Highlights
Highest typical pay
Medicine & Surgery£68,600International Business£59,400Software Engineering£57,600Corporate Finance & Financial Management£57,300Data Engineering & Cloud Computing£56,800All 143 fields
Typical pay for the jobs each field leads to, and projected job growth to 2035. Tap a field for the full picture.
Engineering & technology16 fields
Aerospace Engineering£53,500Growth +11.3% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaBiomedical Engineering£48,800Growth +11.2% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaChemical Engineering£47,300Growth +11.2% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaCivil & Structural Engineering£50,000Growth +11% · 95% of jobs can sponsor a visaElectrical & Electronic Engineering£54,000Growth +11.1% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaEnergy & Power Engineering£51,100Growth +11.3% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaEngineering & Technology Management£53,500Growth +10.6% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaGeneral Engineering£49,700Growth +10.6% · 91% of jobs can sponsor a visaManufacturing & Industrial Engineering£49,300Growth +10.8% · 95% of jobs can sponsor a visaMechanical Engineering£50,500Growth +11.2% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaMining & Petroleum Engineering£50,300Growth +11.2% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaNanotechnology & Advanced Materials£46,200Growth +11.2% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaNuclear Engineering£47,600Growth +10.5% · 90% of jobs can sponsor a visaRobotics & Automation£51,900Growth +11.1% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaTelecommunication Engineering£54,700Growth +11.1% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaTransportation & Logistics Engineering£46,700Growth +11.6% · 62% of jobs can sponsor a visaPublic health & allied health16 fields
Allied Health & Therapy (general)£45,900Growth +9.7% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaAnatomy & Physiology£45,200Growth +10.5% · 90% of jobs can sponsor a visaAudiology£41,800Growth +9.8% · 90% of jobs can sponsor a visaGlobal Health & International Development£51,700Growth +10.8% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaHealth Informatics & Digital Health£52,900Growth +10.1% · 88% of jobs can sponsor a visaMental Health & Counselling£43,800Growth +10% · 80% of jobs can sponsor a visaNursing & Midwifery£45,500Growth +9.6% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaNutrition & Dietetics£43,500Growth +10% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaOccupational Therapy£45,600Growth +9.4% · 95% of jobs can sponsor a visaOptometry & Vision Sciences£46,700Growth +9.8% · 88% of jobs can sponsor a visaParamedic Science£52,900Growth +9.6% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaPhysiotherapy & Rehabilitation£44,400Growth +9.7% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaPublic Health & Epidemiology£51,300Growth +10.7% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaRadiography & Medical Imaging£47,900Growth +9.8% · 95% of jobs can sponsor a visaSpeech & Language Therapy£46,100Growth +9.7% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaSports Science & Exercise Science£38,200Growth +10.5% · 60% of jobs can sponsor a visaBusiness & management14 fields
Business Analytics£51,300Growth +11% · 86% of jobs can sponsor a visaDigital Business & E-Commerce£45,600Growth +8.8% · 69% of jobs can sponsor a visaEntrepreneurship & Innovation£52,400Growth +10% · 93% of jobs can sponsor a visaFashion Business & Luxury Brand Management£44,100Growth +7.9% · 46% of jobs can sponsor a visaHealthcare Management & Hospital Administration£54,700Growth +9.9% · 95% of jobs can sponsor a visaHuman Resource Management£50,200Growth +8.5% · 70% of jobs can sponsor a visaInternational Business£59,400Growth +9.3% · 90% of jobs can sponsor a visaMarketing & Communications£42,600Growth +8.2% · 59% of jobs can sponsor a visaMBA & General Management£52,700Growth +10.5% · 91% of jobs can sponsor a visaMedia Management & Digital Transformation£45,700Growth +8.9% · 72% of jobs can sponsor a visaReal Estate & Property Management£43,500Growth +11.6% · 49% of jobs can sponsor a visaSports Management£38,600Growth +11.5% · 32% of jobs can sponsor a visaStrategy & Consulting£54,300Growth +11.1% · 93% of jobs can sponsor a visaSupply Chain & Operations Management£44,600Growth +9% · 33% of jobs can sponsor a visaArts, design & creative studies11 fields
