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Construction project managers and related professionals

Occupation · SOC 2020 2455 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
2455
Going rate (Table 1, options A and D)
£44,300 (£22.72 per hour)
On the Immigration Salary List
No
Sponsored work visas 2025, minor group 245
475
Going rate£44,300 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£44,300 (£22.72 per hour)Yes
Table 2£36,600 (£18.77 per hour)Yes

Example job titles (non-exclusive)

  • Construction project and contract managers
  • Transport planners
  • Construction project managers and related 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 245

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 245 (Architects, Chartered Architectural Technologists, Planning Officers, Surveyors and Construction Professionals); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

369737202120222023202420252026
369737202120222023202420252026
Data table
2021388
2022737
2023715
2024581
2025475
2026302
By route
  1. Skilled Worker2,155
  2. Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility)670
  3. Government Authorised Exchange (previously Tier 5)216
  4. Intra-company Transfer118
  5. Graduate Trainee (Global Business Mobility)13
  6. Service Supplier (Global Business Mobility)10
By nationality, unit group 2455 (where published)
  1. France78
  2. Netherlands49
  3. Spain46
  4. Turkey43
  5. Poland25
  6. India24
  7. Romania18
  8. Italy17
  9. Australia14
  10. South Africa12
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 Construction project managers and related professionals (Table 1 where listed) is £44,300 a year, #60 highest of 277 eligible occupations and 47.7% above the median going rate of £30,000.

Going rate (Table 1 where listed)
£44,300
Median going rate, all occupations
£30,000
Rank (highest first)
60 of 277
Occupations on the Immigration Salary List
25
Going rate (Table 1), this and related occupations, £ a year
  1. Construction project managers and related professionals44,300
  2. Architects47,600
  3. Chartered architectural technologists, planning officers and consultants35,800
  4. Quantity surveyors48,600
  5. Chartered surveyors43,800
  6. Barristers and judges59,400
  7. Solicitors and lawyers51,600
  8. Legal professionals not elsewhere classified33,400
  9. Chartered and certified accountants49,200
  10. Finance and investment analysts and advisers45,800
  11. Taxation experts48,500
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

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