These 10 UK employers are recruiting skilled workers with visa sponsorship

Companies in the United Kingdom (UK) with licences to sponsor work visas are actively recruiting skilled migrants in in-demand roles.

These companies are recruiting with an average salary of £57,580.6 per year including work visa sponsorship, despite the drop in jobs with sponsorship licence.

According to gov.uk, the UK granted 168,471 work visas to main applicants in the year ending December 2025, a 19 percent decline from the previous year and 50 percent  lower than the peak recorded in 2023. 

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The drop in visa grants was mainly driven by a sharp reduction in applications, which fell from 228,917 in 2023 to 55,704 in 2025, alongside a rise in refusal rates from 7 percent to 19 percent over the same period. Meanwhile, Temporary Worker visas, particularly for Seasonal Workers and the Youth Mobility Scheme, remained stable after increasing following the pandemic and now exceed the number of Health and Care Worker and Skilled Worker visas granted to main applicants.

Verified listings on platforms like Indeed.co.uk reveal that numerous companies in the official register of licensed sponsors listed in Gov.uk, are still hiring for in-demand roles for the skilled worker route.

The skilled worker route allows employers to recruit people to work in the UK in a specific job in an eligible skilled occupation. Eligible occupations are listed in Appendix Skilled Occupations.

Based on the current skilled worker visa requirements noted in Gov.uk, for sponsorship eligibility, most applicants must secure a job paying at least £41,700 a year or the occupation’s prescribed “going rate”, whichever is higher. 

However, lower salary thresholds are considered for specific categories, including New Entrants, occupations on the Immigration Salary List (ISL), eligible PhD holders and Health and Care visa applicants. 

For New Entrants, the threshold is £33,400 (or 70 percent of the going rate, whichever is higher); Immigration Salary List (ISL), is £33,400 (or 100 percent of the going rate). For PhD holders, it is £37,500 (if the PhD is relevant to the job), and for Health and Care visa, it is £31,300 (or higher depending on national pay scales).

Here are some of the current vacancies posted by companies on Indeed.uk with approved sponsorship licence:

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Technology & Digital

Scrumconnect Consulting (Software Company) based in Swansea: Product Owner (Hybrid). The salary is £65,000 a year for a full-time position and Infrastructure Engineer at  (Hybrid). The salary ranges from £30,000 to £32,000 a year for a permanent position.

UK Research and Innovation based in Swindon: Senior Web Delivery Manager at (Hybrid). The salary is £46,743 a year, available on permanent, part-time, or full-time terms.

Duffel based in London: Software Engineer (Backend) on a full-time basis.

Sales & Marketing

Magentic based in London (Hybrid): Founding Growth Marketer. The salary ranges from £90,000 to £100,000 a year for a full-time position.

Wedesi based in Wolverhampton: Business Development Executive (Hybrid). The salary ranges from £42,000 to £45,000 a year for a permanent, full-time position.

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Healthcare & Medical

Thornhill Dental Practice:  Associate Dentist. The salary ranges from £90,000 to £120,000 a year for part-time or full-time work.

Ramada Dental Ltd based in King’s Cross: Associate Dentist. The salary ranges from £44,718.14 to £159,905.28 a year for a part-time position.

Tedla Health Care Ltd based in Ipswich: Community Pharmacist. The salary ranges from £45,000 to £50,000 a year for a permanent, full-time position.

Education & Academia

Birkbeck University of London: Lecturer in Biological Sciences. The salary ranges from £44,247 to £60,858 a year for a full-time, fixed-term contract.

Hospitality & Catering

InSoft Solutions based in Birmingham: Hotel Manager. The salary ranges from £24,420 to £44,000 a year for a full-time position.

The Oakwood Hotel based in Gloucester: Chef. The salary ranges from £32,000 to £34,000 a year for a permanent, full-time position.

Legal & professional services

Visaway Immigration based in Dartford (Hybrid): Senior Immigration Caseworker / Legal Professional. The salary ranges from £31,300 to £35,000 a year for a full-time position.