SOC 2020 · 5412
Footwear and leather working trades
Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Occupations from
Skilled Worker
Not eligible
No Skilled Worker route through this code.
Salary floor
£41,700
The general threshold, £41,700, is the higher of the two.
Shortage lists
Not listed
This code is on neither the Immigration Salary List nor the Temporary Shortage List.
What this occupation actually pays
ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, full-time gross annual pay.
ONS has not published enough of the pay distribution for Footwear and leather working trades in UK to draw it. The figures we do hold are shown above.
| Region | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK 2025 | — | — | £25,357 | — | — |
| East 2025 | — | — | £28,446 | — | — |
| East Midlands 2025 | — | — | £22,023 | — | — |
| Yorkshire and The Humber 2025 | — | — | £25,260 | — | — |
Job titles in this code
What the work involves
Footwear and leather working trades make and repair shoes, cut out, make up, sew, decorate and finish leather and leather substitute goods other than garments.
Typical tasks
uses hand tools or machine to cut out, trim, punch holes in or stitch guide lines on leather or leather substitute component parts
positions leather and rubber footwear component parts on lasts and shapes and joins uppers to insoles and soles
uses hand tools or machine to make up and repair saddles, harnesses, belts, straps and other leather products
uses hand and machine tools to sew and stitch leather and/or other material in the making and decoration of footwear and leather goods other than garments
prepares paper or paperboard master patterns of component parts of footwear
waxes, cleans and finishes footwear and other leather goods
Entry routes and qualifications
There are no formal academic requirements although some employers may require GCSEs/S grades. Training is mainly on?the-job. NVQs/SVQs are available in some areas.