- Do you have the IT skills and desire to move to the UK?
- We selected the best roles in IT that sponsor work visas for foreign professionals.
Moving to the UK for work seems like a great idea: there are many attractive job opportunities with great working conditions and competitive salaries.
However, if you are a non-British national, you can't just move here whenever you want to and start looking for a job. Instead, you have to obtain a work visa first. Whether you are coming from the EU or anywhere else, you must get a job offer that meets several strict visa requirements to be granted a work permit.
Under the new points-based immigration system, you need to score 70 points by satisfying requirements related to your job and personal background.
The process is more or less the same for everyone, but certain jobs may make it easier for you to receive a work visa. For instance, it's easier to score points for the jobs that are in shortage in the UK. Today we have selected all of the most popular IT jobs in the UK on the Shortage Occupation List (SOL).
To ensure that you meet some of the UK visa requirements you will need to know the occupation code of the job that you want to apply for. Using this code, you can then find out the salary basepoint and other information needed to guarantee that this job is suitable for visa sponsorship.
1. IT business analyst
Business analyst occupation code:
2135
Annual Going Rate:
£36,600
2. Software engineer
Software engineer occupation code:
2136
Annual Going Rate:
£33,300
3. Database developer
Database developer occupation code:
2135
Annual Going Rate:
£36,600
4. Web designer
Web designer occupation code:
2137
Annual Going Rate:
£26,000
5. Web developer
Web developer occupation code:
2137
Annual Going Rate:
£26,000
6. IT consultant
IT consultant occupation code:
2139
Annual Going Rate:
£31,800
7. Software tester
Software tester occupation code:
2137
Annual Going Rate:
£26,000
