Data sources
SkilledJobs combines three primary public data sources. The UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors is our foundation — we sync it daily to list which employers can sponsor Skilled Worker and related visa routes. Where we can match a sponsor to a UK company, we enrich records with Companies House filings (incorporation date, SIC codes, accounts, confirmation statements). Job activity signals come from Adzuna public job listings, used only as a hiring indicator — not a complete picture of recruitment.
SOC codes, going rates, and Immigration Salary List status are sourced from the official GOV.UK Skilled Worker eligible occupations appendix and refreshed on a schedule aligned with Home Office updates.
Sponsor organisations
The Home Office register lists one row per visa route, so the same employer may appear multiple times. We deduplicate to one page per organisation, aggregating routes and selecting the best licence rating. Only sponsors meeting our publishability criteria (location, valid routes, and data quality scoring) appear in the public directory — currently about 100,000 of 126,000+ organisation records.
Health and Care Worker: the current GOV.UK register export we ingest does not list this as a separate route name — those employers typically appear under Skilled Worker only. We do not show a separate Health and Care filter until the source data includes that route label. City and industry browse filters use the exact route strings from the register.
Hiring Likelihood Score (0–100)
The score is a composite indicator from public signals — not a prediction of sponsorship. Components include:
- Sponsor licence rating: Home Office A-rated sponsors score highest; B-rated sponsors score lower.
- Time on the sponsor register: Longer-established sponsors score higher based on first appearance on the register.
- Recent Companies House accounts: Filed accounts within the last 12 months suggest active corporate compliance.
- Confirmation statement: A current confirmation statement indicates the company is maintaining CH records.
- Active job listings: Open roles on Adzuna suggest the employer may be hiring now.
- Recent director appointments: New directors in the last 12 months can signal organisational growth.
Removed sponsors score zero. Missing Companies House data does not block a score but reduces filing-related signals. We never infer employee headcount or revenue — data we do not hold.
AI-generated descriptions
Some sponsor pages include short descriptions generated from factual fields only (name, location, routes, industry, licence rating, Companies House status). They are reviewed for tone and avoid inventing statistics we do not have.
Limitations & disclaimer
SkilledJobs is not affiliated with the UK government and does not provide immigration advice. Licence status, salary thresholds, and occupation lists change — always verify on GOV.UK and with a qualified adviser before making decisions. Companies House enrichment is still backfilling for some sponsors; missing data is shown explicitly on those pages.