SOC 5423 Print finishing and binding workers: Skilled Worker Eligibility and Going Rate | ImmigrationGPT
SOC 2020 code 5423 · Skilled trades occupations
Print finishing and binding workers
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 5423
Existing workers only
Since 22 July 2025, Print finishing and binding workers (SOC 5423) 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.
The ONS coding index files 134 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.
Binder
(bookbinding)
Binder (printing)
Binder's assistant
Bindery assistant
Bindery worker
Blocker (bookbinding)
Book binder
Book finisher (printing)
Book folder
Book repairer
Book restorer
Bookbinder
Bookbinder's assistant
Braille copyist
Card perforator (stationery mfr)
Cartridge cassette loader (photographic film mfr)
Cloth cutter (bookbinding)
Collator (printing)
Collotype machinist
Colour film worker
Colour prover (printing)
Colour retoucher
Colourer (wallpaper printing)
Combining machinist (textile printing)
Coverer (bookbinding)
Cutter (bookbinding)
Dark room assistant
Darkroom technician
Developer (photographic film processing)
Dis hand
Dryer (photographic film mfr)
Dryer (photographic film processing)
Duster (printing)
Electro copper worker (textile printing)
Embosser (printing)
Embossing machinist
Enlarger (films)
Film assembler
Film developer
Film developing machinist
Film joiner
Film loader
Film printing machinist
Film processor
Film splicer
Finisher (bookbinding)
Finisher (printing)
Finisher (process engraving)
Finishing manager (printing)
Finishing supervisor (printing)
Folder (bookbinding)
Folder (printing)
Folder (rag book mfr)
Foreman (calico printers)
Foreman (textile mfr: printing dept)
Forwarder (bookbinding)
Gatherer (bookbinding)
General hand (bookbinding)
Gilder (bookbinding)
Gilder (printing)
Gilder (wallpaper mfr)
Gilt edger
Gold finisher
Grader (photographic film processing)
Grinder (printing)
Hand colourer (picture postcard)
Handler (photographic film mfr)
Indexer (bookbinding)
Leather binder
Leather case maker (bookbinding)
Leather cutter (bookbinding)
Leather embosser (bookbinding)
Machinist (bookbinding)
Machinist (photographic film processing)
Marbler (bookbinding)
Mounter (printing)
Negative assembler (films)
Numberer (bookbinding)
Offset duplicating machinist
Pager (bookbinding)
Pager (printing)
Paper marbler
Patcher (lithography)
Pattern book maker
Pattern perforator (paper dress pattern mfr)
Perfect binding machinist
Perforator (bookbinding)
Photo finisher
Photographer's mounter
Photographic colourist
Photographic finisher
Photographic processor
Photographic retoucher
Photolitho retoucher
Plater (bookbinding)
Pocket book maker
Postcard colourist
Presentation assistant (printing)
Presser (bookbinding)
Print colourer
Print finisher
Printer's binder
Printer's finisher
Printing warehouse assistant
Process assistant (printing)
Process mounter
Process prover (printing)
Process worker (film processing)
Proof passer (lithography)
Prover (lithography)
Prover (ordnance survey)
Publisher's binder
Reeler (photographic film mfr)
Retoucher (film processing)
Retoucher (printing)
Roller (bookbinding)
Sensitometric calculator
Sensitometric control assistant
Sewer (bookbinding)
Sewing machinist (bookbinding)
Spooler (photographic film mfr)
Spotter (film processing)
Spotter (printing)
Stamp perforator
Stationer's binder
Stitcher (bookbinding)
Stitcher (printing)
Synchroniser (film, television production)
Table man (bookbinding)
Tinter (film processing)
Trimmer (bookbinding)
Vellum binder
Vellum sewer
Washer (photographic film processing)
Sponsors advertising print finishing and binding workers 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 5423
Can print finishing and binding workers be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa?
Since 22 July 2025, Print finishing and binding workers (SOC 5423) 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 5423?
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 5423?
The ONS coding index files 134 job titles under 5423, including binder, binder, binder's assistant, bindery assistant, bindery worker, blocker, book binder, book finisher. The employer chooses the code on the certificate of sponsorship from the job's duties, not its title.