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Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers

Occupation · SOC 2020 3511 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
3511
Going rate (Table 1, options A and D)
£80,400 (£41.23 per hour)
On the Immigration Salary List
No
Sponsored work visas 2025, minor group 351
635
Going rate£80,400 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£80,400 (£41.23 per hour)No
Table 2£64,100 (£32.87 per hour)No

Example job titles (non-exclusive)

  • Airline pilots
  • Air traffic controllers
  • Flying instructors
  • Helicopter pilots
  • Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers 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 351

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 351 (Transport Associate Professionals); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

318635202120222023202420252026
318635202120222023202420252026
Data table
2021117
2022144
2023625
2024471
2025635
2026398
By route
  1. Skilled Worker2,327
  2. Intra-company Transfer24
  3. Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility)20
  4. Government Authorised Exchange (previously Tier 5)10
  5. Creative and Sporting (previously Tier 5)2
  6. Graduate Trainee (Global Business Mobility)2
By nationality, unit group 3511 (where published)
  1. Italy41
  2. Germany16
  3. South Africa14
  4. France13
  5. Belgium11
  6. Canada10
  7. Spain10
  8. Netherlands8
  9. India7
  10. Sweden7
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 Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers (Table 1 where listed) is £80,400 a year, #5 highest of 277 eligible occupations and 168.0% above the median going rate of £30,000.

Going rate (Table 1 where listed)
£80,400
Median going rate, all occupations
£30,000
Rank (highest first)
5 of 277
Occupations on the Immigration Salary List
25
Going rate (Table 1), this and related occupations, £ a year
  1. Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers80,400
  2. Ship and hovercraft officers39,100
  3. Brokers52,400
  4. Financial accounts managers44,700
  5. Sales accounts and business development managers55,200
  6. Legal associate professionals26,400
  7. Insurance underwriters29,800
  8. Financial and accounting technicians32,900
  9. Estimators, valuers and assessors28,600
  10. Importers and exporters29,800
  11. Project support officers28,900
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

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