Animation & Visual Effects£42,700Growth +11.2% · 95% of jobs can sponsor a visaArchitecture & Built Environment£41,500Growth +11.8% · 93% of jobs can sponsor a visaFilm & Media Production£41,700Growth +11.2% · 68% of jobs can sponsor a visaFine Art & Visual Arts£43,600Growth +12.1% · 87% of jobs can sponsor a visaGraphic Design & Illustration£43,300Growth +11% · 75% of jobs can sponsor a visaHistory of Art£41,000Growth +11.5% · 92% of jobs can sponsor a visaInterior Design & Spatial Design£40,000Growth +11.3% · 34% of jobs can sponsor a visaMusic£41,900Growth +10.8% · 68% of jobs can sponsor a visaPerforming Arts & Drama£45,400Growth +11.3% · 75% of jobs can sponsor a visaProduct & Industrial Design£45,900Growth +11% · 58% of jobs can sponsor a visaTextile, Costume & Apparel Design£41,200Growth +9.8% · 30% of jobs can sponsor a visaComputer science & data technology10 fields
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning£54,500Growth +10.8% · 91% of jobs can sponsor a visaBioinformatics & Computational Biology£50,800Growth +11.6% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaComputer Networks & Systems£55,000Growth +10.9% · 95% of jobs can sponsor a visaComputer Science£54,600Growth +10.8% · 92% of jobs can sponsor a visaCybersecurity£55,200Growth +11.1% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaData Engineering & Cloud Computing£56,800Growth +10.7% · 90% of jobs can sponsor a visaData Science & Analytics£52,500Growth +10.6% · 85% of jobs can sponsor a visaHuman-Computer Interaction & UX£50,000Growth +11% · 86% of jobs can sponsor a visaInformation Systems & Management£54,700Growth +10.7% · 89% of jobs can sponsor a visaSoftware Engineering£57,600Growth +11.1% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaHumanities & languages10 fields
Anthropology£43,800Growth +11.4% · 90% of jobs can sponsor a visaArchaeology£39,000Growth +11.5% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaCreative Writing£41,500Growth +11% · 30% of jobs can sponsor a visaHistory£40,300Growth +11.7% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaJournalism & Media Studies£42,000Growth +11.2% · 85% of jobs can sponsor a visaLinguistics£43,400Growth +10.9% · 71% of jobs can sponsor a visaLiterature£42,300Growth +11.5% · 66% of jobs can sponsor a visaModern Languages£42,900Growth +11.1% · 60% of jobs can sponsor a visaPhilosophy & Ethics£49,400Growth +11.3% · 93% of jobs can sponsor a visaTheology & Religious Studies£41,300Growth +10.9% · 63% of jobs can sponsor a visaEducation & teaching9 fields
Early Childhood Education£38,700Growth +9.4% · 64% of jobs can sponsor a visaEducation Policy£46,400Growth +10.1% · 90% of jobs can sponsor a visaEducation Studies£46,400Growth +9.5% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaEducational Leadership & Management£49,900Growth +9.3% · 93% of jobs can sponsor a visaHigher Education Management£45,800Growth +9.7% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaLibrary & Information Science£40,400Growth +9.8% · 62% of jobs can sponsor a visaSpecial & Inclusive Education£45,300Growth +9.6% · 97% of jobs can sponsor a visaTeacher Training & Pedagogy£47,600Growth +9% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaTESOL & Language Education£42,900Growth +9.2% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaLife sciences & biotechnology9 fields
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology£47,000Growth +11% · 94% of jobs can sponsor a visaBiological Sciences£45,400Growth +11% · 97% of jobs can sponsor a visaBiotechnology & Bioengineering£48,600Growth +11.3% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaEvolutionary & Developmental Biology£44,700Growth +11.2% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaGenetics & Genomics£47,800Growth +10.5% · 86% of jobs can sponsor a visaMarine Biology & Aquatic Sciences£44,000Growth +11.2% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaMicrobiology & Immunology£45,500Growth +10.7% · 92% of jobs can sponsor a visaNeuroscience£45,900Growth +10.4% · 90% of jobs can sponsor a visaPlant & Animal Sciences£44,900Growth +11.2% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaEnvironment, sustainability & agriculture8 fields
