SOC 2020 code 8211 · Process, plant and machine operatives

Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers

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 8211

Not eligible

Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers (SOC 8211) is not an eligible occupation for the Skilled Worker visa, so it cannot be sponsored on that route.

Going rate: None
Major group: 8

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 8211

The ONS coding index files 79 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.

Articulated vehicle driver
Carman (coal merchants)
Carrier (mine: not coal)

Coal hauler (retail trade)

Coal man (coal merchants)

Concrete mixer driver

Concrete pump driver

Contractor (transport)

Driver (articulated lorry)

Driver (vehicles, heavy goods transport)

Driver (waste disposal and environmental services)

Haulage driver (heavy goods road transport)

Haulage hand (haulage contractor)

Hgv multi drop driver

Hgv multi-drop driver

Large goods vehicle driver

Livestock transporter

Loader-driver (hgv/lgv)

Mobile library driver

Motor haulage driver

Motor vehicle driver

Owner-driver (haulage contractor)

Refuse collection driver

Refuse collector-driver

Roundsman (coal delivery)

Shunter driver (road transport)

Tractor driver (road transport)

Transport contractor (road)

Truck driver (road transport)

Truckman (road transport)

Waste collection driver

Waste disposal contractor

Sponsors advertising heavy and large goods vehicle drivers 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 8211

Can heavy and large goods vehicle drivers be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa?

Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers (SOC 8211) 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 8211?

Appendix Skilled Occupations gives no going rate for this occupation.

Which job titles come under SOC code 8211?

The ONS coding index files 79 job titles under 8211, including articulated vehicle driver, carman, carrier, carrier, carrier, cartage contractor, cattle remover, cattle transporter. The employer chooses the code on the certificate of sponsorship from the job's duties, not its title.