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Skilled Worker visa: eligible salary if you're under 26, studying, training or in a postdoctoral role

Check the minimum annual salary you'll need to be paid on a Skilled Worker or Health and Care visa if you're under 26, studying, training or in a postdoctoral role.

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UK Visas and Immigration
Published
1 December 2020
Last updated
915 May 2023 — See all updates

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Skilled Worker visa: minimum salary if you’re under 26, studying, training or in a postdoctoral role

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Check the minimum annual salary you’ll need to be paid to qualify for a Skilled Worker or Health and Care visa if one of the following applies:

  • you’re under 26 on the date you apply
  • you’re currently in the UK on a Student visa - or you have been in the last 2 years - studying at bachelor’s degree level or above
  • you’re currently in the UK on a Graduate Entrepreneur visa
  • you’ll be working towards a recognised qualification in a UK regulated profession
  • you’ll be working towards full registration or chartered status in the job you’re being sponsored for
Published 1 December 2020
Last updated 915 May 2023 + show all updates

  1. Updated salary information - the annual salaries are now based on a 37.5-hour working week (previously a 39-hour working week).

  2. Updated the minimum salary for each occupation.

  3. Updated to add fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations not elsewhere classified to the list.

  4. First published.