SOC 2020 code 5442 · Skilled trades occupations

Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers

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 5442

Existing workers only

Since 22 July 2025, Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers (SOC 5442) 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 5442

The ONS coding index files 187 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.

Antiques renovator (furniture)

Antiques repairer (furniture)

Antiques restorer (furniture)

Arm maker (furniture mfr)

Bamboo furniture maker

Barrel and cask maker

Bed maker (furniture mfr)

Bench hand (cabinet making)

Bench man (cabinet making)

Bench worker (cabinet making)

Bender (stick making)

Bender (wood products mfr)

Bleacher's stamp maker (wood)

Block maker (wood products mfr)

Bobber (wood products)

Bow maker (sports goods mfr)

Bowl maker (sports goods mfr)

Bowl maker (textile machinery mfr)

Cabinet maker and joiner

Cane furniture maker

Cane furniture manufacturer

Case maker (musical instruments mfr)

Case worker (piano, organ mfr)

Caseworker (piano, organ mfr)

Cellulose sprayer (furniture mfr)

Cleaver (cricket bat mfr)

Clock case maker (wood)

Coffin and casket maker

Embosser (wood products mfr)

Filer (tobacco pipe mfr)

Finisher (stick mfr)

Fitter (cabinet making)

Fitter-up (musical instruments mfr: piano case mfr)

Fittings and furniture fitter

Float maker (sports goods mfr)

Foreman (furniture mfr)

Foreman (tobacco pipe mfr)

Frame fitter (picture frame mfr)

Frame maker (concrete mfr)

Frame maker (furniture mfr)

Furniture manufacturer

Garden furniture maker

Grid maker (wood products mfr)

Instrument case maker

Joiner (cabinet making)

Letter carver (wood)

Manufacturer (furniture mfr)

Manufacturer (wood products mfr)

Marker-off (wood products mfr)

Marker-out (wood products mfr)

Mould maker (cast concrete products mfr)

Paint sprayer (furniture mfr)

Part maker (piano, organ mfr)

Pattern maker (cast concrete products mfr)

Pipe maker (tobacco pipe mfr)

Pipe polisher (wood)

Pipe repairer (tobacco pipes)

Pumicer (tobacco pipes)

Renovator (furniture)

Restorer (furniture)

Saddletree maker (wood)

Sand blaster (briar pipe mfr)

Shuttle peg finisher

Spray finisher (furniture mfr)

Spray painter (furniture mfr)

Sprayer (furniture mfr)

Staging maker (shipbuilding)

Stock maker (gun mfr)

Table maker (furniture mfr)

Television case maker

Weighter (golf club heads)

Wheel builder (wood)

Wheeler (wheelwrights)

Wicker furniture maker

Wide borer (tobacco pipes)

Wood bobbin polisher

Sponsors advertising furniture makers and other craft woodworkers 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 5442

Can furniture makers and other craft woodworkers be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa?

What is the going rate for SOC 5442?

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 5442?

The ONS coding index files 187 job titles under 5442, including antiques renovator, antiques renovator, antiques repairer, antiques repairer, antiques restorer, antiques restorer, arm maker, bamboo furniture maker. The employer chooses the code on the certificate of sponsorship from the job's duties, not its title.