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Upholsterers

Occupation · SOC 2020 5411 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
5411
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 541
38
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£25,000 (£12.82 per hour)No

Example job titles (non-exclusive)

  • Curtain makers
  • Trimmers and upholsterers
  • Upholsterers 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 541

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 541 (Textiles and Garments Trades); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

164328202120222023202420252026
164328202120222023202420252026
Data table
202118
202269
2023208
2024328
202538
20261
By route
  1. Skilled Worker605
  2. Creative Worker37
  3. Government Authorised Exchange (previously Tier 5)11
  4. Creative and Sporting (previously Tier 5)9
By nationality, unit group 5411 (where published)
  1. Pakistan16
  2. Philippines3
  3. Romania1
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 Upholsterers (Table 1 where listed) is £25,000 a year, #229 highest of 277 eligible occupations and 16.7% below the median going rate of £30,000.

Going rate (Table 1 where listed)
£25,000
Median going rate, all occupations
£30,000
Rank (highest first)
229 of 277
Occupations on the Immigration Salary List
25
Going rate (Table 1), this and related occupations, £ a year
  1. Upholsterers25,000
  2. Footwear and leather working trades25,000
  3. Tailors and dressmakers25,000
  4. Textiles, garments and related trades not elsewhere classified25,000
  5. Pre-press technicians25,000
  6. Printers26,200
  7. Print finishing and binding workers25,000
  8. Butchers25,000
  9. Bakers and flour confectioners25,000
  10. Fishmongers and poultry dressers25,000
  11. Chefs25,000
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

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