Skilled Worker salary changes – 9 April

The minimum salary for Skilled Workers  for occupations in healthcare and education, PHD and STEM is being increased from £23,200 per year (or £11.90 per hour) to £25,000 per year (or £12.82 per hour).

Another small but potentially important change to be aware of is that the 40 hour working week used for the going rate in paragraph SW14.5 (transitional arrangements for salary on the Skilled Worker route) is being reduced to a 37.5 hour working week.

Where applicants are relying on a “new entrant” salary reduction, a change has been made to state that they must be relying on a UK qualification.