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SOC code & salary checker

Find your SOC 2020 occupation code, the going rate, and the effective 2026 minimum salary (the higher of the going rate and the £41,700 general threshold).

Search by job title or SOC code

SOC	Occupation	RQF	Going rate	Effective minimum (2026)
1132	Marketing, sales and advertising directors	6	£83,000	£83,000
1136	Information technology and telecommunications directors	6	£80,000	£80,000
2121	Civil engineers	6	£43,500	£43,500
2122	Mechanical engineers	6	£42,500	£42,500
2123	Electrical engineers	6	£45,600	£45,600
2124	Electronics engineers	6	£44,200	£44,200
2129	Engineering professionals n.e.c.	6	£42,100	£42,100
2134	Programmers and software development professionalsWas SOC 2136 (SOC 2010)	6	£49,400	£49,400
2135	IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	6	£51,700	£51,700
2137	Web design and development professionals	6	£43,100	£43,100
2139	Information technology and telecommunications professionals n.e.c.	6	£44,600	£44,600
2211	Medical practitioners	6	NHS pay scale	NHS pay scale
2231	Nurses	6	NHS pay scale	NHS pay scale
2314	Secondary education teaching professionals	6	National pay scale	National pay scale
2315	Primary and nursery education teaching professionals	6	National pay scale	National pay scale
2413	Solicitors	6	£51,300	£51,300
2421	Chartered and certified accountants	6	£46,800	£46,800
2424	Business and financial project management professionals	6	£50,400	£50,400
2425	Actuaries, economists and statisticians	6	£54,200	£54,200
2431	Management consultants and business analysts	6	£48,000	£48,000
3539	Business and related associate professionals n.e.c.	6	£41,700	£41,700
3541	Buyers and purchasing officers	6	£41,700	£41,700
3542	Business sales executives	6	£41,700	£41,700
3543	Marketing associate professionals	6	£41,700	£41,700
4112	National government administrative occupations	6	£41,700	£41,700

Rule: a sponsored worker must be paid the higher of the SOC code going rate and the general threshold of £41,700 (2026). The hourly floor is £17.13.