SOC 2020 code 7112 · Sales and customer service occupations

Retail cashiers and check-out operators

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 7112

Not eligible

Retail cashiers and check-out operators (SOC 7112) is not an eligible occupation for the Skilled Worker visa, so it cannot be sponsored on that route.

Going rate: None
Major group: 7

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.

Job titles under SOC 7112

The ONS coding index files 63 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.

Cash and wrap assistant
Cash and wrap operator
Cashier (cafe)
Cashier

Cashier (restaurant)

Cashier (retail trade)

Cashier (wholesale trade)

Checkout general assistant (retail trade)

Chief cashier (retail trade)

Consol operator (petrol station)

Console operator (petrol station)

Customer adviser (checkout)

Customer assistant (checkout)

Customer assistant (petrol station)

Customer experience assistant (checkout)

Customer service assistant (checkout)

Customer service assistant (petrol station)

Customer team member (checkout)

Filling station attendant

Forecourt sales assistant

Forecourt shop assistant

Garage assistant (petrol station)

Garage attendant (petrol station)

General assistant (checkout)

Petrol pump attendant

Petrol sales assistant

Petrol salesman (petrol station)

Petrol station assistant

Petrol station attendant

Petrol station cashier

Pump attendant (garage)

Pumpman (petrol station)

Refueller (vehicles)

Sales assistant (petrol station)

Scanner assistant (retail trade)

Scanner clerk (retail trade)

Scanner operator (retail trade)

Scanning assistant (retail trade)

Scanning clerk (retail trade)

Scanning operator (retail trade)

Service station attendant

Supermarket assistant

Supermarket sales assistant

Sponsors advertising retail cashiers and check-out operators 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 7112

Can retail cashiers and check-out operators be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa?

Retail cashiers and check-out operators (SOC 7112) is not an eligible occupation for the Skilled Worker visa, so it cannot be sponsored on that route.

What is the going rate for SOC 7112?

Appendix Skilled Occupations gives no going rate for this occupation.

Which job titles come under SOC code 7112?

The ONS coding index files 63 job titles under 7112, including cash and wrap assistant, cash and wrap operator, cashier, cashier, cashier, cashier, cashier, checker-out. The employer chooses the code on the certificate of sponsorship from the job's duties, not its title.