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Plumbers and heating and ventilating installers and repairers

Occupation · SOC 2020 5315 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
5315
Going rate (Table 1, options A and D)
£38,100 (£19.54 per hour)
On the Immigration Salary List
No
Sponsored work visas 2025, minor group 531
382
Going rate£38,100 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£38,100 (£19.54 per hour)No
Table 2aa£31,400 (£16.10 per hour)No

Example job titles (non-exclusive)

  • Plumbers and heating and ventilation installers and repairers
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

Sponsored work visas, minor group 531

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 531 (Construction and Building Trades); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

8061,611202120222023202420252026
8061,611202120222023202420252026
Data table
2021101
2022569
20231,422
20241,611
2025382
202668
By route
  1. Skilled Worker4,136
  2. Charity Worker (previously Tier 5)10
  3. Creative Worker2
  4. International Agreement (previously Tier 5)2
  5. Health and Care Worker2
  6. Creative and Sporting (previously Tier 5)1
By nationality, unit group 5315 (where published)
  1. Pakistan12
  2. South Africa3
  3. India3
  4. Philippines2
  5. Albania2
  6. Bangladesh2
  7. Egypt1
  8. China1
  9. Nigeria1
  10. Ghana1
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 Plumbers and heating and ventilating installers and repairers (Table 1 where listed) is £31,400 a year, #125 highest of 277 eligible occupations and 4.7% above the median going rate of £30,000.

Going rate (Table 1 where listed)
£31,400
Median going rate, all occupations
£30,000
Rank (highest first)
125 of 277
Occupations on the Immigration Salary List
25
Going rate (Table 1), this and related occupations, £ a year
  1. Plumbers and heating and ventilating installers and repairers31,400
  2. Steel erectors29,500
  3. Stonemasons and related trades28,500
  4. Bricklayers25,000
  5. Roofers, roof tilers and slaters25,300
  6. Carpenters and joiners27,800
  7. Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters25,800
  8. Construction and building trades not elsewhere classified27,300
  9. Plasterers29,500
  10. Floorers and wall tilers25,400
  11. Painters and decorators27,800
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

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