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Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks

Occupation · SOC 2020 4122 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
4122
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 412
203
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£25,400 (£13.03 per hour)No

Example job titles (non-exclusive)

  • Accounting clerks and bookkeepers
  • Payroll officers and wages clerks
  • Bookkeepers, payroll managers and wage clerks 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 412

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 412 (Administrative Occupations: Finance); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

102203202120222023202420252026
102203202120222023202420252026
Data table
20214
202249
202346
2024176
2025203
202669
By route
  1. Skilled Worker286
  2. Government Authorised Exchange (previously Tier 5)244
  3. Creative Worker9
  4. International Agreement (previously Tier 5)4
  5. Charity Worker (previously Tier 5)2
  6. Religious Worker (previously Tier 5)1
By nationality, unit group 4122 (where published)
  1. Pakistan50
  2. France37
  3. India29
  4. United States10
  5. Sri Lanka5
  6. Nigeria5
  7. Turkey4
  8. Malaysia4
  9. Nepal4
  10. Philippines4
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 Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks (Table 1 where listed) is £25,400 a year, #218 highest of 277 eligible occupations and 15.3% below the median going rate of £30,000.

Going rate (Table 1 where listed)
£25,400
Median going rate, all occupations
£30,000
Rank (highest first)
218 of 277
Occupations on the Immigration Salary List
25
Going rate (Table 1), this and related occupations, £ a year
  1. Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks25,400
  2. Credit controllers25,200
  3. Finance officers25,600
  4. Financial administrative occupations not elsewhere classified25,000
  5. National government administrative occupations25,900
  6. Local government administrative occupations26,000
  7. Officers of non-governmental organisations25,000
  8. Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants25,000
  9. Transport and distribution clerks and assistants25,900
  10. Office managers30,000
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

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