SOC 2020 code 5413 · Skilled trades occupations

Tailors and dressmakers

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 5413

Existing workers only

Since 22 July 2025, Tailors and dressmakers (SOC 5413) can only be sponsored for people who were granted Skilled Worker permission under the rules in place before that date and have held it continuously since.

Going rate: £33,400
New entrant rate: £33,400
Major group: 5

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

The going rate in Appendix Skilled Occupations is £33,400 a year for a 37.5-hour week. It applies to people who can still be sponsored in this occupation.

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

Job titles under SOC 5413

The ONS coding index files 111 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.

Alteration assistant

Assistant (tailoring)

Cap maker (clothing mfr)

Cloth cutter (clothing mfr)

Cloth cutter (made-up textiles mfr)

Clothing fitter (retail trade)

Clothing pattern cutter

Copyist (millinery mfr)

Cutter (clothing mfr)

Cutter (embroidering)

Cutter (haberdashery mfr)

Cutter (hosiery, knitwear mfr)

Cutter's assistant (clothing mfr)

Cutting machinist (clothing mfr)

Cutting room assistant (clothing mfr)

First hand (clothing mfr)

Fitter (clothing mfr)

Fitter-up (clothing mfr)

Fixer (clothing mfr)

Furrier (fur goods mfr)

General hand (dressmaking)

Hand cutter (clothing mfr)

Knife cutter (leather glove mfr)

Layer-up (clothing mfr)

Leather cutter (clothing mfr)

Linen cutter (button mfr)

Lining cutter (clothing mfr)

Machine cutter (clothing mfr)

Machine knife cutter

Marker (clothing mfr)

Marker-up (clothing mfr)

Measurer (clothing mfr)

Milliner's assistant

Nailer (fur goods mfr)

Pattern cutter (clothing mfr)

Pattern maker (clothing mfr)

Picker (clothing mfr)

Pleater (clothing mfr)

Preparer (clothing mfr)

Press cutter (made-up textiles mfr)

Second hand (clothing mfr)

Shaper (clothing mfr)

Skin cutter (clothing mfr)

Table cutter (glove mfr)

Tailor and outfitter

Sponsors advertising tailors and dressmakers 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 5413

Can tailors and dressmakers be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa?

What is the going rate for SOC 5413?

The going rate in Appendix Skilled Occupations is £33,400 a year for a 37.5-hour week. It applies to people who can still be sponsored in this occupation.

Which job titles come under SOC code 5413?

The ONS coding index files 111 job titles under 5413, including alteration assistant, alteration cutter, alteration fitter, alteration hand, assistant, baister, band knife cutter, baster. The employer chooses the code on the certificate of sponsorship from the job's duties, not its title.