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Professional/chartered company secretaries

Occupation · SOC 2020 2435 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
2435
Going rate (Table 1, options A and D)
£58,200 (£29.85 per hour)
On the Immigration Salary List
No
Sponsored work visas 2025, minor group 243
4,720
Going rate£58,200 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£58,200 (£29.85 per hour)Yes
Table 2£38,600 (£19.79 per hour)Yes

Example job titles (non-exclusive)

  • Professional/chartered company secretaries
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

Sponsored work visas, minor group 243

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 243 (Business, Research and Administrative Professionals); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

4,0638,126202120222023202420252026
4,0638,126202120222023202420252026
Data table
20214,220
20228,126
20235,753
20244,918
20254,720
20262,589
By route
  1. Skilled Worker19,425
  2. Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility)7,190
  3. Government Authorised Exchange (previously Tier 5)1,915
  4. Intra-company Transfer1,207
  5. Graduate Trainee (Global Business Mobility)409
  6. UK Expansion Worker (Global Business Mobility)65
By nationality, unit group 2435 (where published)
  1. Australia1
  2. Germany1
  3. India1
  4. United States1
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 Professional/chartered company secretaries (Table 1 where listed) is £58,200 a year, #13 highest of 277 eligible occupations and 94.0% above the median going rate of £30,000.

Going rate (Table 1 where listed)
£58,200
Median going rate, all occupations
£30,000
Rank (highest first)
13 of 277
Occupations on the Immigration Salary List
25
Going rate (Table 1), this and related occupations, £ a year
  1. Professional/chartered company secretaries58,200
  2. Management consultants and business analysts50,200
  3. Marketing and commercial managers50,100
  4. Actuaries, economists and statisticians55,100
  5. Business and related research professionals38,800
  6. Business, research and administrative professionals not elsewhere classified56,600
  7. Barristers and judges59,400
  8. Solicitors and lawyers51,600
  9. Legal professionals not elsewhere classified33,400
  10. Chartered and certified accountants49,200
  11. Finance and investment analysts and advisers45,800
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

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