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Financial and accounting technicians

Occupation · SOC 2020 3533 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
3533
Going rate (Table 1, options A and D)
£48,700 (£24.97 per hour)
On the Immigration Salary List
No
Sponsored work visas 2025, minor group 353
800
Going rate£48,700 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£48,700 (£24.97 per hour)No
Table 2aa£32,900 (£16.87 per hour)No

Example job titles (non-exclusive)

  • Accounting technicians
  • Financial control technicians
  • Financial and accounting technicians 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 353

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 353 (Finance Associate Professionals); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

5661,132202120222023202420252026
5661,132202120222023202420252026
Data table
2021602
2022973
20231,132
20241,040
2025800
2026358
By route
  1. Skilled Worker3,475
  2. Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility)883
  3. Government Authorised Exchange (previously Tier 5)282
  4. Intra-company Transfer199
  5. Graduate Trainee (Global Business Mobility)52
  6. Creative Worker7
By nationality, unit group 3533 (where published)
  1. France23
  2. India13
  3. Pakistan7
  4. Italy7
  5. China6
  6. Germany5
  7. Canada3
  8. United States3
  9. Lithuania2
  10. Turkey2
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 Financial and accounting technicians (Table 1 where listed) is £32,900 a year, #116 highest of 277 eligible occupations and 9.7% above the median going rate of £30,000.

Going rate (Table 1 where listed)
£32,900
Median going rate, all occupations
£30,000
Rank (highest first)
116 of 277
Occupations on the Immigration Salary List
25
Going rate (Table 1), this and related occupations, £ a year
  1. Financial and accounting technicians32,900
  2. Brokers52,400
  3. Financial accounts managers44,700
  4. Insurance underwriters29,800
  5. Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers80,400
  6. Sales accounts and business development managers55,200
  7. Ship and hovercraft officers39,100
  8. Legal associate professionals26,400
  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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