Visa sponsorship in job adverts from UK sponsor-licensed employers, 2026

Aggregate tables from the SponsorJobs study of visa sponsorship in UK job adverts from employers on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (November 2026 edition). Over 30 days (3 October to 1 November 2026), 202,073 unique adverts were read by a language model. Roughly 1 in 6 ruled sponsorship out or required UK nationality, residence, security clearance or an existing right to work; 0.9% of live adverts explicitly offered sponsorship. On employers already covered in September the rate was flat (23.4% vs about 22%). Method, validation and limits: sponsorjobs.co/research/visa-sponsorship-adverts-2026. Published by SponsorJobs. Licence: CC BY 4.0.