23,200 | UK-wide |
6146 | Senior care workers – all jobs | 6136 | Senior care workers – all H&CW eligible jobs* | £23,200 | UK-wide |
*Over 99% of care worker and senior care worker roles were eligible for the H&CW visa according to Home Office data.
The following occupations are not recommended for the ISL as we did not find the evidence submitted to our 2023 SOL review convincing regarding the need for ISL inclusion and we also highlighted a risk of migrant exploitation:
Table 5. Occupations not recommended for the ISL due to risk of migrant exploitation
SOC 2010 code | Description | SOC 2020 code | Description | Area of the UK where previously on SOL or recommended to be on SOL |
---|---|---|---|---|
5119 | Agriculture and fishing trades not elsewhere classified – only jobs in the fishing industry | 5119 | Agriculture and fishing trades not elsewhere classified – only jobs in the fishing industry | UK-wide |
9119 | Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations not elsewhere classified – only deckhands on large fishing vessel (9 metres and above). The job must require 3 or more years full-time experience. This experience must not have been gained through illegal working. | 9119 | Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations not elsewhere classified – only deckhands on large fishing vessel (9 metres and above). The job must require 3 or more years full-time experience. This experience must not have been gained through illegal working. | UK-wide |
The following occupation is not recommended for the ISL as previously submitted evidence on efforts to alleviate shortage was deemed unconvincing:
Table 6. Occupations ineligible for the ISL as the previously submitted evidence on efforts to alleviate shortage was deemed unconvincing
SOC 2010 code | Description | SOC 2020 code | Description | Area of the UK where previously on SOL or recommended to be on SOL |
---|---|---|---|---|
5321 | Plasterers – all jobs | 5321 | Plasterers – all jobs | UK-wide |
The following occupations are not recommended for the ISL as they are on a national pay scale. These occupations have an occupation specific threshold (defined by their national pay scales) above the minimum floor of £23,200 and therefore would not receive any salary discount if included on the ISL:
Table 7. Occupations not recommended for the ISL as they are on a national pay scale
SOC 2010 code | Description | SOC 2020 code | Description | Area of the UK where previously on SOL or recommended to be on SOL |
---|---|---|---|---|
2211 | Medical practitioners – all jobs | 2211 | Generalist medical practitioners – all jobs | UK-wide |
2211 | Medical practitioners – all jobs | 2212 | Specialist medical practitioners – all jobs | UK-wide |
2212 | Psychologists – all jobs | 2225 | Clinical psychologists – all jobs | UK-wide |
2212 | Psychologists – all jobs | 2226 | Other psychologists – all jobs | UK-wide |
2213 | Pharmacists – all jobs | 2251 | Pharmacists – all jobs | UK-wide |
2217 | Medical radiographers – all jobs (including radiotherapy practitioners/technologists) | 2254 | Medical radiographers – all jobs (including radiotherapy practitioners/technologists) | UK-wide |
2219 | Health professionals not elsewhere classified – all jobs | 2259 | Other health professionals not elsewhere classified – all jobs | UK-wide |
2221 | Physiotherapists – all jobs | 2221 | Physiotherapists – all jobs | UK-wide |
2222 | Occupational therapists – all jobs | 2222 | Occupational therapists – all jobs | UK-wide |
2223 | Speech and language therapists – all jobs | 2223 | Speech and language therapists – all jobs | UK-wide |
2231 | Nurses – all jobs | 2232 | Registered community nurses – all jobs | UK-wide |
2231 | Nurses – all jobs | 2233 | Registered specialist nurses – all jobs | UK-wide |
2231 | Nurses – all jobs | 2234 | Registered nurse practitioners – all jobs | UK-wide |
2231 | Nurses – all jobs | 2235 | Registered mental health nurses – all jobs | UK-wide |
2231 | Nurses – all jobs | 2236 | Registered children’s nurses -all jobs | UK-wide |
2231 | Nurses – all jobs | 2237 | Other registered nursing professionals – all jobs | UK-wide |
2314 | Secondary education teaching professionals – only teachers in maths, physics, science (where an element of physics will be taught), computer science and modern foreign languages | 2313 | Secondary education teaching professionals – only teachers in maths, physics, science (where an element of physics will be taught), computer science and modern foreign languages | UK-wide |
2314 | Secondary education teaching professionals – only teachers in Gaelic | 2313 | Secondary education teaching professionals – only teachers in Gaelic | Scotland only |
2315 | Primary and nursery education teaching professionals – only Gaelic medium teachers | 2314 | Primary education teaching professionals – only Gaelic medium teachers | Scotland only |
2315 | Primary and nursery education teaching professionals – only Gaelic medium teachers | 2315 | Nursery education teaching professionals – only Gaelic medium teachers | Scotland only |
2442 | Social workers – all jobs | 2461 | Social workers – all jobs | UK-wide |
3213 | Paramedics – all jobs | 2255 | Paramedics – all jobs | UK-wide |
6141 | Nursing auxiliaries and assistants – all jobs | 6131 | Nursing auxiliaries and assistants – all jobs | UK-wide |
