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Information technology directors

Occupation · SOC 2020 1137 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
1137
Going rate (Table 1, options A and D)
£86,000 (£44.10 per hour)
On the Immigration Salary List
No
Sponsored work visas 2025, minor group 113
3,190
Going rate£86,000 Table 1
Year by year
Data as at Immigration Rules, 11 Nov 2025
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Going rates

Minimum salaries by table of Appendix Skilled Occupations (per year, 37.5-hour week). Which table applies depends on the route and option.

TableGoing ratePhD points
Table 1£86,000 (£44.10 per hour)Yes
Table 2£61,200 (£31.38 per hour)Yes

Example job titles (non-exclusive)

  • Information security directors
  • Information technology operations directors
  • Information technology programme managers and directors
  • Information technology technical directors
  • Information technology directors not elsewhere classified
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

Sponsored work visas, minor group 113

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 113 (Functional Managers and Directors); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

2,0714,141202120222023202420252026
2,0714,141202120222023202420252026
Data table
20212,793
20224,141
20233,683
20243,230
20253,190
20261,698
By route
  1. Skilled Worker11,608
  2. Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility)5,146
  3. Intra-company Transfer1,466
  4. UK Expansion Worker (Global Business Mobility)211
  5. Creative Worker97
  6. Government Authorised Exchange (previously Tier 5)53
By nationality, unit group 1137 (where published)
  1. United States116
  2. India114
  3. Japan30
  4. Germany23
  5. Canada19
  6. Italy19
  7. France18
  8. Australia18
  9. China16
  10. Spain15
Source: Home Office, Immigration system statistics (year ending June 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0Data as at Jun 2026

Compared with other occupations

The going rate for Information technology directors (Table 1 where listed) is £86,000 a year, #3 highest of 277 eligible occupations and 186.7% above the median going rate of £30,000.

Going rate (Table 1 where listed)
£86,000
Median going rate, all occupations
£30,000
Rank (highest first)
3 of 277
Occupations on the Immigration Salary List
25
Going rate (Table 1), this and related occupations, £ a year
  1. Information technology directors86,000
  2. Financial managers and directors75,100
  3. Marketing, sales and advertising directors87,300
  4. Public relations and communications directors77,200
  5. Purchasing managers and directors54,700
  6. Charitable organisation managers and directors44,300
  7. Human resource managers and directors52,900
  8. Functional managers and directors not elsewhere classified74,700
  9. Chief executives and senior officials88,100
  10. Production managers and directors in manufacturing55,000
  11. Production managers and directors in construction53,400
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

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