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Early education and childcare services managers

Occupation · SOC 2020 2324 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
2324
Going rate (Table 1, options A and D)
£33,400 (£17.13 per hour)
On the Immigration Salary List
No
Sponsored work visas 2025, minor group 232
66
Going rate£33,400 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 1a£33,400 (£17.13 per hour)Yes
Table 2aa£25,000 (£12.82 per hour)Yes
Table 2b£31,300 (£16.05 per hour)—

Example job titles (non-exclusive)

  • Early education and childcare services managers
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

Sponsored work visas, minor group 232

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 232 (Other Educational Professionals); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

170339202120222023202420252026
170339202120222023202420252026
Data table
2021236
2022308
2023339
202497
202566
202628
By route
  1. Government Authorised Exchange (previously Tier 5)677
  2. Skilled Worker359
  3. Charity Worker (previously Tier 5)13
  4. Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility)12
  5. International Agreement (previously Tier 5)10
  6. Intra-company Transfer2
By nationality, unit group 2324 (where published)
  1. Pakistan2
  2. Ghana1
  3. Singapore1
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 Early education and childcare services managers (Table 1 where listed) is £25,000 a year, #229 highest of 277 eligible occupations and 16.7% below the median going rate of £30,000.

Going rate (Table 1 where listed)
£25,000
Median going rate, all occupations
£30,000
Rank (highest first)
229 of 277
Occupations on the Immigration Salary List
25
Going rate (Table 1), this and related occupations, £ a year
  1. Early education and childcare services managers25,000
  2. Education managers43,900
  3. Education advisers and school inspectors42,200
  4. Other educational professionals not elsewhere classified40,600
  5. Higher education teaching professionals52,600
  6. Teachers of English as a foreign language36,200
  7. Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified33,400
  8. Further education teaching professionals (England)22,387
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

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