Occupation Code (enter 4 digits)
ALL 2421 Accountants, chartered and certified 2422 Accountants, management 3413 Actors, entertainers 3413 Actors, entertainers and presenters 2425 Actuaries, economists and statisticians 2473 Advertising accounts managers and creative directors 1134 Advertising and public relations directors 5119 Agricultural and fishing trades not elsewhere classified 3511 Air traffic controllers 6214 Air travel assistants 5225 Air-conditioning and refrigeration engineers 5235 Aircraft maintenance and related trades 3512 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers 6139 Animal care occupations n.e.c. 6139 Animal care services occupations not elsewhere classified 2431 Architects 3121 Architectural and town planning technicians 2452 Archivists and curators 3411 Artists 3416 Arts officers, producers and directors 8139 Assemblers and routine operatives not elsewhere classified 3412 Authors, writers 3412 Authors, writers and translators 5432 Bakers and flour confectioners 2412 Barristers and judges 6222 Beauticians and related occupations 2112 Biological scientists and biochemists 5236 Boat and ship builders and repairers 4122 Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks 5312 Bricklayers and masons 3432 Broadcasting associate professionals 3532 Brokers 3114 Building and civil engineering technicians 8213 Bus and coach drivers 2424 Business and financial project management professionals 3539 Business and related associate professionals not elsewhere classified 2426 Business and related research professionals 3542 Business sales executives 2429 Business, research and administrative professionals not elsewhere classified 5431 Butchers 3541 Buyers and procurement officers 6147 Care escorts 6145 Care workers and home carers 3564 Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists 6232 Caretakers 5315 Carpenters and joiners 5436 Catering and bar managers 2421 Chartered and certified accountants 2435 Chartered architectural technologists 2434 Chartered surveyors 5434 Chefs 5434 Chefs, cooks 2111 Chemical scientists 1115 Chief executives and senior officials 3233 Child and early years officers 6122 Childminders and related occupations 2121 Civil engineers 9233 Cleaners and domestics 9233 Cleaners, domestics 6240 Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors 2444 Clergy 4122 Clerks (accounts, wages, financial)/book-keepers, 4134 Clerks, transport and distribution 7214 Communication operators 4214 Company secretaries 3546 Conference and exhibition managers and organisers 3550 Conservation and environmental associate professionals 2141 Conservation professionals 5319 Construction and building trades not elsewhere classified 5330 Construction and building trades supervisors 2436 Construction project managers and related professionals 2423 Consultants, actuaries, economists, statisticians 5435 Cooks 3235 Counsellors 4121 Credit controllers 7220 Customer service managers and supervisors 7219 Customer service occupations not elsewhere classified 3414 Dancers and choreographers 6143 Dental nurses - Band 3 & equivalent 6143 Dental nurses - Band 4 & equivalent 6143 Dental nurses - Band 5 & equivalent 6143 Dental nurses - Band 9 & equivalent 2215 Dental practitioners 2215 Dental practitioners - Band 3 & equivalent 2215 Dental practitioners - Band 4 & equivalent 2215 Dental practitioners - Band 5 & equivalent 2215 Dental practitioners - Band 6 & equivalent 2215 Dental practitioners - Band 7 & equivalent 2215 Dental practitioners - Band 8a & equivalent 2215 Dental practitioners - Band 8b & equivalent 2215 Dental practitioners - Band 8c & equivalent 2215 Dental practitioners - Band 8d & equivalent 2215 Dental practitioners - Band 9 & equivalent 2126 Design and development engineers 3421 Designers, graphic 3422 Designers, product, clothing and related 3216 Dispensing opticians 3122 Draughtspersons 8212 Drivers, van 2318 Education advisers and school inspectors 6126 Educational support assistants 1116 Elected officers and representatives 5249 Electrical and electronic trades not elsewhere classified 3112 Electrical and electronics technicians 2123 Electrical engineers - Other electrical engineer (experienced worker) 2123 Electrical engineers - Other electrical engineer (new entrant) 2123 Electrical engineers - Power system, control or protection engineer in electricity industry 5241 Electricians and electrical fitters 2124 Electronics engineers 9219 Elementary administration occupations not elsewhere classified 9239 Elementary cleaning