SOC 2020 code 6113 · Caring, leisure and other service 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.
Existing workers only
Since 22 July 2025, Educational support assistants (SOC 6113) 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.
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 55 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 46 adverts that we placed in this code from the job title, 45 of them still open, from 4 employers on the register of licensed sponsors. The median advertised salary was £27,300 (46 adverts with a salary).
Open adverts checked against the employer, occupation and salary rules for a new visa:
Girls' Learning Trust · Carshalton, South West London · £32,187 a year · Not for a new visa
Academics · Worthing · £181,350 to £204,750 a year (from an hourly rate) · Not for a new visa
RIBBONS AND REEVES LIMITED · Gilston, Harlow · £24,180 to £33,800 a year · Not for a new visa
RIBBONS AND REEVES LIMITED · Thorley, Bishop's Stortford · £24,180 to £33,800 a year · Not for a new visa
RIBBONS AND REEVES LIMITED · Bocking, Braintree · £24,180 to £33,800 a year · Not for a new visa
RIBBONS AND REEVES LIMITED · Sandon, Chelmsford · £24,180 to £33,800 a year · Not for a new visa
Academics · Dorking · £181,350 to £204,750 a year (from an hourly rate) · 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.
Since 22 July 2025, Educational support assistants (SOC 6113) 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.
Appendix Skilled Occupations gives no going rate for this occupation.
The ONS coding index files 55 job titles under 6113, including 1:1 teaching assistant, additional needs classroom assistant, additional needs support assistant, additional needs teaching assistant, ancillary worker, behaviour support assistant, behaviour support worker, classroom assistant. The employer chooses the code on the certificate of sponsorship from the job's duties, not its title.
Since October 2025 we read 46 adverts that we placed in SOC 6113, from 4 employers on the register. The most came from North Lanarkshire Council (7), RIBBONS AND REEVES LIMITED (4), Girls' Learning Trust (1).
The median advertised salary was £27,300 across 46 adverts that gave one.
North Lanarkshire Council · UK · £20,001 to £30,000 a year · Not for a new visa