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Skilled Worker (Tier 2) Visa Sponsors UK

122,037 UK companies hold a Skilled Worker sponsor licence — also known as the Tier 2 sponsor list, its official name before December 2020. Data sourced from the official GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors.

Tier 2 Sponsor List: What Changed

The Tier 2 (General) visa was renamed the Skilled Worker visa in December 2020, when the UK moved to its post-Brexit points-based immigration system. It's the same sponsorship route under a new name — every company that held a Tier 2 licence had it automatically converted to a Skilled Worker licence, and no separate "Tier 2 register" exists any more.

That means this page — the Skilled Worker sponsor list below — is the current, up-to-date equivalent of what recruiters, job adverts, and candidates still often call the "Tier 2 sponsor list".

Rating Breakdown

Rating A
121,930 companies
Rating B
107 companies

Top Cities

London Birmingham Manchester Leicester Glasgow
Company Location Rating Status
The Royal Alfred Seafarers' Society Banstead, Surrey A Active
The Royal Ballet London A Active
The Royal Ballet School London A Active
The Royal Baths Chinese Restaurant LTD Harrogate, North Yorkshire A Active
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea London A Active
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian A Active
The Royal British Legion London, London A Active
The Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital Limited Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire A Active
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama London A Active
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists London A Active
The Royal College of Psychiatrists London A Active
The Royal College of Radiologists London A Active
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian A Active
The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa Bath A Active
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Edinburgh A Active
THE ROYAL GOAT HOTEL CAERNARFON A Active
The Royal Hospital of Neuro-Disability London A Active
The Royal Hotel Cookstown, Tyrone A Active
THE ROYAL HOTEL ELGIN LIMITED Elgin, Scotland A Active
The Royal Institute of International Affairs London A Active
The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society, Limited Macclesfield, Cheshire A Active
The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity London A Active
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust London A Active
The Royal Masonic School for Girls Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire A Active
The Royal Mint Llantrisant A Active
THE ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE LONDON A Active
The Royal Northern And University Club Aberdeen A Active
The Royal Oak Hotel Betws-y-coed, Conwy A Active
THE ROYAL OAK WORLESTON LTD Nantwich A Active
The Royal Opera London A Active
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham, West Midlands A Active
The Royal Parks (Limited) London A Active
The Royal Pug Leamington Spa A Active
The Royal School Armagh A Active
The Royal Society London A Active
The Royal Society of Chemistry Cambridge A Active
The Royal Society of Medicine London A Active
The Royal United Services Institute London A Active
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Wolverhampton, West Midlands A Active
The Royal Yacht Britannia Trust Edinburgh A Active
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Edinburgh, Midlothian A Active
THE ROYCE FURNISHINGS LIMITED T/A The Royce Derby A Active
The RSA (The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) London A Active
Therser UK Stoke on Trent, England A Active
The Rugby Football League Limited Manchester A Active
The Rug Company Limited London A Active
The Ruiz Medical Practice London, State / Province... A Active
The Rum Club Ltd Southsea, Hampshire A Active
The Run Buddy Limited London A Active
The Running Room Limited London A Active

Understanding the Skilled Worker Visa Route

The Skilled Worker visa route allows qualified professionals to come to or stay in the UK to do an eligible job with an approved employer. To hire someone on this route, a company must hold a valid sponsor licence specifically for Skilled Worker. There are currently 122,037 registered visa sponsors in the UK for this visa route. Browse the table above to find licensed companies, filter by their city location, view their rating (e.g. A-rated), and check their current sponsor status. Working with an employer who is already an approved sponsor is crucial to a successful UK visa application.