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Personal assistants and other secretaries

Occupation · SOC 2020 4215 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
4215
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 421
112
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£27,400 (£14.05 per hour)No

Example job titles (non-exclusive)

  • Farm secretaries
  • Personal assistants (excludes care workers)
  • Personal assistants and other secretaries 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 421

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 421 (Secretarial and Related Occupations); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

145289202120222023202420252026
145289202120222023202420252026
Data table
2021121
2022184
2023270
2024289
2025112
202619
By route
  1. Skilled Worker654
  2. Creative Worker175
  3. Government Authorised Exchange (previously Tier 5)66
  4. Creative and Sporting (previously Tier 5)47
  5. International Agreement (previously Tier 5)37
  6. Charity Worker (previously Tier 5)13
By nationality, unit group 4215 (where published)
  1. United States32
  2. China24
  3. Pakistan16
  4. India14
  5. France7
  6. Italy5
  7. Nigeria4
  8. Vietnam3
  9. South Africa3
  10. Germany2
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 Personal assistants and other secretaries (Table 1 where listed) is £27,400 a year, #188 highest of 277 eligible occupations and 8.7% below the median going rate of £30,000.

Going rate (Table 1 where listed)
£27,400
Median going rate, all occupations
£30,000
Rank (highest first)
188 of 277
Occupations on the Immigration Salary List
25
Going rate (Table 1), this and related occupations, £ a year
  1. Personal assistants and other secretaries27,400
  2. Company secretaries and administrators27,100
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

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