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Painters and decorators

Occupation · SOC 2020 5323 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
5323
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 532
67
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£27,800 (£14.26 per hour)No

Example job titles (non-exclusive)

  • Painters and decorators
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

Sponsored work visas, minor group 532

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 532 (Building Finishing Trades); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

191382202120222023202420252026
191382202120222023202420252026
Data table
20213
202237
2023382
2024338
202567
20266
By route
  1. Skilled Worker832
  2. International Agreement (previously Tier 5)1
By nationality, unit group 5323 (where published)
  1. Philippines20
  2. Pakistan6
  3. India5
  4. Poland3
  5. Nigeria2
  6. Albania2
  7. China2
  8. Lithuania1
  9. France1
  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 Painters and decorators (Table 1 where listed) is £27,800 a year, #180 highest of 277 eligible occupations and 7.3% below the median going rate of £30,000.

Going rate (Table 1 where listed)
£27,800
Median going rate, all occupations
£30,000
Rank (highest first)
180 of 277
Occupations on the Immigration Salary List
25
Going rate (Table 1), this and related occupations, £ a year
  1. Painters and decorators27,800
  2. Plasterers29,500
  3. Floorers and wall tilers25,400
  4. Steel erectors29,500
  5. Stonemasons and related trades28,500
  6. Bricklayers25,000
  7. Roofers, roof tilers and slaters25,300
  8. Plumbers and heating and ventilating installers and repairers31,400
  9. Carpenters and joiners27,800
  10. Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters25,800
  11. Construction and building trades not elsewhere classified27,300
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

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