SOC 1150 Managers and directors in retail and wholesale: Skilled Worker Eligibility and Going Rate | ImmigrationGPT
SOC 2020 code 1150 · Managers, directors and senior officials
Managers and directors in retail and wholesale
Whether this occupation can be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa, its going rate, the job titles filed under the code, and the licensed sponsors advertising these jobs.
Skilled Worker rules for SOC 1150
Existing workers only
Since 22 July 2025, Managers and directors in retail and wholesale (SOC 1150) can only be sponsored for people who were granted Skilled Worker permission under the rules in place before that date and have held it continuously since.
Going rate
£36,400
New entrant rate
£33,400
Major group
1
Annual salaries for a 37.5-hour week, from Appendix Skilled Occupations (updated 3 Aug 2026).
The going rate in Appendix Skilled Occupations is £36,400 a year for a 37.5-hour week. It applies to people who can still be sponsored in this occupation.
The ONS coding index files 85 job titles under this code. A note in brackets is the setting the title applies to: the same title can sit under another code elsewhere. The code on a certificate of sponsorship follows the job’s duties, so check them with CASCOT or the employer.
Area manager (wholesale, retail trade)
Book stall manager
Bookshop manager
Branch manager (sales)
Branch manager (wholesale, retail trade)
Butcher's manager
Butcher's shop manager
Car sales manager
Charity shop manager
Clothing club manager
Company director (retail trade)
Company director (wholesale trade)
Customer and trading manager (retail trade)
Customer trading manager (retail trade)
Dairy manager
Development director (wholesale, retail trade)
Director (retail trade)
Director (wholesale trade)
District manager (retail trade)
District manager (wholesale trade)
Farm shop manager
Fishmonger's manager
Fishmonger's shop manager
Fleet sales manager
Florist manager
Franchise director
Garden centre manager
Head of operations (wholesale, retail trade)
Head of retail operations
Licensee (petrol station)
Mail order manager
Manager (builders' merchants)
Manager (charitable organisation: retail)
Manager (filling station)
Manager (fuel merchant)
Manager (garden centre)
Manager (livestock dealing)
Manager (mail order house)
Manager (naafi: shop)
Manager (off-licence)
Manager (pawnbrokers)
Manager (petrol station)
Manager (retail trade)
Manager (sales)
Manager (steel stockholders)
Manager (timber merchants)
Manager (wholesale trade)
Managing director (wholesale, retail trade)
Off licence manager
Operations manager (wholesale, retail trade)
Petrol station manager
Planning manager (retail trade)
Production manager (wholesale, retail trade)
Retail director
Retail manager
Retail operations manager
Retail shop manager
Retail store manager
Sales manager (car sales)
Sales manager (retail trade)
Sales manager (vehicles)
Sales manager (wholesale trade)
Sales room manager
Service manager (retail trade)
Service station manager
Shift manager (wholesale, retail trade)
Shop manager (agriculture)
Shop manager (charitable organisation)
Shop manager (horticulture)
Shop manager (retail trade: pharmacy)
Shop manager (wholesale, retail trade)
Show room manager
Showroom manager
Site manager (retail trade)
Store director (retail trade)
Store manager (wholesale, retail trade)
Stores manager (wholesale, retail trade)
Studio manager (retail trade)
Supermarket manager
Tailor's manager
Technical director (wholesale, retail trade)
Technical manager (wholesale, retail trade)
Trade manager
Wholesale manager
Wholesale operations manager
Sponsors advertising managers and directors in retail and wholesale jobs
We have not read an advert we could place in this code since October 2025. We read visa sponsorship adverts from Reed and Adzuna every 4 hours.
From Appendix Skilled Occupations and the Temporary Shortage List (GOV.UK), the ONS SOC 2020 coding index, and job adverts we read and match to the Home Office register. We place an advert in a code from its title, so some adverts may be in the wrong code. Whether a person can be sponsored also depends on their own circumstances. This page is information, not immigration advice. Profile built 7 Oct 2026.
Questions about SOC 1150
Can managers and directors in retail and wholesale be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa?
Since 22 July 2025, Managers and directors in retail and wholesale (SOC 1150) can only be sponsored for people who were granted Skilled Worker permission under the rules in place before that date and have held it continuously since.
What is the going rate for SOC 1150?
The going rate in Appendix Skilled Occupations is £36,400 a year for a 37.5-hour week. It applies to people who can still be sponsored in this occupation.
Which job titles come under SOC code 1150?
The ONS coding index files 85 job titles under 1150, including area manager, book stall manager, bookshop manager, branch manager, branch manager, butcher's manager, butcher's shop manager, car sales manager. The employer chooses the code on the certificate of sponsorship from the job's duties, not its title.