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Business and financial project management professionals

Occupation · SOC 2020 2440 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
2440
Going rate (Table 1, options A and D)
£56,500 (£28.97 per hour)
On the Immigration Salary List
No
Sponsored work visas 2025, minor group 244
790
Going rate£56,500 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£56,500 (£28.97 per hour)Yes
Table 2£43,300 (£22.21 per hour)Yes

Example job titles (non-exclusive)

  • Business change managers
  • Clinical trials coordinators
  • Risk managers
  • Business and financial project management 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 244

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 244 (Business and Financial Project Management Professionals); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

7621,524202120222023202420252026
7621,524202120222023202420252026
Data table
2021894
20221,524
20231,174
2024949
2025790
2026336
By route
  1. Skilled Worker3,770
  2. Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility)1,196
  3. Intra-company Transfer328
  4. Government Authorised Exchange (previously Tier 5)228
  5. Graduate Trainee (Global Business Mobility)103
  6. International Agreement (previously Tier 5)18
By nationality, unit group 2440 (where published)
  1. United States208
  2. India208
  3. Japan108
  4. France93
  5. Germany88
  6. Australia54
  7. China53
  8. Spain47
  9. Italy41
  10. Netherlands35
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 Business and financial project management professionals (Table 1 where listed) is £56,500 a year, #17 highest of 277 eligible occupations and 88.3% above the median going rate of £30,000.

Going rate (Table 1 where listed)
£56,500
Median going rate, all occupations
£30,000
Rank (highest first)
17 of 277
Occupations on the Immigration Salary List
25
Going rate (Table 1), this and related occupations, £ a year
  1. Business and financial project management professionals56,500
  2. Barristers and judges59,400
  3. Solicitors and lawyers51,600
  4. Legal professionals not elsewhere classified33,400
  5. Chartered and certified accountants49,200
  6. Finance and investment analysts and advisers45,800
  7. Taxation experts48,500
  8. Management consultants and business analysts50,200
  9. Marketing and commercial managers50,100
  10. Actuaries, economists and statisticians55,100
  11. Business and related research professionals38,800
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

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