This section is the UK's IT, software and communications sector, covering software development, IT services, telecoms, data, publishing and film and broadcast production. It is one of the most active sponsoring areas, with roles such as software engineers, data scientists, DevOps and cloud specialists, product managers and IT architects. Most employers sponsor through the Skilled Worker route, and tech occupations are among the most frequently sponsored in the country.
There are 11,749 licensed visa sponsors in information & communication (it & software), with 6,527 live jobs between them. Sponsor figures come from the official Home Office register and are updated daily.
Global software and telecoms firms, startups, IT consultancies and digital agencies all sponsor in this section. Filter the live register to information and communication to see which are hiring now.
Most technology roles use the Skilled Worker visa, which needs a job offer from a licensed sponsor at the going rate for the occupation. Exceptional and promising specialists may also qualify for the Global Talent route, which does not require a sponsor, and recent graduates can sometimes use the Graduate visa.
Software developers, data professionals and IT specialists sit firmly within the Skilled Worker route's eligible occupations, and these are some of the most sponsored roles in the UK. You still need a licensed sponsor and a salary meeting the occupation's threshold, which is often higher for senior positions.