SOC 2020 code 2312 · Professional occupations

Further education teaching professionals

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 2312

Eligible

Further education teaching professionals (SOC 2312) is an eligible occupation in Appendix Skilled Occupations, so jobs in it can be sponsored for a new Skilled Worker visa.

Going rate: Pay scale
Major group: 2

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

For this occupation the minimum salary is set by the national pay scale, such as NHS Agenda for Change bands or teachers’ pay scales, not by a going rate.

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

Job titles under SOC 2312

The ONS coding index files 30 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.

Art teacher (further education)
Assistant head

Assistant principal (further education)

Beauty therapy lecturer

College lecturer (further education)

Course leader (further education)

Curriculum leader (further education)

Dance lecturer (further education)

Dance teacher (further education)

Dancing teacher (further education)

Deputy head (further education)

Deputy principal (further education)

Director of studies (further education)

English teacher (further education)

Head of department (further education)

Head of faculties (further education)

Head of faculty (further education)

Instructor (further education)

Learning coach (further education)

Lecturer (further education)

Mathematics teacher (further education)

Music teacher (further education)

Professor (further education)

Programme leader (further education)

Teacher (further education)

Teacher (tertiary college)

Technician (further education)

Tutor (further education)

Woodwork instructor (further education)

Sponsors advertising further education teaching professionals 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 2312

Can further education teaching professionals be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa?

Further education teaching professionals (SOC 2312) is an eligible occupation in Appendix Skilled Occupations, so jobs in it can be sponsored for a new Skilled Worker visa.

What is the going rate for SOC 2312?

For this occupation the minimum salary is set by the national pay scale, such as NHS Agenda for Change bands or teachers’ pay scales, not by a going rate.

Which job titles come under SOC code 2312?

The ONS coding index files 30 job titles under 2312, including art teacher, assistant head, assistant principal, beauty therapy lecturer, college lecturer, course leader, curriculum leader, dance lecturer. The employer chooses the code on the certificate of sponsorship from the job's duties, not its title.