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Protective service associate professionals not elsewhere classified

Occupation · SOC 2020 3319 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
3319
Going rate (Table 1, options A and D)
£41,100 (£21.08 per hour)
On the Immigration Salary List
No
Sponsored work visas 2025, minor group 331
21
Going rate£41,100 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 1a£41,100 (£21.08 per hour)No
Table 2aa£33,200 (£17.03 per hour)No

Example job titles (non-exclusive)

  • Coastguard
  • Customs and border control officers
  • Fraud investigators (excludes benefit fraud)
  • Immigration officers
  • Private investigators
  • Security consultants and managers (excludes cyber security)
  • Protective service associate 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 331

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 331 (Protective Service Occupations); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

3060202120222023202420252026
3060202120222023202420252026
Data table
202131
202220
202347
202460
202521
20261
By route
  1. Skilled Worker136
  2. International Agreement (previously Tier 5)21
  3. Creative Worker14
  4. Government Authorised Exchange (previously Tier 5)5
  5. Creative and Sporting (previously Tier 5)3
  6. Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility)1
By nationality, unit group 3319 (where published)
  1. Pakistan8
  2. United States6
  3. Jamaica2
  4. Israel2
  5. India2
  6. Morocco2
  7. Australia1
  8. France1
  9. Turkey1
  10. Azerbaijan1
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 Protective service associate professionals not elsewhere classified (Table 1 where listed) is £33,200 a year, #114 highest of 277 eligible occupations and 10.7% above the median going rate of £30,000.

Going rate (Table 1 where listed)
£33,200
Median going rate, all occupations
£30,000
Rank (highest first)
114 of 277
Occupations on the Immigration Salary List
25
Going rate (Table 1), this and related occupations, £ a year
  1. Protective service associate professionals not elsewhere classified33,200
  2. Police officers (sergeant and below)36,700
  3. Fire service officers (watch manager and below)37,600
  4. Prison service officers (below principal officer)31,600
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

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