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You might still be able to apply for a Skilled Worker visa if your job is eligible but your salary is less than the standard salary requirement of 拢38,700 or your job鈥檚 standard 鈥榞oing rate鈥�.

You can be paid between 70% and 90% of the standard going rate for your job if your salary is at least 拢30,960 per year and you meet one of the following criteria:

• you鈥檙e under 26, studying or a recent graduate, or in professional training
• you have a science, technology, engineering or maths (STEM) PhD level qualification that鈥檚 relevant to your job (if you have a relevant PhD level qualification in any other subject your salary must be at least 拢26,100)
• you have a postdoctoral position in science or higher education

Your job is on the immigration salary list

The immigration salary list is a list of skilled jobs which have lower salary requirements.

If your job is on the immigration salary list you also pay a lower fee to apply for your visa.

You must be paid at least 拢30,960 per year if you are being sponsored for a job on the immigration salary list.

You must still be paid at least the standard going rate for your job. Check the standard going rate for your job in the going rates table.

View the immigration salary list to see if your job is included and how much you鈥檒l need to be paid.

Make sure you check whether your job is listed in the part of the UK you鈥檒l be working in 鈥� UK-wide, or only in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

You鈥檙e under 26, studying or a recent graduate, or in professional training

You can be paid 70% of your job鈥檚 standard going rate if your salary will be at least 拢30,960 per year and one of the following applies:

• you鈥檙e under 26 on the date you apply
• you鈥檙e currently in the UK on a Student visa studying at bachelor鈥檚 degree level or above - or you have been in the last 2 years, and a Student or visit visa was your most recent visa
• you鈥檙e currently in the UK on a Graduate visa, or you have been in the last 2 years
• you鈥檒l be working towards a recognised qualification in a鈥�UK regulated profession
• you鈥檒l be working towards full registration or chartered status in the job you鈥檙e being sponsored for

If this applies to you, check how much you鈥檒l need to be paid to qualify for this visa.

You have a PhD level qualification that鈥檚 relevant to your job

If your job is eligible for a PhD salary discount, you can be paid 80% or 90% of the job鈥檚 standard going rate, depending on which subject you are qualified in.

If you have a science, technology, engineering or maths (STEM) qualification, you can be paid 80% of your job鈥檚 standard going rate, as long as you will still be paid at least 拢30,960 a year.

If you have a non-STEM qualification, you can be paid 90% of your job鈥檚 standard going rate, as long as you will still be paid at least 拢34,830 a year.

In both situations, you must:

• have a UK PhD or an equivalent doctorate-level overseas qualification - you鈥檒l need to to check if an overseas qualification is equivalent to a UK PhD
• be able to prove your qualification is relevant to the job you鈥檒l be doing in the UK - your employer can confirm this

View the list of jobs that qualify for a PhD salary discount to see if your job is included and how much you need to be paid.

You have a postdoctoral position in science or higher education

You can be paid 70% of your job鈥檚 standard going rate if you鈥檒l be working in a postdoctoral position in certain science or higher education roles.

Your job must be in one of the following occupation codes to qualify for this salary discount:

• 2111: chemical scientists
• 2112: biological scientists
• 2113: biochemists and biomedical scientists
• 2114: physical scientists
• 2115: social and humanities scientists
• 2119: natural and social science professionals not elsewhere classified
• 2162: other researchers, unspecified discipline
• 2311: higher education teaching professionals

If this applies to you, check how much you鈥檒l need to be paid to qualify for this visa.