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Quality control and planning engineers

Occupation · SOC 2020 2481 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
2481
Going rate (Table 1, options A and D)
£41,300 (£21.18 per hour)
On the Immigration Salary List
No
Sponsored work visas 2025, minor group 248
669
Going rate£41,300 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£41,300 (£21.18 per hour)Yes
Table 2£34,100 (£17.49 per hour)Yes

Example job titles (non-exclusive)

  • Garment technologists
  • Planning engineers
  • Quality control engineers
  • Quality control and planning engineers 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 248

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 248 (Quality and Regulatory Professionals); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

471942202120222023202420252026
471942202120222023202420252026
Data table
2021490
2022861
2023942
2024800
2025669
2026318
By route
  1. Skilled Worker2,506
  2. Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility)1,141
  3. Intra-company Transfer249
  4. Government Authorised Exchange (previously Tier 5)112
  5. Service Supplier (Global Business Mobility)31
  6. Graduate Trainee (Global Business Mobility)30
By nationality, unit group 2481 (where published)
  1. Denmark63
  2. India60
  3. Turkey29
  4. France27
  5. Spain25
  6. Pakistan22
  7. China18
  8. United States17
  9. Japan13
  10. Germany13
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 Quality control and planning engineers (Table 1 where listed) is £41,300 a year, #69 highest of 277 eligible occupations and 37.7% above the median going rate of £30,000.

Going rate (Table 1 where listed)
£41,300
Median going rate, all occupations
£30,000
Rank (highest first)
69 of 277
Occupations on the Immigration Salary List
25
Going rate (Table 1), this and related occupations, £ a year
  1. Quality control and planning engineers41,300
  2. Quality assurance and regulatory professionals48,200
  3. Environmental health professionals40,900
  4. Barristers and judges59,400
  5. Solicitors and lawyers51,600
  6. Legal professionals not elsewhere classified33,400
  7. Chartered and certified accountants49,200
  8. Finance and investment analysts and advisers45,800
  9. Taxation experts48,500
  10. Management consultants and business analysts50,200
  11. Marketing and commercial managers50,100
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

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