SOC 2020 code 1161 · Managers, directors and senior officials

Officers in armed forces

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 1161

Not eligible

Officers in armed forces (SOC 1161) is not an eligible occupation for the Skilled Worker visa, so it cannot be sponsored on that route.

Going rate: None
Major group: 1

Annual salaries for a 37.5-hour week, from Appendix Skilled Occupations (updated 3 Aug 2026).

Appendix Skilled Occupations gives no going rate for this occupation.

Sources: Appendix Skilled Occupations, Skilled Worker salary rules, when you can be paid less.

Job titles under SOC 1161

The ONS coding index files 63 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.

Adjutant
Adjutant-general
Admiral
Admiral of the fleet
Aide-de-camp

Bomb disposal officer

Captain (armed forces)

Chaplain (armed forces)

Commandant (armed forces)

Commander (armed forces)

Commissioned officer

Commissioned officer (army)

Commissioned officer (royal air force)

Commissioned officer (royal navy)

Commodore (armed forces)

General (armed forces)

General staff officer

Lieutenant-commander

Major (armed forces)

Marshal of the royal air force

Medical officer (armed forces)

Midshipman (armed forces)

Officer (armed forces)

Pilot officer (armed forces)

Quartermaster-general

Royal air force officer

Royal marines commando officer

Royal marines officer

Ship's captain (armed forces)

Superintendent (wrns)

Sponsors advertising officers in armed forces 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 1161

Can officers in armed forces be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa?

Officers in armed forces (SOC 1161) is not an eligible occupation for the Skilled Worker visa, so it cannot be sponsored on that route.

What is the going rate for SOC 1161?

Appendix Skilled Occupations gives no going rate for this occupation.

Which job titles come under SOC code 1161?

The ONS coding index files 63 job titles under 1161, including adjutant, adjutant-general, admiral, admiral of the fleet, aide-de-camp, air chief marshal, air commodore, air marshal. The employer chooses the code on the certificate of sponsorship from the job's duties, not its title.