SOC 2020 code 7114 · Sales and customer service occupations

Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants

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 7114

Not eligible

Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants (SOC 7114) 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 7114

The ONS coding index files 52 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.

Assistant technical officer (retail pharmacy)
Chemist dispenser
Chemist's assistant

Chemist's assistant (retail trade)

Chemist’s shop assistant

Contact lens assistant

Counter assistant (retail pharmacy)

Customer assistant (retail pharmacy)

Customer service assistant (retail pharmacy)

Dispensary assistant

Dispensary assistant (medical practice)

Dispensary assistant (retail pharmacy)

Dispenser (medical practice)

Dispenser (retail pharmacy)

Dispenser's assistant

Dispenser's assistant (medical practice)

Dispensing assistant

Dispensing assistant (medical practice)

Dispensing assistant (opticians)

Dispensing assistant (retail pharmacy)

Hca (retail pharmacy)

Health care assistant (retail pharmacy)

Health care partner (retail pharmacy)

Healthcare adviser (retail pharmacy)

Healthcare assistant (retail pharmacy)

Healthcare partner (retail pharmacy)

Medical counter assistant

Medicine counter assistant

Medicines counter assistant

Ophthalmic assistant

Optical dispensing assistant

Optical sales adviser

Optician's assistant

Optometrist’s assistant

Pharmaceutical assistant (retail pharmacy)

Pharmaceutical dispenser

Pharmacist's assistant

Pharmacy assistant technical officer

Pharmacy counter assistant

Pharmacy dispensing assistant

Sales assistant (retail pharmacy)

Shop assistant (dispensing)

Sponsors advertising pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants 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 7114

Can pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa?

Pharmacy and optical dispensing assistants (SOC 7114) 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 7114?

Appendix Skilled Occupations gives no going rate for this occupation.

Which job titles come under SOC code 7114?

The ONS coding index files 52 job titles under 7114, including assistant technical officer, chemist dispenser, chemist's assistant, chemist's assistant, chemist’s shop assistant, contact lens assistant, counter assistant, customer assistant. The employer chooses the code on the certificate of sponsorship from the job's duties, not its title.