UK Sponsorship Salary Thresholds for Healthcare: Going rates for nurses, doctors, dentists and allied health on UK visas

The minimum salaries (going rates) the UK Immigration Rules set for sponsored health and care jobs: Agenda for Change bands 3 to 9 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, doctor and dentist grades by nation, and the list of health occupation codes with whether each is open to new overseas applicants. There are 40 band rates, 58 doctor and dentist grade rates, 30 occupation codes and 5 general rules, with 2 GOV.UK source pages. Published by MedicSail (https://medicsail.com), a licensing consultancy for internationally trained doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists and allied health professionals. The same figures appear on MedicSail's free guides and tools, where they are kept up to date. Files agenda_for_change_going_rates.csv: Going rate by Agenda for Change band and UK nation. (40 rows) Column Type Meaning band string Agenda for Change band nation string England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland going_rate_gbp_a_year integer Going rate in pounds a year basis_hours_per_week number Weekly hours the rate is stated for table string Table in the Immigration Rules appendix_version string Version of the appendix checked source_name string Official page source_url string URL checked_on datetime Date checked (yyyy-mm-dd) medicsail_page string MedicSail sponsorship salary checker doctor_dentist_going_rates.csv: Going rates for doctor and dentist grades by UK nation. (58 rows) Column Type Meaning profession_group string Doctors or Dentists soc_codes string SOC 2020 codes covered nation string UK nation grade string Training or career grade going_rate_gbp_a_year integer Going rate in pounds a year basis_hours_per_week number Weekly hours the rate is stated for table string Table in the Immigration Rules appendix_version string Version checked source_name string Official page source_url string URL checked_on datetime Date checked (yyyy-mm-dd) medicsail_page string MedicSail sponsorship salary checker healthcare_occupation_codes.csv: Health and care SOC 2020 occupation codes and whether they are open to new overseas applicants. (30 rows) Column Type Meaning soc_2020_code string SOC 2020 occupation code soc_title string Title in the Immigration Rules plain_label string Plain-English job label group string Group of occupations pay_basis string Which going-rate table applies open_to_new_overseas_applicants string yes or no with the rule band_3_while_awaiting_nmc_registration string Nursing and midwifery codes that may be paid at Band 3 while awaiting NMC registration source_name string Official page source_url string URL checked_on datetime Date checked (yyyy-mm-dd) medicsail_page string MedicSail sponsorship salary checker salary_rules.csv: The salary floor and eligibility rules that apply to all health occupations. (5 rows) Column Type Meaning rule string Rule value string Value or rule unit string Unit note string Detail source_name string Official page source_url string URL checked_on datetime Date checked (yyyy-mm-dd) medicsail_page string MedicSail sponsorship salary checker Notes Nothing is estimated. Rates are annual gross pay in pounds, as stated in the tables, for the weekly hours in basis_hours_per_week. They must be pro-rated for other working patterns. The salary needed is the higher of the going rate and the GBP 25,000 floor. Care worker and senior care worker codes are closed to new applicants from overseas, as the Immigration Rules and GOV.UK state. Northern Ireland's dental foundation year two rate is left out because the table does not state the hours it is based on. Check the source page before you rely on or pay anything. Rules and fees change. This is general information, not immigration, legal or professional advice. MedicSail is independent and is not affiliated with any regulator or government body. Licence CC BY 4.0. You may reuse the data with attribution: "MedicSail, UK Sponsorship Salary Thresholds for Healthcare (October 2026), https://medicsail.com". Also on Kaggle: kaggle.com/datasets/medicsail/uk-sponsorship-salary-thresholds-healthcare. Current figures and guides: medicsail.com.