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Skilled Worker (Tier 2) Visa Sponsors UK

122,114 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
122,015 companies
Rating B
99 companies

Top Cities

London Birmingham Manchester Leicester Glasgow
Company Location Rating Status
British Broadcasting Corporation Birmingham A Active
British Business Bank Sheffield A Active
British Car Auctions Limited Farnham, Surrey A Active
BRITISH CHINA INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING LIMITED Oxford, OXFORDSHIRE A Active
British Council London A Active
British Cycling Manchester, Greater Manchester A Active
British Deaf Association London A Active
British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery London A Active
British Electric Lamps Ltd Wakefield, West Yorkshire A Active
British Engineering Services Ltd Warrington A Active
British Fashion Council London A Active
British Fencing London A Active
British Garden Centres (Woodthorpe Hall Garden Centres) Alford, Lincolnshire A Active
British Heart Foundation London A Active
British Home and Hospital for the incurables London A Active
British Horological Institute Ltd Newark, Notts A Active
BRITISH HORSERACING AUTHORITY London A Active
British Interactive Media Association London A Active
British International Investment plc London A Active
British Library London A Active
British Olympic Association London A Active
British Pipeline Agency Limited Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire A Active
British Polythene Limited Rushden, Northamptonshire A Active
British Psychotherapy Foundation London, United Kingdom A Active
British Red Cross London A Active
British Rema Rotary Engineering Ltd Chesterfield A Active
British Retail Consortium London A Active
British Society for Rheumatology London A Active
British Solar Renewables Limited Shepton Mallet, Somerset A Active
British Standards Institution London A Active
British Steel Limited Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire A Active
British Sugar UK & Ireland Peterborough, Cambridgeshire A Active
British Tourist Authority Birmingham A Active
British Trust for Ornithology Thetford, Norfolk A Active
British Union Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists Watford A Active
British Water London A Active
British Youth for Christ Brierley Hill, West Midlands A Active
Britlaw Chambers Ltd Manchester A Active
BRITLITH LTD Herefordshire A Active
Britmate Ltd Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire A Active
BritMed Healthcare Ltd Chatham A Active
Britmet Tileform Ltd Tipton, West Midlands A Active
BRIT OCEAN UK LTD Swindon A Active
Britona Limited London A Active
Briton Luggage Depot Ltd Dagenham, Essex A Active
BRITPAK LIMITED St. Helens A Active
BRITRPA LTD WEMBLEY A Active
Britschool4U Ltd Shrewsbury A Active
Brits Construction Services Ltd Harrow A Active
BRIT SECURITY AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LTD 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 122,114 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.