occupations not elsewhere classified 9120 Elementary construction occupations 9139 Elementary process plant occupations not elsewhere classified 8124 Energy plant operatives 2129 Engineering professionals n.e.c. 2129 Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified 3113 Engineering technicians 5249 Engineers, electrical/electronics n.e.c. 2122 Engineers, mechanical 2127 Engineers, production and process 5244 Engineers, TV, video and audio 2142 Environment professionals 2463 Environmental health professionals 3544 Estate agents and auctioneers 3531 Estimators, valuers and assessors 9111 Farm workers 5111 Farmers 3534 Finance and investment analysts and advisers 3534 Finance and investment analysts/advisers 4124 Finance officers 3538 Financial accounts managers 4129 Financial administrative occupations not elsewhere classified 3537 Financial and accounting technicians 1150 Financial institution managers and directors 1131 Financial managers and directors 3313 Fire service officers (watch manager and below) 9119 Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations not elsewhere classified 5433 Fishmongers and poultry dressers 3443 Fitness instructors 5322 Floorers and wall tilers 5443 Florists 8111 Food, drink and tobacco process operatives 5413 Footwear and leather working trades 1139 Functional managers and directors not elsewhere classified 5442 Furniture makers and other craft woodworkers 2312 Further education teaching professionals 5113 Gardeners and landscape gardeners 4150 General office assistants/clerks 5441 Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers 5316 Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters 3421 Graphic designers 5114 Groundsmen and greenkeepers 6221 Hairdressers and barbers 6221 Hairdressers, barbers 1253 Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors 5499 Hand craft occupations n.e.c. 3567 Health and safety officers 3219 Health associate professionals not elsewhere classified 3219 Health associate professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 3 & equivalent 3219 Health associate professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 4 & equivalent 3219 Health associate professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 5 & equivalent 3219 Health associate professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 6 & equivalent 3219 Health associate professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 7 & equivalent 3219 Health associate professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 8a & equivalent 3219 Health associate professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 8b & equivalent 1241 Health care practice managers 2219 Health professionals not elsewhere classified 2219 Health professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 3 & equivalent 2219 Health professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 4 & equivalent 2219 Health professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 5 & equivalent 2219 Health professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 6 & equivalent 2219 Health professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 7 & equivalent 2219 Health professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 8a & equivalent 2219 Health professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 8b & equivalent 2219 Health professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 8c & equivalent 2219 Health professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 8d & equivalent 2219 Health professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 9 & equivalent 1181 Health services and public health managers and directors 2311 Higher education teaching professionals 5112 Horticultural trades 1221 Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors 6231 Housekeepers and related occupations 6144 Houseparents and residential wardens 3234 Housing officers 1135 Human resource managers and directors 4138 Human resources administrative occupations 3562 Human resources and industrial relations officers 3536 Importers and exporters 1136 Information technology and telecommunications directors 2139 Information technology and telecommunications professionals not elsewhere classified 3565 Inspectors of standards and regulations 3533 Insurance underwriters 2135 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers 5245 IT engineers 3131 IT operations technicians 2134 IT project and programme managers 2133 IT specialist managers 3132 IT user support technicians 2471 