SOC 2020 code 9259 · Elementary occupations

Elementary storage occupations not elsewhere classified

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 9259

Not eligible

Elementary storage occupations not elsewhere classified (SOC 9259) is not an eligible occupation for the Skilled Worker visa, so it cannot be sponsored on that route.

Going rate: None
Major group: 9

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 9259

The ONS coding index files 140 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.

Art handler
Auctioneer's assistant
Bag carrier (docks)

Banksman (civil engineering)

Banksman (manufacturing)

Cargo handler (docks)

Coal trimmer (docks)

Collier (boat, barge)

Crane latcher (steelworks)

Deal carrier (docks)

Deal runner (timber merchants)

Explosive attendant (coal mine)

Explosives attendant (coal mine)

Explosives man (mining)

General assistant (wholesale trade)

Goods porter (canals)

Grey room worker (textile mfr)

Labourer (fish processing)

Lamp attendant (coal mine)

Lampman (mine: not coal)

Latcher (steelworks)

Linen checker (hotels, catering, public houses)

Linen room assistant

Linen room attendant

Pattern room assistant (textile mfr)

Plan keeper (railways)

Powder house attendant

Sale room assistant (auctioneers)

Sample room assistant

Signalman (steelworks)

Steel checker (coal mine)

Stevedore's labourer

Timber carrier (docks)

Timber loader (docks)

X-ray cargo screener (warehousing)

X-ray operative (cargo/freight)

Sponsors advertising elementary storage occupations not elsewhere classified 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 9259

Can elementary storage occupations not elsewhere classified be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa?

Elementary storage occupations not elsewhere classified (SOC 9259) 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 9259?

Appendix Skilled Occupations gives no going rate for this occupation.

Which job titles come under SOC code 9259?

The ONS coding index files 140 job titles under 9259, including art handler, auctioneer's assistant, bag carrier, ballast man, ballast tipper, ballast trimmer, banana ripener, banksman. The employer chooses the code on the certificate of sponsorship from the job's duties, not its title.