The following SW non-H&CW occupations are not recommended for the ISL as their occupation-specific threshold (defined by the median salary) is above £38,700 and therefore would not receive any salary discount if they were included on the ISL:
Table 8. Occupations not recommended for the ISL as their median salary is above £38,700
SOC 2010 code | Description | SOC 2020 code | Description | Area of the UK where previously on SOL or recommended to be on SOL |
---|---|---|---|---|
1181 | Health services and public health managers and directors – all jobs | 1171 | Health services and public health managers and directors – all non-H&CW eligible jobs | UK-wide |
1242 | Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors – all jobs | 1232 | Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors – all non-H&CW eligible jobs | UK-wide |
2112 | Biological scientists and biochemists – all jobs | 2113 | Biochemists and biomedical scientists – all non-H&CW eligible jobs | UK-wide |
2113 | Physical scientists – only the following jobs in the construction-related ground engineering industry: engineering geologist, hydrogeologist, geophysicist. | 2114 | Physical scientists – only the following eligible jobs in the construction-related ground engineering industry: engineering geologist, hydrogeologist, geophysicist. | UK-wide |
2113 | Physical scientists – only the following jobs in the oil and gas industry: geophysicist, geoscientist, geologist, geochemist, technical services manager in the decommissioning and waste areas of the nuclear industry, senior resource geologist and staff geologist in the mining sector | 2114 | Physical scientists – only the following eligible jobs in the oil and gas industry: geophysicist, geoscientist, geologist, geochemist, technical services manager in the decommissioning and waste areas of the nuclear industry, senior resource geologist and staff geologist in the mining sector | UK-wide |
2121 | Civil engineers – all jobs | 2121 | Civil engineers – all jobs | UK-wide |
2122 | Mechanical engineers – all jobs | 2122 | Mechanical engineers – all jobs | UK-wide |
2123 | Electrical engineers – all jobs | 2123 | Electrical engineers – all jobs | UK-wide |
2124 | Electronics engineers – all jobs | 2124 | Electronics engineers -all jobs | UK-wide |
2126 | Design and development engineers – all jobs | 2122 | Mechanical engineers – all jobs | UK-wide |
2126 | Design and development engineers – all jobs | 2124 | Electronics engineers -all jobs | UK-wide |
2126 | Design and development engineers – all jobs | 2129 | Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified – all jobs | UK-wide |
2127 | Production and process engineers – all jobs | 2125 | Production and process engineers – all jobs | UK-wide |
2129 | Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified – all jobs | 2127 | Engineering project managers and project engineers – all jobs | UK-wide |
2129 | Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified – all jobs | 2129 | Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified – all jobs | UK-wide |
2135 | IT business analysts, architects and systems designers – all jobs | 2133 | IT business analysts, architects and systems designers – all jobs | UK-wide |
2136 | Programmers and software development professionals – all jobs | 2134 | Programmers and software development professionals – all jobs | UK-wide |
2137 | Web design and development professionals – all jobs | 2141 | Web design professionals – all jobs | UK-wide |
2139 | Information technology and communications professionals not elsewhere classified – only cyber security specialists | 2135 | Cyber security professionals – all jobs | UK-wide |
2216 | Veterinarians – all jobs | 2240 | Veterinarians – all jobs | UK-wide |
2425 | Actuaries, economists and statisticians – only bio-informaticians and informaticians | 2433 | Actuaries, economists and statisticians – only bio-informaticians and informaticians | UK-wide |
2431 | Architects – all jobs | 2451 | Architects – all jobs | UK-wide |
2461 | Quality control and planning engineers – all jobs | 2481 | Quality control and planning engineers – all jobs | UK-wide |
The following H&CW occupations are not recommended for the ISL as their occupation-specific threshold (defined by 25th percentile given they are on the H&CW visa) is above £29,000 and therefore would not receive any salary discount if they were included on the ISL:
Table 9. H&CW visa occupations which are not on a pay scale and are not recommended for the ISL as their 25th percentile salary is above £29,000
SOC 2010 code | Description | SOC 2020 code | Description | Area of the UK where previously on SOL or recommended to be on SOL |
---|---|---|---|---|
1181 | Health services and public health managers and directors – all jobs | 1171 | Health services and public health managers and directors – all H&CW eligible jobs | UK-wide |
1242 | Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors – all jobs | 1232 | Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors – all H&CW eligible jobs | UK-wide |
2112 | Biological scientists and biochemists – all jobs | 2112 | Biological scientists – all H&CW eligible jobs | UK-wide |
2112 | Biological scientists and biochemists – all jobs | 2113 | Biochemists and biomedical scientists – all H&CW eligible jobs | UK-wide |
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