Which job roles will still meet the required skill level for a Skilled Worker visa after July 2025?

If you’re already on a Skilled Worker visa in a job below RQF Level 6, you’ll still be allowed to extend your visa, change employers, or take on extra work under the old rules. But if you’re applying from overseas or switching from a different visa category, the new rules will apply. That means your job must either be on the new temporary list or be at RQF Level 6 or above to qualify for sponsorship.

• 1111 Chief executives and senior officials

• 1121 Production managers and directors in manufacturing

• 1122 Production managers and directors in construction

• 1123 Production managers and directors in mining and energy

• 1131 Financial managers and directors

• 1132 Marketing, sales and advertising directors

• 1133 Public relations and communications directors

• 1134 Purchasing managers and directors

• 1135 Charitable organisation managers and directors

• 1136 Human resource managers and directors

• 1137 Information technology directors

• 1139 Functional managers and directors not elsewhere classified (e.g., Accounts directors, Complaints and customer service directors, Events directors, Municipal clerks.)

• 1140 Directors in logistics, warehousing

• 1162 Senior police officers

• 1163 Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services

• 1171 Health services and public health managers and directors

• 1172 Social services managers and directors

• 1241 Managers in transport and distribution

• 1254 Waste disposal and environmental services managers

• 1255 Managers and directors in the creative industries

• 2111 Chemical scientists

• 2112 Biological scientists

• 2113 Biochemists and biomedical scientists

• 2114 Physical scientists

• 2115 Social and humanities scientists

• 2119 Natural and social science professionals not elsewhere classified

• 2121 Civil engineers

• 2122 Mechanical engineers

• 2123 Electrical engineers

• 2124 Electronics engineers

• 2125 Production and process engineers

• 2126 Aerospace engineers

• 2127 Engineering project managers and project engineers

• 2129 Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified (e.g., Acoustic engineers, Brewers (qualified), Food technologists, Gas engineers)

• 2131 IT project managers

• 2132 IT managers

• 2133 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers

• 2134 Programmers and software development professionals

• 2135 Cyber security professionals

• 2136 IT quality and testing professionals

• 2137 IT network professionals

• 2139 Information technology professionals not elsewhere classified

• 2141 Web design professionals

• 2142 Graphic and multimedia designers

• 2151 Conservation professionals

• 2152 Environment professionals

• 2161 Research and development (R&D) managers

• 2162 Other researchers, unspecified discipline

• 2240 Veterinarians

• 2311 Higher education teaching professionals

• 2317 Teachers of English as a foreign language

• 2319 Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified

• 2322 Education managers

• 2323 Education advisers and school inspectors

• 2329 Other educational professionals not elsewhere classified

• 2411 Barristers and judges

• 2412 Solicitors and lawyers

• 2419 Legal professionals not elsewhere classified

• 2421 Chartered and certified accountants

• 2422 Finance and investment analysts and advisers

• 2423 Taxation experts

• 2431 Management consultants and business analysts

• 2432 Marketing and commercial managers

• 2433 Actuaries, economists and statisticians

• 2434 Business and related research professionals

• 2435 Professional/chartered company secretaries

• 2439 Business, research and administrative professionals not elsewhere classified

• 2440 Business and financial project management professionals

• 2451 Architects

• 2452 Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants

• 2453 Quantity surveyors

• 2454 Chartered surveyors

• 2455 Construction project managers and related professionals

• 2462 Probation officers

• 2464 Youth work professionals

• 2469 Welfare professionals not elsewhere classified

• 2471 Librarians

• 2472 Archivists, conservators and curators

• 2481 Quality control and planning engineers

• 2482 Quality assurance and regulatory professionals

• 2483 Environmental health professionals

• 2491 Newspaper, periodical and broadcast editors

• 2492 Newspaper and periodical broadcast journalists and reporters

• 2493 Public relations professionals

• 2494 Advertising accounts managers and creative directors

• 3415 Musicians

• 3416 Arts officers, producers and directors

• 3511 Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers

• 3531 Brokers

• 3534 Financial accounts managers

• 3556 Sales accounts and business development managers