This catch-all section covers services that do not fit elsewhere, including membership organisations, trade unions, repair of personal and household goods, and personal services such as hairdressing and wellbeing. Sponsored roles are usually managerial, technical or professional within these organisations rather than frontline personal services. Sponsorship uses the Skilled Worker route, and eligibility depends heavily on the specific occupation.
There are 5,242 licensed visa sponsors in other service activities, with 2,679 live jobs between them. Sponsor figures come from the official Home Office register and are updated daily.
This list puts the sponsors most likely to hire first. To see which of them had the most certificates of sponsorship, read the top visa sponsors in other service activities.
In the year to June 2026, the Home Office granted 3,790 work visas to people applying from outside the UK for jobs with sponsors in other service activities. Clergy (SOC 2463) had the most, with 1,402.
Professional and membership bodies, trade associations, and specialist repair and service businesses hold licences here. Filter the live register to other service activities to see which are hiring.
Eligible roles use the Skilled Worker visa, which needs a licensed sponsor and a salary at or above the going rate for the occupation. Because this section is a mix of activities, whether a job qualifies depends closely on its occupation code.
Most frontline personal-service jobs, such as hairdressing or beauty, fall below the skill level the Skilled Worker route requires. Management, professional and specialist roles within these organisations are more likely to qualify, so check the occupation code for the specific position.
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| 7 | 3556 Sales accounts and business development managers | 80 |
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| 8 | 2122 Mechanical engineers | 70 |
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| 9 | 2134 Programmers and software development professionals | 67 |
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| 10 | 2129 Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified | 65 |
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These figures cover every sponsored work route, including seasonal and creative workers. They count the workers themselves, not their dependants, and only people who applied from outside the UK.
The sponsor chooses its own industry, so it may not match the work the visa was for.
Figures from January 2026 onwards are provisional and may still change.
Source: Home Office immigration system statistics, year ending June 2026, table Occ_D02 (not accredited official statistics).