SOC 2020 code 3429 · Associate professional occupations
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.
Temporary Shortage List
Design occupations not elsewhere classified (SOC 3429) is on the Temporary Shortage List for these jobs only: Industrial and product designers, Packaging designers, Performance make-up artists, Set designers, Visual merchandising managers and designers. Those jobs can be sponsored for a new Skilled Worker visa; other jobs in the code are open only to people who already held Skilled Worker permission before 22 July 2025.
Annual salaries for a 37.5-hour week, from Appendix Skilled Occupations (updated 3 Aug 2026).
The going rate is £39,300 a year for a 37.5-hour week. For a job on the Temporary Shortage List the minimum is £33,400 or the going rate, whichever is higher: £39,300.
Sources: Appendix Skilled Occupations, Temporary Shortage List, Skilled Worker salary rules, when you can be paid less.
The ONS coding index files 60 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.
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.
Design occupations not elsewhere classified (SOC 3429) is on the Temporary Shortage List for these jobs only: Industrial and product designers, Packaging designers, Performance make-up artists, Set designers, Visual merchandising managers and designers. Those jobs can be sponsored for a new Skilled Worker visa; other jobs in the code are open only to people who already held Skilled Worker permission before 22 July 2025.
The going rate is £39,300 a year for a 37.5-hour week. For a job on the Temporary Shortage List the minimum is £33,400 or the going rate, whichever is higher: £39,300.
The ONS coding index files 60 job titles under 3429, including art handler, audio artist, audio designer, body designer, book designer, card designer, ceramic designer, cloth designer. The employer chooses the code on the certificate of sponsorship from the job's duties, not its title.