Journalists, newspaper and periodical editors 9272 Kitchen and catering assistants 3111 Laboratory technicians 8211 Large goods vehicle drivers 3520 Legal associate professionals 2419 Legal professionals n.e.c. 2419 Legal professionals not elsewhere classified 4212 Legal secretaries 1225 Leisure and sports managers 9275 Leisure and theme park attendants 6219 Leisure and travel service occupations not elsewhere classified 2451 Librarians 4135 Library clerks and assistants 4113 Local government administrative occupations 2423 Management consultants and business analysts 1190 Managers and directors in retail and wholesale 1162 Managers and directors in storage and warehousing 1161 Managers and directors in transport and distribution 1211 Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture 1213 Managers and proprietors in forestry, fishing and related services 1239 Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c. 1259 Managers and proprietors in other services not elsewhere classified 1225 Managers, leisure and sports 1132 Managers, marketing and sales 1121 Managers, production, works and maintenance 1174 Managers, security 8232 Marine and waterways transport operatives 7215 Market research interviewers 1132 Marketing and sales directors 3543 Marketing associate professionals 2122 Mechanical engineers 3218 Medical and dental technicians 3218 Medical and dental technicians - Band 3 & equivalent 3218 Medical and dental technicians - Band 4 & equivalent 3218 Medical and dental technicians - Band 5 & equivalent 3218 Medical and dental technicians - Band 6 & equivalent 3218 Medical and dental technicians - Band 7 & equivalent 3218 Medical and dental technicians - Band 8a & equivalent 3218 Medical and dental technicians - Band 8b & equivalent 3218 Medical and dental technicians - Band 9 & equivalent 2211 Medical practitioners 2211 Medical practitioners - Consultant and equivalent 2211 Medical practitioners - Foundation year 1 (F1) and equivalent 2211 Medical practitioners - Foundation year 2 (F2) and equivalent 2211 Medical practitioners - Salaried General practitioner (GP) and equivalent 2211 Medical practitioners - Speciality doctor and equivalent 2211 Medical practitioners - Speciality registrar (StR) and equivalent 2217 Medical radiographers 2217 Medical radiographers - Band 3 & equivalent 2217 Medical radiographers - Band 4 & equivalent 2217 Medical radiographers - Band 5 & equivalent 2217 Medical radiographers - Band 6 & equivalent 2217 Medical radiographers - Band 7 & equivalent 2217 Medical radiographers - Band 8a & equivalent 2217 Medical radiographers - Band 8b & equivalent 4211 Medical secretaries 7125 Merchandisers and window dressers 5221 Metal machining setters and setter-operators 5214 Metal plate workers, and riveters 5223 Metal working production and maintenance fitters 2232 Midwives 2232 Midwives - Band 3 & equivalent 2232 Midwives - Band 4 & equivalent 2232 Midwives - Band 5 & equivalent 2232 Midwives - Band 6 & equivalent 2232 Midwives - Band 7 & equivalent 3415 Musicians 4112 National government administrative occupations 2119 Natural and social science professionals not elsewhere classified 6121 Nursery nurses 6121 Nursery nurses and assistants 2231 Nurses 2231 Nurses - Band 4 and equivalent 2231 Nurses - Band 5 and equivalent 2231 Nurses - Band 6 and equivalent 2231 Nurses - Band 7 and equivalent 2231 Nurses - Band 8a and equivalent 2231 Nurses - Band 8b and equivalent 2231 Nurses - Band 8c and equivalent 2231 Nurses - Band 9 and equivalent 2231 Nurses - Supervised practice nurses (Band 3 and equivalent) 6141 Nursing auxiliaries and assistants 6141 Nursing auxiliaries and assistants - Band 3 & equivalent 6141 Nursing auxiliaries and assistants - Band 4 & equivalent 6141 Nursing auxiliaries and assistants - Band 5 & equivalent 6141 Nursing auxiliaries and assistants - Band 6 & equivalent 6141 Nursing auxiliaries and assistants - Band 7 & equivalent 6141 Nursing auxiliaries and assistants - Band 8a & equivalent 6141 Nursing auxiliaries and assistants - Band 8b & equivalent 6141 Nursing auxiliaries and assistants - Band 8d & equivalent 6141 Nursing auxiliaries and assistants - Band 9 & equivalent 2222 Occupational therapists 2222 Occupational therapists - Band 3 & equivalent 2222 Occupational therapists - Band 4 & equivalent 2222 Occupational therapists - Band 5 & equivalent 2222 Occupational therapists - Band 6 & equivalent 2222 Occupational therapists - Band 7 & equivalent 2222 Occupational therapists - Band 8a & equivalent 2222 Occupational therapists - Band 9 & equivalent 4161 Office managers 4114 Officers of non-governmental organisations 1111 Officials, senior in national government 2214 Ophthalmic opticians 2214 Ophthalmic opticians - Band 3 & equivalent 2214 Ophthalmic opticians - Band 4 & equivalent 2214 Ophthalmic opticians - Band 5 & equivalent 2214 Ophthalmic opticians - Band 6 & equivalent 2214 Ophthalmic opticians - Band 7 & equivalent 2214 Ophthalmic opticians - Band 8a & equivalent 2214 Ophthalmic opticians - Band 8b & equivalent 2214 Ophthalmic opticians - Band 8c & equivalent 4159 Other administrative occupations not elsewhere classified 8239 Other drivers and transport operatives not elsewhere classified 9279 Other elementary services occupations not elsewhere classified 5449 Other skilled trades not elsewhere classified 9134 Packers, bottlers, canners and fillers 5323 Painters and decorators 3213 Paramedics - Band 3 & equivalent 3213 Paramedics - Band 5 & equivalent 3213 Paramedics - Band 6 & equivalent 3213 Paramedics - Band 7 & equivalent 4132 Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants 4215 Personal assistants and other secretaries 3562 Personnel and industrial relations officers 3217 Pharmaceutical technicians 2213 Pharmacists 2213 Pharmacists - Band 3 & equivalent 2213 Pharmacists - Band 4 & equivalent 2213 Pharmacists - Band 5 & equivalent 2213 Pharmacists - Band 6 & equivalent 2213 Pharmacists - Band 7 & equivalent 2213 Pharmacists - Band 8a & equivalent 2213 Pharmacists - Band 8b & equivalent 2213 Pharmacists - Band 8c & equivalent 2213 Pharmacists - Pre-registration pharmacists (non-NHS) 7114 Pharmacy and other dispensing assistants 3434 Photographers and audio-visual equipment operators 3417 Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators 2113 Physical scientists 2113 Physicists, geologists and meteorologists 2221 Physiotherapists 2221 Physiotherapists - Band 3 & equivalent 2221 Physiotherapists - Band 4 & equivalent 2221 Physiotherapists - Band 5 & equivalent 2221 Physiotherapists - Band 6 & equivalent 2221 Physiotherapists - Band 7 & equivalent 2221 Physiotherapists - Band 8a & equivalent 2221 Physiotherapists - Band 8b & equivalent 2221 Physiotherapists - Band 8d & equivalent 5216 Pipe fitters 3116 Planning, process and production technicians 5321 Plasterers 6123 Playworkers 5314 Plumbers and heating and ventilating engineers 2218 Podiatrists - Band 4 & equivalent 2218 Podiatrists - Band 5 & equivalent 2218 Podiatrists - Band 6 & equivalent 2218 Podiatrists - Band 7 & equivalent 5224 Precision instrument makers and repairers 2315 Primary and nursery education teaching professionals 5423 Print finishing and binding workers 5422 Printers 2443 Probation officers 3422 Product, clothing and related designers 2127 Production and process engineers 1122 Production managers and directors in construction 1121 Production managers and directors in manufacturing 1123 Production managers and directors in mining and energy 2136 Programmers and software development professionals 1251 Property, housing and estate managers 3319 Protective service associate professionals n.e.c. 3319 Protective service associate professionals not elsewhere classified 2212 Psychologists 2212 Psychologists - Band 3 & equivalent 2212 Psychologists - Band 4 & equivalent 2212 Psychologists - Band 5 & equivalent 2212 Psychologists - Band 6 & equivalent 2212 Psychologists - Band 7 & equivalent 2212 Psychologists - Band 8a & equivalent 2212 Psychologists - Band 8b & equivalent 2212 Psychologists - Band 8c & equivalent 2472 Public relations professionals 3561 Public services associate professionals 1224 Publicans and managers of licensed premises 1133 Purchasing managers and directors 2462 Quality assurance and regulatory professionals 3115 Quality assurance technicians 2461 Quality control and planning engineers 2433 Quantity surveyors 8143 Rail construction and maintenance operatives 6215 Rail travel assistants 4216 Receptionists 4131 Records clerks and assistants 2317 Registrars, senior administrators in education 2150 Research and development managers 2322 Researchers, social science 1242 Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors 1223 Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors 7112 Retail cashiers and check-out operators 5313 Roofers, roof tilers and slaters 3545 Sales accounts and business development managers 4151 Sales administrators 7111 Sales and retail assistants 7129 Sales related occupations not elsewhere classified 3542 Sales representatives 7130 Sales supervisors 