SOC 6135TL;DRSOC 6135 (Care workers and home carers) is Medium Skilled (RQF 3–5) with a published going rate of £33,400. It is eligible for the Skilled Worker route only where the role is on the Immigration Salary List or otherwise meets the listed conditions — not the standard Skilled Worker route on its own.
Care workers and home carers
Community support workers, Home care workers, Residential care workers, Care workers and home carers not elsewhere classified
- SOC code
- 6135
- Skill level
- Medium Skilled (RQF 3–5)
- Going rate
- £33,400
- Hourly equivalent
- £17.13/hr
- Industry
- Social care
- Was (SOC 2010)
- 2442, 3231, 3239, 6141, 6144, 6145
Sponsors hiring under SOC 6135
Inferred from the social care sector. These are licensed UK sponsors most likely to issue Certificates of Sponsorship under this code.
Related SOC codes
- SOC 6111Early education and childcare assistants
- SOC 6114Childminders
- SOC 6117Playworkers
- SOC 6129Animal care services occupations not elsewhere classified
- SOC 6134Houseparents and residential wardens
- SOC 6136Senior care workers
Sources
- GOV.UK — Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Occupations (going rates). SOC 6135 going rate of £33,400 verified 24 June 2026.
- GOV.UK — Skilled Worker visa eligible occupations and codes. Skill-level classification (Medium Skilled – Subject to listed conditions), SOC 2020.