SOC 2020 code 5435 · Skilled trades 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.
Not eligible
Cooks (SOC 5435) is not an eligible occupation for the Skilled Worker visa, so it cannot be sponsored on that route.
Annual salaries for a 37.5-hour week, from Appendix Skilled Occupations (updated 3 Aug 2026).
Appendix Skilled Occupations gives no going rate for this occupation.
Sources: Appendix Skilled Occupations, Skilled Worker salary rules, when you can be paid less.
The ONS coding index files 19 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 24 adverts that we placed in this code from the job title, 18 of them still open, from 3 employers on the register of licensed sponsors. The median advertised salary was £26,422 (24 adverts with a salary).
Open adverts checked against the employer, occupation and salary rules for a new visa:
Shaftesbury · Colchester · £26,520 a year (from an hourly rate) · Not for a new visa
Exemplar Health Care · Leigh · £25,350 a year (from an hourly rate) · Not for a new visa
Exemplar Health Care · Padiham, Burnley · £27,601 a year · Not for a new visa
Creative Support Limited · North West England, UK · £28,080 a year · Not for a new visa
Exemplar Health Care · Yardley Wood, Birmingham · £27,601 a year · Not for a new visa
Exemplar Health Care · Cannock, Staffordshire · £27,601 a year · Not for a new visa
Exemplar Health Care · Heap Bridge, Bury · £27,601 a year · Not for a new visa
Exemplar Health Care · Hindley Green, Wigan · £27,601 a year · Not for a new visa
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.
Cooks (SOC 5435) is not an eligible occupation for the Skilled Worker visa, so it cannot be sponsored on that route.
Appendix Skilled Occupations gives no going rate for this occupation.
The ONS coding index files 19 job titles under 5435, including chief cook, cook, cook in charge, cook manager, cook supervisor, cook-cleaner, cook-companion, cook-general. The employer chooses the code on the certificate of sponsorship from the job's duties, not its title.
Since October 2025 we read 24 adverts that we placed in SOC 5435, from 3 employers on the register. The most came from Exemplar Health Care (12), Agincare UK Limited (9), Creative Support Limited (2).
The median advertised salary was £26,422 across 24 adverts that gave one.