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Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists

Occupation · SOC 2020 3572 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
3572
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 357
201
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£26,700 (£13.69 per hour)No

Example job titles (non-exclusive)

  • Careers advisers and coaches
  • Work placement officers
  • Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists 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 357

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 357 (HR, Training and Other Vocational Associate Guidance Professionals); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

216432202120222023202420252026
216432202120222023202420252026
Data table
2021195
2022376
2023398
2024432
2025201
202662
By route
  1. Skilled Worker1,423
  2. Government Authorised Exchange (previously Tier 5)224
  3. Intra-company Transfer5
  4. Senior or Specialist Worker (Global Business Mobility)5
  5. Charity Worker (previously Tier 5)2
  6. Health and Care Worker2
By nationality, unit group 3572 (where published)
  1. India5
  2. China3
  3. South Africa2
  4. United States2
  5. Nepal1
  6. Canada1
  7. Pakistan1
  8. Bangladesh1
  9. Portugal1
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 Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists (Table 1 where listed) is £26,700 a year, #196 highest of 277 eligible occupations and 11.0% below the median going rate of £30,000.

Going rate (Table 1 where listed)
£26,700
Median going rate, all occupations
£30,000
Rank (highest first)
196 of 277
Occupations on the Immigration Salary List
25
Going rate (Table 1), this and related occupations, £ a year
  1. Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists26,700
  2. Human resources and industrial relations officers27,100
  3. Information technology trainers32,100
  4. Other vocational and industrial trainers28,200
  5. Aircraft pilots and air traffic controllers80,400
  6. Brokers52,400
  7. Financial accounts managers44,700
  8. Sales accounts and business development managers55,200
  9. Ship and hovercraft officers39,100
  10. Legal associate professionals26,400
  11. Insurance underwriters29,800
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

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