Agriculture & Forestry£44,100Growth +11.9% · 86% of jobs can sponsor a visaEcology & Earth Systems£42,200Growth +11.1% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaEnvironmental Management & Policy£45,000Growth +11.3% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaEnvironmental Sciences£44,400Growth +11.2% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaFood Science & Technology£47,000Growth +11.7% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaRenewable Energy & Clean Technology£49,800Growth +11.3% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaSustainable Development & Climate Change£46,300Growth +11.5% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaWater & Environmental Engineering£46,700Growth +11.8% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaMedicine & clinical health7 fields
Biomedical Sciences£47,400Growth +10.6% · 90% of jobs can sponsor a visaClinical Specialisations£53,700Growth +9.8% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaDentistry & Oral Health£46,300Growth +10.1% · 87% of jobs can sponsor a visaMedical Research & Translational Medicine£48,200Growth +10.8% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaMedicine & Surgery£68,600Growth +9.8% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaPharmacy & Pharmacology£50,100Growth +10.7% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaVeterinary Science£47,000Growth +10.5% · 82% of jobs can sponsor a visaNatural sciences7 fields
Chemistry£45,200Growth +11.3% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaEarth & Geological Sciences£48,900Growth +10.8% · 95% of jobs can sponsor a visaMaterials Science£46,600Growth +11.2% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaMathematics£48,400Growth +11.1% · 87% of jobs can sponsor a visaOceanography & Marine Sciences£49,500Growth +11.2% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaPhysics & Astronomy£49,400Growth +10.7% · 92% of jobs can sponsor a visaStatistics & Operations Research£49,600Growth +11.1% · 87% of jobs can sponsor a visaSocial sciences7 fields
Criminology & Criminal Justice£43,000Growth +11.9% · 73% of jobs can sponsor a visaDevelopment & Area Studies£48,700Growth +11.8% · 91% of jobs can sponsor a visaGender, Diversity & Cultural Studies£46,900Growth +10.9% · 83% of jobs can sponsor a visaGeography£41,700Growth +10.1% · 72% of jobs can sponsor a visaSocial Policy & Social Work£42,700Growth +11.2% · 71% of jobs can sponsor a visaSociology£44,500Growth +10.8% · 79% of jobs can sponsor a visaUrban Planning & Policy£42,500Growth +11.5% · 88% of jobs can sponsor a visaEconomics, finance & accounting6 fields
Accounting & Auditing£51,700Growth +9.8% · 87% of jobs can sponsor a visaActuarial Science£51,500Growth +11.5% · 91% of jobs can sponsor a visaCorporate Finance & Financial Management£57,300Growth +11.7% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaEconomics£50,900Growth +11.3% · 89% of jobs can sponsor a visaFintech & Financial Technology£53,000Growth +12.1% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaInvestment & Risk Management£53,000Growth +12.2% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaLaw, politics & governance6 fields
Corporate & Commercial Law£50,700Growth +12.1% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaInternational Law & Human Rights£47,900Growth +11.7% · 94% of jobs can sponsor a visaInternational Relations & Diplomacy£51,900Growth +9.8% · 80% of jobs can sponsor a visaLaw£48,200Growth +11.7% · 95% of jobs can sponsor a visaPolitical Science£48,700Growth +11% · 93% of jobs can sponsor a visaPublic Policy & Administration£46,200Growth +9.5% · 85% of jobs can sponsor a visaPsychology5 fields
Clinical & Counselling Psychology£48,200Growth +9.8% · 92% of jobs can sponsor a visaEducational Psychology£46,800Growth +9.6% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaForensic & Criminal Psychology£43,500Growth +10.6% · 92% of jobs can sponsor a visaOccupational & Organisational Psychology£46,800Growth +8.6% · 69% of jobs can sponsor a visaPsychology — General & Research£45,900Growth +10.1% · 100% of jobs can sponsor a visaHospitality, tourism & service industry2 fields
Culinary Arts & Food Service Management£37,500Growth +9.1% · 27% of jobs can sponsor a visaHospitality & Tourism Management£38,300Growth +9.5% · 16% of jobs can sponsor a visaTypical pay: ASHE Table 14 — full-time annual pay by occupation (SOC 2020) (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Growth: UK Skills Imperative 2035 — employment projections by occupation (SOC 2020), 2021–2035 (Department for Education (Unit for Future Skills), Open Government Licence v3.0). Job adverts: Online job adverts by SOC 2020 (Textkernel), UK (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Visa: Immigration Rules: Appendix Skilled Occupations (Home Office, Open Government Licence v3.0). Updated 12 October 2026.