Skilled Worker
UK visa route
- Licensed sponsors
- 120,635
- Visas issued, 2025
- 121,598
- Change 2024→2025
- -46.1%
- Towns with sponsors
- 5,563
Sponsors120,635on 26 Oct 2026
Year by year
Data as at 26 Oct 2026
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Licensed sponsors
Organisations licensed for this route on the Home Office register, 26 Oct 2026.
- London35,027
- Birmingham2,918
- Manchester2,732
- Leicester1,363
- Glasgow1,279
- Bristol1,221
- Edinburgh1,087
- Leeds1,023
- Nottingham993
- Ilford927
- Reading880
- Coventry855
- Slough840
- Milton Keynes808
- Cambridge800
- Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles19,494
- Information and communication12,316
- Accommodation and food service activities12,223
- Professional, scientific and technical activities11,222
- Human health and social work activities8,715
- Manufacturing7,116
- Administrative and support service activities6,638
- Construction5,464
- Financial and insurance activities3,015
- Other service activities2,676
- Transportation and storage2,332
- Real estate activities1,957
Entry clearance visas issued
Visas issued to main applicants and dependants, calendar years (Home Office). Includes earlier names of the route.
Visas issued by year
Data table
| 2008 | 17 |
| 2009 | 8,556 |
| 2010 | 9,914 |
| 2011 | 7,764 |
| 2012 | 9,420 |
| 2013 | 11,779 |
| 2014 | 15,254 |
| 2015 | 17,366 |
| 2016 | 18,364 |
| 2017 | 19,973 |
| 2018 | 24,373 |
| 2019 | 36,095 |
| 2020 | 29,220 |
| 2021 | 123,051 |
| 2022 | 269,792 |
| 2023 | 465,348 |
| 2024 | 225,487 |
| 2025 | 121,598 |
| 2026 | 42,171 |
- India91,456
- Pakistan44,010
- Nigeria30,858
- Zimbabwe22,267
- Philippines16,746
- Ghana11,595
- United States11,198
- Bangladesh10,622
- Sri Lanka9,057
- Turkey6,217
- South Africa5,397
- Nepal5,374
Source: Home Office, Immigration system statistics (year ending June 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0Data as at Jun 2026
Application fees
Main applicant fee from 8 October 2026 (outside and inside the UK), as listed by the Home Office.
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Skilled Worker, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for three years or less - main applicant and dependants | £819 |
| Skilled Worker, where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over three years - main applicant and dependants | £1,618 |
| Skilled Worker - a job on the Immigration Salary List where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for three years or less - main applicant and dependants | £628 |
| Skilled Worker - a job on the Immigration Salary List where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over three years - main applicant and dependants | £1,235 |
| Skilled Worker - Health and Care Visa - where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponor a Worker has been given for three years or less - main applicant and dependants | £324 |
| Skilled Worker - Health and Care Visa - where a certificate of sponsorship has been issued or approval to sponsor under Sponsor a Worker has been given for over three years - main applicant and dependants | £628 |
Source: Home Office immigration and nationality fees, 8 October 2026Data as at 8 Oct 2026
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