4SOC 2020 major group27 codes

Administrative and secretarial occupations

27 SOC 2020 occupation codes in this major group, with their Skilled Worker eligibility and going rates.

Rules checked against GOV.UK: 6 November 2026

Occupations within this major group undertake general administrative, clerical and secretarial work, and perform a variety of specialist client-orientated administrative duties. The main tasks involve retrieving, updating, classifying and distributing documents, correspondence and other records held electronically and in storage files; typing, word-processing and otherwise preparing documents; operating other office and business machinery; receiving and directing telephone calls to an organisation; and routing information through organisations. Most job holders in this major group will require a good standard of general education. Certain occupations will require further additional vocational training or professional occupations to a well-defined standard.

Higher Skilled0
Medium Skilled15
Medium Skilled (conditions apply)0
Ineligible12

41 Administrative occupations

CodeOccupationEligibilityGoing rate
4111National government administrative occupations Medium Skilled £33,400 (Table 1a)
4112Local government administrative occupations Medium Skilled £33,400 (Table 1a)
4113Officers of non-governmental organisations Medium Skilled £33,400 (Table 1a)
4121Credit controllers · TSL Medium Skilled £33,400 (Table 1a)
4122Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks · TSL Medium Skilled £33,400 (Table 1a)
4123Bank and post office clerks Ineligible –
4124Finance officers Medium Skilled £33,400 (Table 1a)
4129Financial administrative occupations not elsewhere classified · TSL Medium Skilled £33,400 (Table 1a)
4131Records clerks and assistants Ineligible –
4132Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants · TSL Medium Skilled £33,400 (Table 1a)
4133Stock control clerks and assistants Ineligible –
4134Transport and distribution clerks and assistants Medium Skilled £33,400 (Table 1a)
4135Library clerks and assistants Ineligible –
4136Human resources administrative occupations Ineligible –
4141Office managers Medium Skilled £37,400 (Table 1a)
4142Office supervisors Ineligible –
4143Customer service managers Medium Skilled £35,200 (Table 1a)
4151Sales administrators Medium Skilled £33,400 (Table 1a)
4152Data entry administrators Ineligible –
4159Other administrative occupations not elsewhere classified Medium Skilled £33,400 (Table 1a)

42 Secretarial and related occupations

CodeOccupationEligibilityGoing rate
4211Medical secretaries Ineligible –
4212Legal secretaries Ineligible –
4213School secretaries Ineligible –
4214Company secretaries and administrators Medium Skilled £33,400 (Table 1a)
4215Personal assistants and other secretaries Medium Skilled £33,400 (Table 1a)
4216Receptionists Ineligible –
4217Typists and related keyboard occupations Ineligible –

* Medium Skilled with conditions: see the code page for the exact condition. ISL = Immigration Salary List, TSL = Temporary Shortage List.

Sources

Compiled by SWC Editorial Team from the sources above. An information summary, not immigration advice.