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Legal associate professionals

Occupation · SOC 2020 3520 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
3520
Going rate (Table 1, options A and D)
£33,400 (£17.13 per hour)
On the Immigration Salary List
No
Sponsored work visas 2025, minor group 352
87
Going rate£33,400 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 1a£33,400 (£17.13 per hour)No
Table 2aa£26,400 (£13.54 per hour)No

Example job titles (non-exclusive)

  • Conveyancing professionals
  • Cost lawyers
  • Barrister’s and judge’s clerks
  • Litigation officers
  • Probate managers
  • Will writers
  • Legal 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 352

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 352 (Legal Associate Professionals); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

54108202120222023202420252026
54108202120222023202420252026
Data table
202153
202287
202386
2024108
202587
202665
By route
  1. Government Authorised Exchange (previously Tier 5)259
  2. Skilled Worker217
  3. Charity Worker (previously Tier 5)10
By nationality, unit group 3520 (where published)
  1. United States57
  2. Germany27
  3. France17
  4. India8
  5. Italy8
  6. Canada7
  7. China5
  8. Spain4
  9. Pakistan4
  10. Nigeria3
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 Legal associate professionals (Table 1 where listed) is £26,400 a year, #204 highest of 277 eligible occupations and 12.0% below the median going rate of £30,000.

Going rate (Table 1 where listed)
£26,400
Median going rate, all occupations
£30,000
Rank (highest first)
204 of 277
Occupations on the Immigration Salary List
25
Going rate (Table 1), this and related occupations, £ a year
  1. Legal associate professionals26,400
  2. Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers80,400
  3. Brokers52,400
  4. Financial accounts managers44,700
  5. Sales accounts and business development managers55,200
  6. Ship and hovercraft officers39,100
  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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