Natural and social science professionals not elsewhere classified — UK Skilled Worker going rate

What this means

To sponsor someone as a natural and social science professionals not elsewhere classified on the Skilled Worker route, an employer must normally pay at least £41,700 per year — the general £41,700 threshold applies here because it is above this occupation's going rate (£41,500). Some applicants can be paid a lower salary using tradeable points.

Median-ASHE salary options (Table 1, options A-E)

You must be paid at least the option's minimum salary shown below, and meet who qualifies for that option.

• £41,700Option A · Standard

  The applicant’s salary equals or exceeds both: (SW 8.1.)

• £37,500Option B · PhD (non-STEM)

  The applicant has a PhD in a subject relevant to the job and their salary equals or exceeds both: (SW 9.1. to SW 9.4)

• £33,400Option C · PhD (STEM)

  The applicant has a PhD in a STEM subject relevant to the job and their salary equals or exceeds both: (SW 10.1. to SW 10.3.)

• £41,500Option D · Immigration Salary List

  The applicant is being sponsored for a job on the Immigration Salary List and their salary equals or exceeds both: (SW 11.1. to SW 11.3.)

• £33,400Option E · New entrant

  The applicant is a new entrant at the start of their career and their salary equals or exceeds both: (SW 12.1. to SW 12.3.)

25th-percentile salary options (Table 2, options F-J)

These lower, 25th-percentile-based options only apply if you are being sponsored for a Health and Care ASHE salary job, or (until 4 April 2030) you held continuous Skilled Worker permission granted before 4 April 2024 in this occupation. They are not available to most new applicants.

• £33,700Option F · Standard (25th-percentile / Health & Care ASHE, GBM, Scale-up)

  The applicant’s salary equals or exceeds both: (b) An applicant can only be awarded points from options F to J if: (i) they are being sponsored for a Health and Care ASHE salary job; or (ii) the date of application is before 4 April 2030, they were granted permission as a Skilled Worker under the rules in place before 4 April 2024, and they have had continuous permission as a Skilled Worker since then (except that where the Exceptions for overstayers section of Part Suitability applies, that period of overstaying will be disregarded). (SW 8.1)

• £30,300Option G · PhD (non-STEM, lower)

  The applicant has a PhD in a subject relevant to the job and their salary equals or exceeds both: (b) An applicant can only be awarded points from options F to J if: (i) they are being sponsored for a Health and Care ASHE salary job; or (ii) the date of application is before 4 April 2030, they were granted permission as a Skilled Worker under the rules in place before 4 April 2024, and they have had continuous permission as a Skilled Worker since then (except that where the Exceptions for overstayers section of Part Suitability applies, that period of overstaying will be disregarded). (SW 9.1 to 9.4)

• £26,900Option H · PhD (STEM, lower)

  The applicant has a PhD in a STEM subject relevant to the job and their salary equals or exceeds both: (b) An applicant can only be awarded points from options F to J if: (i) they are being sponsored for a Health and Care ASHE salary job; or (ii) the date of application is before 4 April 2030, they were granted permission as a Skilled Worker under the rules in place before 4 April 2024, and they have had continuous permission as a Skilled Worker since then (except that where the Exceptions for overstayers section of Part Suitability applies, that period of overstaying will be disregarded). (SW 10.1 to 10.3.)

• £33,700Option I · Immigration Salary List (lower)

  The applicant is being sponsored for a job on the Immigration Salary List and their salary equals or exceeds both: (b) An applicant can only be awarded points from options F to J if: (i) they are being sponsored for a Health and Care ASHE salary job; or (ii) the date of application is before 4 April 2030, they were granted permission as a Skilled Worker under the rules in place before 4 April 2024, and they have had continuous permission as a Skilled Worker since then (except that where the Exceptions for overstayers section of Part Suitability applies, that period of overstaying will be disregarded). (SW 11.1. to 11.3.)

• £25,000Option J · New entrant (lower)

  The applicant is a new entrant at the start of their career and their salary equals or exceeds both: (b) An applicant can only be awarded points from options F to J if: (i) they are being sponsored for a Health and Care ASHE salary job; or (ii) the date of application is before 4 April 2030, they were granted permission as a Skilled Worker under the rules in place before 4 April 2024, and they have had continuous permission as a Skilled Worker since then (except that where the Exceptions for overstayers section of Part Suitability applies, that period of overstaying will be disregarded). (SW 12.1. to 12.3.)

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Non-exclusive examples for SOC 2119.