SOC code 1231: Health care practice managers
You cannot sponsor a new worker in SOC code 1231 (Health care practice managers): it is below degree level and has been closed to new Skilled Worker hires since 22 July 2025. It stays open to people who already held Skilled Worker permission in this code before that date.
- New hire on a Skilled Worker visaNoclosed to new hires since 22 July 2025
- Already sponsored before thenYesextensions and job changes in this code
- Going rate£40,400a year on 37.5 hours; £33,400 new entrant rate
- Skill levelRQF 3 to 5below degree level
Figures from Appendix Skilled Occupations, Immigration Rules.
Who you can sponsor in SOC code 1231
The appendix marks this code "Transitional cases only": workers with Skilled Worker permission from before 22 July 2025. In practice that means a worker who was already on a Skilled Worker visa in this job can extend it, or move to your business in the same code, and you can sponsor them.
The appendix still publishes a going rate for the code, £40,400 a year, because those workers must be paid at least that. Which general salary floor applies to them depends on when they were first sponsored, so check the worker's history before you assign a certificate.
For a new hire from abroad, look for a degree-level code that truly fits the duties in the SOC codes table. Choosing a code the job does not match can cost you the licence.
SOC code 1231 in the official tables
| As published | Transitional cases only: Workers with Skilled Worker permission from before 22 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Skill level | RQF 3 to 5 |
| Going rate | £40,400 a year (37.5 hours a week) |
| New entrant rate (70%) | £33,400 |
| Immigration salary list | Not listed |
| Temporary shortage list | Not listed |
| Health and Care Worker visa | Extending only, certificate before 22 July 2025 |
Job titles in SOC code 1231
- Dental practice managers
- Medical practice managers
- Opticians managers
- Veterinary practice managers
- Health care practice managers not elsewhere classified
The duties decide the code, not the title alone. When a title could fit two codes, the CASCOT coding tool helps you pick.
Codes close to this one
- 1222Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors£33,400 going rate
- 1223Publicans and managers of licensed premises£36,300 going rate
- 1224Leisure and sports managers and proprietors£34,100 going rate
- 1225Travel agency managers and proprietors£36,000 going rate
- 1232Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors£40,400 going rate
- 1233Early education and childcare services proprietors£33,400 going rate
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