UK Skilled Worker visa: salary thresholds, going rates and skill levels; eligibility tables by first CoS date with transitional arrangements (April 2024 changes and RQF 6 from 22 July 2025)
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Eligibility for a position under the Skilled Worker route turns on two elements: pay and skill level. For salary, the job must meet or surpass both:
- the applicable ‘general salary’ threshold, and
- the applicable minimum ‘going rate’ for the role
For skill level, the role must sit within a Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 2020 code listed in the relevant table of Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations.
The route now includes several notable transitional arrangements. These provisions (often termed grandfathering) generally shield individuals who already hold permission, or have a pending application in the route, from changes that might otherwise prevent them from extending, settling, or otherwise negatively impact them.
In this context, certain transitional measures apply where a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) was issued before the relevant date, and entry clearance or permission was then granted pursuant to that CoS. However, in relation to the transitional measures tied to the 22 July 2025 skill level changes at least, the Explanatory Memorandum to Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules HC 997 records that ‘these transitional arrangements will not be in place...
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