UK Skilled Worker & GBM SOC Salary Calculator Tool for HRs (2026)

It is an online salary compliance tool built for HR and global mobility teams sponsoring international hires in the UK. Instead of manually cross-checking gov.uk going rates, tradeable-points options and hourly floors, you enter the SOC code, the going rate column, the salary option and the offered paythe tool returns whether the number clears the 2026 minimum required for that route and option.

It covers both the Skilled Worker route and the Global Business Mobility Senior or Specialist Worker route in a single interface. Results are indicative and designed to catch the most common salary errors before a Certificate of Sponsorship is assignedfor a formal review of a specific case, Jobbatical's UK immigration specialists can validate the numbers against your CoS draft.

The calculator covers the two main sponsored routes UK employers use for skilled international hires:

• Skilled Worker routeall five tradeable-points salary options (A Standard, B PhD non-STEM, C STEM PhD, D Immigration Salary List role, E New entrant), including the £41,700 general threshold, reduced £37,500 and £33,400 cash floors, and the £17.13 hourly-rate test.
• Global Business MobilitySenior or Specialist Worker route for intra-group transfers, with no English language test and no ILR path. Standard and high-earner threshold columns are both supported.
• Both routes are assessed against 2026 going rates published in Appendix Skilled Occupations, plus the general cash floor and matching hourly floor for the selected option.

The tool asks HR for five inputseverything a compliant CoS salary calculation needs:

• Visa routeSkilled Worker or Global Business Mobility Senior or Specialist Worker.
• SOC 2020 occupation codeenter the code directly or search by role name (for example, "Management consultants and business analysts" resolves to SOC 2431).
• Going rate columnStandard (for first CoS on or after 4 April 2024) or Lower (Health & Care Worker eligible roles, or continuing workers whose first CoS was before 4 April 2024).
• Salary option under the tradeable-points tableStandard, PhD relevant (non-STEM), STEM PhD, Immigration Salary List role, or New entrant.
• Contracted hours per week and gross annual base salaryused to run the hourly-rate test and pro-rate the going rate where applicable.

After you submit the inputs, the result screen returns the pass or fail verdict against the selected option, the minimum salary required (highlighted in the summary block), the binding factor that drove the minimumeither the cash floor for the option or the pro-rated going rateand the outcome of the hourly-rate test against the £17.13 floor for Table 1 roles. Where the lower-rate column is in play, a transitional-caveat note appears so you know when to confirm the exact reduced threshold against the current gov.uk figures. The output is indicative only and does not replace formal legal advice on a specific application.