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Musicians — UK Skilled Worker going rate

SOC 2020 occupation code 3415

Going rate

£37,500

per year (£19.23/hr)

Effective minimum salary

£41,700

the higher of the £41,700 general threshold and the going rate

What this means

To sponsor someone as a musicians 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 (£37,500). Some applicants can be paid a lower salary using tradeable points.

Discounted salary options

Lower going rates that apply if you qualify on tradeable points:

  • £33,400Option E · 70%PhD in a relevant STEM subject / new entrant combinations

The discounted rate must still be at least the option's percentage of the going rate and meet the route's absolute minimum.

Related job titles

Non-exclusive examples for SOC 3415.

Composers and musical arrangersMusic conductorsInstrumentalistsMusicians not elsewhere classified