SOC 2020 · 1111
Chief executives and senior officials
Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Occupations from
Skilled Worker
Eligible
This occupation appears on Appendix Skilled Occupations.
Salary floor
£88,100
The going rate, £88,100, is the higher of the two.
Shortage lists
Not listed
This code is on neither the Immigration Salary List nor the Temporary Shortage List.
Salary the job must pay
A Skilled Worker job must pay at least the higher of the general threshold and the going rate for its occupation code.
Going rate (standard)
£88,100
General threshold
£41,700
Visa thresholds from
Minimum for this role
£88,100
Home Office going rates from
New entrants and some other cases can use 70% of the going rate, £61,600, subject to the lower general threshold of £33,400.
What this occupation actually pays
ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, full-time gross annual pay.
- UK pay for this occupation
- Going rate£88,100
- General threshold£41,700
View these figures as a table
| Percentile | Pay |
|---|---|
| 10th | £41,828 |
| 25th | £63,161 |
| 50th | £99,944 |
| 75th | £151,903 |
| Going rate | £88,100 |
| General threshold | £41,700 |
| Region | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK 2025 | £41,828 | £63,161 | £99,944 | £151,903 | — |
| London 2025 | — | — | £126,978 | — | — |
| North West 2025 | — | — | £90,699 | — | — |
Job titles in this code
What the work involves
Chief executives and senior officials head large enterprises and organisations. They plan, direct and co-ordinate, with directors and managers, the resources necessary for the various functions and specialist activities of these enterprises and organisations. The chief executives of hospitals will be classified in this unit group. Senior officials in national government direct the operations of government departments. Senior officials in local government participate in the implementation of local government policies and ensure that legal, statutory and other provisions concerning the running of a local authority are observed. Senior officials of special interest organisations ensure that legal, statutory and other regulations concerning the running of trade associations, employers’ associations, learned societies, trades unions, charitable organisations and similar bodies are observed. Chief executives and senior officials also act as representatives of the organisations concerned for the purposes of high-level consultation and negotiation.
Typical tasks
analyses economic, social, legal and other data, and plans, formulates and directs at strategic level the operation of a company or organisation
consults with subordinates to formulate, implement and review company/organisation policy, authorises funding for policy implementation programmes and institutes reporting, auditing and control systems
prepares, or arranges for the preparation of, reports, budgets, forecasts or other information
plans and controls the allocation of resources and the selection of senior staff
evaluates government/local authority departmental activities, discusses problems with government/local authority officials and administrators and formulates departmental policy
negotiates and monitors contracted out services provided to the local authority by the private sector
studies and acts upon any legislation that may affect the local authority
stimulates public interest by providing publicity, giving lectures and interviews and organising appeals for a variety of causes
directs or undertakes the preparation, publication and dissemination of reports and other information of interest to members and other interested parties