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Chartered and certified accountants

Occupation · SOC 2020 2421 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
2421
Going rate (Table 1, options A and D)
£49,200 (£25.23 per hour)
On the Immigration Salary List
No
Sponsored work visas 2025, minor group 242
4,854
Going rate£49,200 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£49,200 (£25.23 per hour)Yes
Table 2£36,900 (£18.92 per hour)Yes

Example job titles (non-exclusive)

  • Auditors (qualified accountant)
  • Financial accountants (qualified)
  • Forensic accountants
  • Fund accountants
  • Insolvency practitioners
  • Chartered and certified accountants 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 242

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 242 (Finance Professionals); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

4,0228,044202120222023202420252026
4,0228,044202120222023202420252026
Data table
20215,190
20228,044
20236,146
20245,077
20254,854
20262,858
By route
  1. Skilled Worker22,483
  2. Government Authorised Exchange (previously Tier 5)5,551
  3. Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility)3,162
  4. Intra-company Transfer613
  5. Graduate Trainee (Global Business Mobility)305
  6. Creative Worker16
By nationality, unit group 2421 (where published)
  1. India207
  2. South Africa165
  3. United States110
  4. Pakistan72
  5. Australia64
  6. China40
  7. Japan39
  8. France32
  9. Sri Lanka29
  10. Canada28
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 Chartered and certified accountants (Table 1 where listed) is £49,200 a year, #42 highest of 277 eligible occupations and 64.0% above the median going rate of £30,000.

Going rate (Table 1 where listed)
£49,200
Median going rate, all occupations
£30,000
Rank (highest first)
42 of 277
Occupations on the Immigration Salary List
25
Going rate (Table 1), this and related occupations, £ a year
  1. Chartered and certified accountants49,200
  2. Finance and investment analysts and advisers45,800
  3. Taxation experts48,500
  4. Barristers and judges59,400
  5. Solicitors and lawyers51,600
  6. Legal professionals not elsewhere classified33,400
  7. Management consultants and business analysts50,200
  8. Marketing and commercial managers50,100
  9. Actuaries, economists and statisticians55,100
  10. Business and related research professionals38,800
  11. Professional/chartered company secretaries58,200
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

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