8141 Scaffolders, stagers and riggers 8141 Scaffolders, stagers, riggers 4213 School secretaries 3119 Science, engineering and production technicians not elsewhere classified 2314 Secondary education teaching professionals 2314 Secondary education teaching professionals - chemistry 2314 Secondary education teaching professionals - combined science (with element of physics) 2314 Secondary education teaching professionals - computer science 2314 Secondary education teaching professionals - Gaelic teachers 2314 Secondary education teaching professionals - mathematics 2314 Secondary education teaching professionals - modern foreign languages 2314 Secondary education teaching professionals - other subjects 2314 Secondary education teaching professionals - physics 9241 Security guards and related occupations 6146 Senior care workers 1172 Senior police officers 2317 Senior professionals of educational establishments 8137 Sewing machinists 5213 Sheet metal workers 3513 Ship and hovercraft officers 1254 Shopkeepers and proprietors - wholesale and retail 5250 Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors 5211 Smiths and forge workers 2114 Social and humanities scientists 1184 Social services managers and directors 2442 Social workers 2442 Social workers - Band 3 & equivalent 2442 Social workers - Band 4 & equivalent 2442 Social workers - Band 5 & equivalent 2442 Social workers - Band 6 & equivalent 2442 Social workers - Band 7 & equivalent 2442 Social workers - Band 8a & equivalent 2442 Social workers - Band 8c & equivalent 2442 Social workers - Band 8d & equivalent 2442 Social workers - Band 9 & equivalent 2413 Solicitors 2316 Special needs education teaching professionals 2223 Speech and language therapists 2223 Speech and language therapists - Band 3 & equivalent 2223 Speech and language therapists - Band 4 & equivalent 2223 Speech and language therapists - Band 5 & equivalent 2223 Speech and language therapists - Band 6 & equivalent 2223 Speech and language therapists - Band 7 & equivalent 2223 Speech and language therapists - Band 8a & equivalent 3449 Sports and fitness occupations n.e.c. 6211 Sports and leisure assistants 3442 Sports coaches, instructors and officials 3441 Sports players 5311 Steel erectors 5414 Tailors and dressmakers 3535 Taxation experts 8214 Taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs 2315 Teacher, primary and nursery education 2319 Teaching and other educational professionals not elsewhere classified 6125 Teaching assistants 2319 Teaching professionals (teachers) n.e.c. 3112 Technicians, electrical/electronics 5242 Telecommunications engineers 5419 Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c. 5419 Textiles, garments and related trades not elsewhere classified 2229 Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified 2229 Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 3 & equivalent 2229 Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 4 & equivalent 2229 Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 5 & equivalent 2229 Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 6 & equivalent 2229 Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 7 & equivalent 2229 Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 8a & equivalent 2229 Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 8b & equivalent 2229 Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 8c & equivalent 2229 Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 8d & equivalent 2229 Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified - Band 9 & equivalent 5222 Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out 2432 Town planning officers 4134 Transport and distribution clerks and assistants 1226 Travel agency managers and proprietors 6212 Travel agents 5244 TV, video and audio engineers 5412 Upholsterers 8212 Van drivers 5232 Vehicle body builders and repairers 5234 Vehicle paint technicians 5231 Vehicle technicians, mechanics and electricians 2216 Veterinarians 2216 Veterinarians (vets) 6131 Veterinary nurses 3563 Vocational and industrial trainers and instructors 9273 Waiters and waitresses 1255 Waste disposal and environmental services managers 8126 Water and sewerage plant operatives 5411 Weavers and knitters 2137 Web design and development professionals 8134 Weighers, graders and sorters 8134 Weighers, graders, sorters 5215 Welding trades 3239 Welfare and housing associate professionals not elsewhere classified 2449 Welfare professionals not elsewhere classified 3231 Youth and community workers
