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Business associate professionals not elsewhere classified

Occupation · SOC 2020 3549 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
3549
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 354
747
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£25,500 (£13.08 per hour)No

Example job titles (non-exclusive)

  • Business support officers
  • Business systems analysts
  • Contract administrators
  • Clinical coders
  • Clinical trials administrators
  • Research coordinators
  • Business 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 354

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 354 (Business Associate Professionals); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

5521,103202120222023202420252026
5521,103202120222023202420252026
Data table
2021359
2022799
20231,103
2024996
2025747
2026439
By route
  1. Skilled Worker2,421
  2. Government Authorised Exchange (previously Tier 5)1,872
  3. Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility)60
  4. Intra-company Transfer35
  5. Graduate Trainee (Global Business Mobility)20
  6. International Agreement (previously Tier 5)18
By nationality, unit group 3549 (where published)
  1. United States115
  2. France76
  3. India30
  4. Germany28
  5. Italy20
  6. China19
  7. Sweden15
  8. Pakistan12
  9. Greece10
  10. Canada10
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 Business associate professionals not elsewhere classified (Table 1 where listed) is £25,500 a year, #217 highest of 277 eligible occupations and 15.0% below the median going rate of £30,000.

Going rate (Table 1 where listed)
£25,500
Median going rate, all occupations
£30,000
Rank (highest first)
217 of 277
Occupations on the Immigration Salary List
25
Going rate (Table 1), this and related occupations, £ a year
  1. Business associate professionals not elsewhere classified25,500
  2. Estimators, valuers and assessors28,600
  3. Importers and exporters29,800
  4. Project support officers28,900
  5. Data analysts28,600
  6. Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers80,400
  7. Brokers52,400
  8. Financial accounts managers44,700
  9. Sales accounts and business development managers55,200
  10. Ship and hovercraft officers39,100
  11. Legal associate professionals26,400
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

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