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Aerospace engineers

Occupation · SOC 2020 2126 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
2126
Going rate (Table 1, options A and D)
£52,400 (£26.87 per hour)
On the Immigration Salary List
No
Sponsored work visas 2025, minor group 212
4,531
Going rate£52,400 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£52,400 (£26.87 per hour)Yes
Table 2£43,400 (£22.26 per hour)Yes

Example job titles (non-exclusive)

  • Aeronautical engineers (professional)
  • Aircraft engineers (professional)
  • Avionics engineers
  • Aerospace engineers 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 212

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 212 (Engineering Professionals); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

3,4126,823202120222023202420252026
3,4126,823202120222023202420252026
Data table
20213,427
20226,713
20236,823
20245,522
20254,531
20262,335
By route
  1. Skilled Worker16,502
  2. Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility)8,199
  3. Intra-company Transfer1,978
  4. Government Authorised Exchange (previously Tier 5)1,788
  5. Service Supplier (Global Business Mobility)392
  6. Graduate Trainee (Global Business Mobility)385
By nationality, unit group 2126 (where published)
  1. India68
  2. Japan39
  3. United States34
  4. Italy33
  5. Canada33
  6. Turkey19
  7. France18
  8. Spain11
  9. Germany9
  10. Portugal8
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 Aerospace engineers (Table 1 where listed) is £52,400 a year, #31 highest of 277 eligible occupations and 74.7% above the median going rate of £30,000.

Going rate (Table 1 where listed)
£52,400
Median going rate, all occupations
£30,000
Rank (highest first)
31 of 277
Occupations on the Immigration Salary List
25
Going rate (Table 1), this and related occupations, £ a year
  1. Aerospace engineers52,400
  2. Civil engineers50,400
  3. Mechanical engineers46,800
  4. Electrical engineers58,700
  5. Electronics engineers52,000
  6. Production and process engineers45,000
  7. Engineering project managers and project engineers51,900
  8. Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified46,100
  9. Chemical scientists39,900
  10. Biological scientists40,300
  11. Biochemists and biomedical scientists45,900
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

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