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Environment professionals

Occupation · SOC 2020 2152 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
2152
Going rate (Table 1, options A and D)
£37,200 (£19.08 per hour)
On the Immigration Salary List
No
Sponsored work visas 2025, minor group 215
111
Going rate£37,200 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£37,200 (£19.08 per hour)Yes
Table 2£31,400 (£16.10 per hour)Yes

Example job titles (non-exclusive)

  • Energy managers
  • Environmental and geo-environmental engineers
  • Environmental consultants
  • Environmental scientists
  • Sustainability officers
  • Environmental professionals 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 215

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 215 (Conservation and Environment Professionals); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

82163202120222023202420252026
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Data table
2021105
2022163
2023139
2024104
2025111
202648
By route
  1. Skilled Worker489
  2. Government Authorised Exchange (previously Tier 5)93
  3. Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility)35
  4. Charity Worker (previously Tier 5)26
  5. Intra-company Transfer14
  6. Graduate Trainee (Global Business Mobility)10
By nationality, unit group 2152 (where published)
  1. United States13
  2. Belgium13
  3. India12
  4. France8
  5. Italy8
  6. Germany5
  7. Netherlands5
  8. Japan5
  9. China4
  10. Indonesia4
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 Environment professionals (Table 1 where listed) is £37,200 a year, #87 highest of 277 eligible occupations and 24.0% above the median going rate of £30,000.

Going rate (Table 1 where listed)
£37,200
Median going rate, all occupations
£30,000
Rank (highest first)
87 of 277
Occupations on the Immigration Salary List
25
Going rate (Table 1), this and related occupations, £ a year
  1. Environment professionals37,200
  2. Conservation professionals36,000
  3. Chemical scientists39,900
  4. Biological scientists40,300
  5. Biochemists and biomedical scientists45,900
  6. Physical scientists54,600
  7. Social and humanities scientists40,400
  8. Natural and social science professionals not elsewhere classifiedNote: For Skilled Worker purposes, SOC 2020 occupation code 2119 includes researchers in research organisations other than universities.41,500
  9. Civil engineers50,400
  10. Mechanical engineers46,800
  11. Electrical engineers58,700
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

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