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Playworkers

Occupation · SOC 2020 6117 · United Kingdom

SOC 2020 code
6117
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 611
145
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)

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

Sponsored work visas, minor group 611

Home Office grants for SOC 2020 minor group 611 (Teaching and Childcare Support Occupations); unit-group detail is published only for part of the data.

Visas granted by year (minor group)

352703202120222023202420252026
352703202120222023202420252026
Data table
2021237
2022420
2023703
2024554
2025145
202618
By route
  1. Skilled Worker1,089
  2. Charity Worker (previously Tier 5)537
  3. Government Authorised Exchange (previously Tier 5)319
  4. Health and Care Worker65
  5. International Agreement (previously Tier 5)47
  6. Creative Worker11
By nationality, unit group 6117 (where published)
  1. Germany2
  2. Italy1
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 Playworkers (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. Playworkers25,000
  2. Early education and childcare assistants25,000
  3. Childminders25,000
  4. Nannies and au pairs31,300
  5. Teaching assistants23,656
  6. Educational support assistants23,656
  7. Animal care services occupations not elsewhere classified25,000
  8. Houseparents and residential wardens25,000
  9. Care workers and home carers – Jobs with a working location in England are only eligible in this SOC 2020 occupation code where the sponsor holds registration with the Care Quality Commission and is currently carrying on a regulated activity.Eligibility for Skilled Worker applicants to be sponsored in this SOC 2020 occupation code is restricted, as set out in SW 6.1B of Appendix Skilled Worker.Note: private households or individuals (other than sole traders sponsoring someone to work for their business) cannot sponsor Skilled Worker applicants.25,000
  10. Senior care workers – Jobs with a working location in England are only eligible in this SOC 2020 occupation code where the sponsor holds registration with the Care Quality Commission and is currently carrying on a regulated activity.Eligibility for Skilled Worker applicants to be sponsored in this SOC 2020 occupation code is restricted, as set out in SW 6.1B of Appendix Skilled Worker.25,000
Source: Immigration Rules, Appendix Skilled Occupations and Appendix Immigration Salary List (GOV.UK)Data as at 11 Nov 2025

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