SOC 2020 code 4129 · Administrative and secretarial 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
Financial administrative occupations not elsewhere classified (SOC 4129) is on the Temporary Shortage List for these jobs only: Box office assistants, Grants officers, Mortgage administrators, Revenue assistants (excludes National and Local government revenue occupations), Treasury assistants. 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 £33,400 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: £33,400.
Sources: Appendix Skilled Occupations, Temporary Shortage List, Skilled Worker salary rules, when you can be paid less.
The ONS coding index files 166 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.
Since October 2025 we read 3 adverts that we placed in this code from the job title, 3 of them still open, from 2 employers on the register of licensed sponsors.
Open adverts checked against the employer, occupation and salary rules for a new visa:
TC Group · Lewes · Not for a new visa
eFinancialCareers Ltd · Bangor · Check first
Hays PLC · Glasgow, Scotland · £45,000 to £55,000 a year · Check first
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.
Financial administrative occupations not elsewhere classified (SOC 4129) is on the Temporary Shortage List for these jobs only: Box office assistants, Grants officers, Mortgage administrators, Revenue assistants (excludes National and Local government revenue occupations), Treasury assistants. 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 £33,400 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: £33,400.
The ONS coding index files 166 job titles under 4129, including account administrator, account coordinator, accounts coordinator, administrator, audit assistant, bank reconciliation clerk, banker's representative, banking clerk. The employer chooses the code on the certificate of sponsorship from the job's duties, not its title.
Since October 2025 we read 3 adverts that we placed in SOC 4129, from 2 employers on the register. The most came from eFinancialCareers Ltd (1), Hays PLC (1).