SOC 2020 code 3311 · Associate professional occupations

Non-commissioned officers and other ranks

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 3311

Not eligible

Non-commissioned officers and other ranks (SOC 3311) is not an eligible occupation for the Skilled Worker visa, so it cannot be sponsored on that route.

Going rate: None
Major group: 3

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 3311

The ONS coding index files 57 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.

Ab (armed forces)
Able rate
Aircraft technician (armed forces)
Aircraftman

Airman (armed forces)

Bomb disposal engineer (armed forces)

Leading hand (armed forces)

Loadmaster (armed forces)

Master aircrew (armed forces)

Master at arms (armed forces)

Medical assistant (armed forces)

Non-commissioned officer

Petty officer (armed forces)

Private (armed forces)

Quarter master (armed forces)

Quartermaster (armed forces)

Quartermaster-corporal

Quartermaster-sergeant

Royal air force airman

Royal air force airwoman

Royal marines commando

Sailor (armed forces)

Seaman (armed forces)

Sergeant (armed forces)

Staff sergeant (armed forces)

Survival equipment fitter (armed forces)

Technician (armed forces)

Warrant officer (armed forces)

Weapons engineer (armed forces)

Weapons systems engineer (armed forces)

Weapons technician (armed forces)

Sponsors advertising non-commissioned officers and other ranks 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 3311

Can non-commissioned officers and other ranks be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa?

Non-commissioned officers and other ranks (SOC 3311) 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 3311?

Appendix Skilled Occupations gives no going rate for this occupation.

Which job titles come under SOC code 3311?

The ONS coding index files 57 job titles under 3311, including ab, able rate, aircraft technician, aircraftman, aircraftwoman, aircrewman, airman, bomb disposal engineer. The employer chooses the code on the certificate of sponsorship from the job's duties, not its title.