SOC 2020 code 5422 · Skilled trades occupations

Printers

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 5422

Existing workers only

Since 22 July 2025, Printers (SOC 5422) 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 5422

The ONS coding index files 86 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.

Block printer

Bronze letter printer

Colour worker (printing)

Decorator (wallpaper mfr)

Digital document specialist

Flexographic printer

Foreman (publishing)

Guider (textile printing)

Litho machine minder

Lithographic operator

Lithographic printer

Machine room foreman (printing)

Metal leaf ticket printer

Offset litho operator

Offset litho printer

Offset lithographic printer

Photographic printer

Plate printer (ceramics mfr)

Platen minder (printing)

Printer (lithographic)

Printer and stationer

Process operator (printing)

Screen maker (textile printing)

Screen print manager

Silk screen machinist

Silk screen operator

Stationer (paper goods mfr)

Stationer and printer

Title printer (film processing)

Sponsors advertising printers 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 5422

Can printers be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa?

Since 22 July 2025, Printers (SOC 5422) 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.

What is the going rate for SOC 5422?

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 5422?

The ONS coding index files 86 job titles under 5422, including block printer, bromide printer, bronze letter printer, bronzer, bronzing machinist, calico printer, cloth printer, colour printer. The employer chooses the code on the certificate of sponsorship from the job's duties, not its title.