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UK SHORTAGE OCCUPATION LIST 

Immigration Rules Appendix K: shortage occupation list

Shortage Occupation List.

1. Where these Rules refer to jobs which appear on the Shortage Occupation List, this means only those specific jobs within each Standard Occupational Classification code stated in Tables 1 and 2 below and, where stated, where the further specified criteria are met.

1. 2. Jobs which appear on the United Kingdom Shortage Occupation List are set out in Table 1.
2. 3. Jobs which appear on the Scotland Only Shortage Occupation List are set out in Table 2.
3. 4. DELETED
4. 5. For the purposes of this Appendix, where the job is one to which a requirement for specified experience applies, the sponsor must:
   1. (a) retain references from the individual’s past employer(s) detailing the required experience, as set out in the tables below, and provide these to the Home Office on request; and
   2. (b) retain relevant evidence enabling it to demonstrate:
      1. (i) why the job requires someone with the required experience;
      2. (ii) why the job could not be carried out to the required standard by someone with less experience; and
      3. (iii) how it would expect a settled worker to gain this experience before being appointed to the post; and
   3. (c) pay the “experienced worker” salary rate, if both “new entrant” and “experienced worker” rates are specified for the appropriate Standard Occupational Classification code in Appendix J.
5. 6. Jobs which previously appeared on the United Kingdom and Scotland Only Shortage Occupation Lists are set out in Tables 3 and 4. These jobs do not appear on the current lists and are set out for the purpose of informing indefinite leave to remain applications only. (The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Codes are those which the jobs appeared under at the time they were removed from the lists; the SOC codes may have changed since due to the reclassification from the SOC 2000 system to the SOC 2010 system.)

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code and description	Job titles included on the United Kingdom Shortage Occupation List and further criteria
2112 Biological scientists and biochemists	All jobs in this occupation code
2113 Physical Scientists	Only the following jobs in this occupation code: The following jobs in the construction-related ground engineering industry: • engineering geologist • hydrogeologist • geophysicist The following jobs in the oil and gas industry: • geophysicist • geoscientist • geologist • geochemist • technical services manager in the decommissioning and waste areas of the nuclear industry • senior resource geologist and staff geologist in the mining sector
2114 Social and Humanities’ Scientists	Only the following jobs in this occupation code: Archaeologists
2121 Civil engineers	All jobs in this occupation code
2122 Mechanical engineers	All jobs in this occupation code
2123 Electrical engineers	All jobs in this occupation code
2124 Electronics Engineers	All jobs in this occupation code
2126 Design and development engineers	All jobs in this occupation code
2127 Production and process engineers	All jobs in this occupation code
2129 Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified	All jobs in this occupation code
2135 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers	All jobs in this occupation code
2136 Programmers and software development professionals	All jobs in this occupation code
2137 Web design and development professionals	All jobs in this occupation code
2139 Information technology and communications professionals not elsewhere classified	Only the following job in this occupation code: • Cyber security specialist .
2211 Medical practitioners	All jobs in this occupation code
2212 Psychologists	All jobs in this occupation code
2216 Veterinarians	All jobs in this occupation code
2217 Medical Radiographers	All jobs in this occupation code
2222 Occupational therapists	All jobs in this occupation code
2223 Speech and language therapists	All jobs in this occupation code
2231 Nurses	All jobs in this occupation code
2314 Secondary education teaching professionals	Only the following jobs in this occupation code: • secondary education teachers in the subjects of maths, physics, science (where an element of physics will be taught), computer science and Mandarin
2425 Actuaries, economists and statisticians	Only the following jobs in this occupation code: • bio-informatician • informatician
2431 Architects	All jobs in this occupation code
2433 Quantity surveyors	All jobs in this occupation code
2442 Social workers	All jobs in this occupation code
2461 Quality control and planning engineers	All jobs in this occupation code
3213 Paramedics	All jobs in this occupation code
3411 Artist	All jobs in this occupation code
3414 Dancers and choreographers	Only the following jobs in this occupation code: • Skilled classical ballet dancers who meet the standard required by internationally recognised United Kingdom ballet companies. The company must be endorsed as being internationally recognised by a United Kingdom industry body such as the Arts Councils (of England, Scotland and/or Wales) • Skilled contemporary dancers who meet the standard required by internationally recognised United Kingdom contemporary dance companies. The company must be endorsed as being internationally recognised by a United Kingdom industry body such as the Arts Councils (of England, Scotland and/or Wales)
3415 Musicians	Only the following jobs in this occupation code: • skilled orchestral musicians who are leaders, principals, sub-principals or numbered string positions, and who meet the standard required by internationally recognised UK orchestras. The orchestra must be endorsed as being internationally recognised by the Association of British Orchestras.
3416 Arts officers, producers and directors	All jobs in this occupation code
3421 Graphic designers	All jobs in this occupation code
5215 Welding trades	Only the following job in this occupation code: • high integrity pipe welder where the job requires three or more years’ related on-the-job experience
5434 Chefs	Only the following job in this occupation code: Skilled chef where: • the pay is at least £29,570 per year after deductions for accommodation, meals etc; and • the job requires five or more years relevant experience in a role of at least equivalent status to the one they are entering; and • the job is not in either a fast food or standard fare outlet; and The job is in one of the following roles: • executive chef - limited to one per establishment • head chef - limited to one per establishment • sous chef - limited to one for every four kitchen staff per establishment • specialist chef - limited to one per speciality per establishment

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