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Skilled Worker visa: eligible occupations

Find out which jobs are eligible for the Skilled Worker visa.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 1 December 2020
• Last updated: 22 July 2025
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  1. 22 July 2025

     Updated to reflect changes to the Immigration Rules which came into force on 22 July 2025.

  2. 9 April 2025

     Updated job titles.

  3. 13 February 2025

     Updated the eligible and ineligible jobs under 9119: Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations not elsewhere classified.

  4. 4 April 2024

     Updated to reflect Immigration Rules changes to occupation codes.

  5. 7 August 2023

     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.

  6. 15 February 2022

     New care workers and home carers table addition entry 6145 added.

  7. 6 April 2021

     Updated to add fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations not elsewhere classified to the list.

  8. 1 December 2020

     First published.

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A list of eligible occupations and codes for the Skilled Worker visa.