The following jobs in the decommissioning and waste management areas of the nuclear industry:

managing director
programme director
site director
The following jobs in the electricity transmission and distribution industry:
project manager
site manager

The following jobs in the construction-related ground engineering industry:

engineering geologist
hydrogeologist
geophysicist
The following jobs in the oil and gas industry:
geophysicist
geoscientist
geologist
geochemist technical services manager in the decommissioning and waste areas of the nuclear industry
senior resource geologist and staff geologist in the mining sector

The following jobs in the construction-related ground engineering industry:

geotechnical engineer
tunnelling engineer

The following jobs in the oil and gas industry:
petroleum engineer
drilling engineer
completions engineer
fluids engineer
reservoir engineer
offshore and subsea engineer
control and instrument engineer
process safety engineer
wells engineer
senior mining engineer in the mining sector

mechanical engineer in the oil and gas industry

electrical engineer in the oil and gas industry
The following jobs in the electricity transmission and distribution industry:

power system engineer
control engineer
protection engineer
The following jobs in the aerospace industry:
electrical machine design engineer
power electronics engineer

The following jobs in the railway industry:

signalling design manager
signalling design engineer
signalling principles
designer
senior signalling design
checker
signalling design checker
signalling systems
engineer
Specialist electronics engineer in the automotive manufacturing and design industry

design engineer in the electricity transmission and distribution industry
The following jobs in the automotive design and manufacturing industry:

product development engineer
product design engineer
The following jobs in the electronics system industry:
integrated circuit design engineer
integrated circuit test engineer

chemical engineer
manufacturing engineer (process planning) in the aerospace industry technical services
representative in the decommissioning and waste areas of the nuclear industry

The following jobs in the electricity transmission and distribution industry:

project engineer
proposals engineer
The following jobs in the aerospace industry:
aerothermal engineer
stress engineer
chief of engineering
advance tool and fixturing engineer
The following jobs in the decommissioning and waste management areas of the civil nuclear industry:
operations manager
decommissioning specialist manager
project/planning engineer
radioactive waste manager
radiological protection
advisor
The following jobs in the civil nuclear industry:
nuclear safety case
engineer
mechanical design engineer (pressure vehicles)
piping design engineer
mechanical design engineer (stress)
thermofluids/process engineer

IT product manager employed by a qualifying company, where the job requires a person with a minimum of five years’ relevant experience and demonstrable experience of having led a team.

systems engineer in visual effects and 2D/3D computer animation for the film, television or video games sectors

data scientist employed by a qualifying company, where the job requires a person with a minimum of five years’ relevant experience and demonstrable experience of having led a team.

Senior developer employed by a qualifying company, where the job requires a person with a minimum of five years’ relevant experience and demonstrable experience of having led a team.

The following jobs in visual effects and 2D/3D computer animation for the film, television or video games sectors:

software developer
shader writer
games designer
The following jobs in the electronics system industry:
driver developer
embedded communications engineer

Cyber security specialist employed by a qualifying company, where the job requires a person with a minimum of five years’ relevant experience and demonstrable experience of having led a team.

the following jobs in the construction-related ground engineering industry:
contaminated land specialist
geoenvironmental specialist
landfill engineer

Consultants in the following specialities:

clinical radiology
emergency medicine
old age psychiatry
CT3 trainee and ST4 to ST7 trainee in emergency medicine
Core trainee in psychiatry

Non-consultant, non-training, medical staff posts in the following specialities:
emergency medicine (including specialist doctors working in accident and emergency)
old age psychiatry
paediatrics

HPC registered diagnostic radiographer
nuclear medicine practitioner
radiotherapy physics practitioner
radiotherapy physics scientist
sonographer
Sponsors must retain evidence of the individual’s HPC registration and provide this to the UK Border Agency on request. (Registration may need to be done after the individual has entered the United Kingdom but must be done before starting work).

secondary education teachers in the subjects of maths, physics, science (where an element of physics will be taught), computer science and Mandarin

social worker working in children’s and family services

The following jobs in the electricity transmission and distribution industry:
planning / development engineer
quality, health, safety and environment (QHSE) engineer

The following jobs in the electricity transmission and distribution industry:

commissioning engineer
substation electrical engineer

Animator in visual effects and 2D/3D computer animation for the film, television or video games sectors

Skilled classical ballet dancers who meet the standard required by internationally recognised United Kingdom ballet companies (e.g. Birmingham Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Northern Ballet Theatre, The Royal Ballet and Scottish Ballet).

The company must either:
have performed at or been invited to perform at venues of the calibre of the Royal Opera House, Sadler’s Wells or Barbican, either in the United Kingdom or overseas;
or attract dancers and/or choreographers and other artists from other countries;
or be endorsed as being internationally recognised by a United Kingdom industry body such as the Arts Councils (of England, Scotland and/or Wales)

Skilled contemporary dancers who meet the standard required by internationally recognised United Kingdom contemporary dance companies (e.g. Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company, Scottish Dance Theatre and Rambert Dance Company).

The company must either:
have performed at or been invited to perform at venues of the calibre of Sadler’s Wells, the Southbank Centre or The Place, either in the United Kingdom or overseas;
or attract dancers and/or choreographers and other artists from all over the world; or be endorsed as being internationally recognised by a United Kingdom industry body such as the Arts Councils (of England, Scotland and/or Wales)

skilled orchestral musicians who are leaders, principals, sub-principals or numbered string positions, and who meet the standard required by internationally recognised UK orchestras (including London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

manufacturing engineer
(purchasing) in the aerospace industry

high integrity pipe welder where the job requires three or more years’ related on-the-job experience

licensed and military certifying engineer/inspector technician

overhead linesworker,at Linesman Erector 2 (LE2) level and above, where the pay is at least £32,000 per year

Skilled chef where:

the pay is at least £29,570 per year after deductions for accommodation, meals etc; and
the job requires five or more years relevant experience in a role of at least equivalent status to the one they are entering; and the job is not in either a fast food outlet, a standard fare outlet, or an establishment which provides a take-away service; and

The job is in one of the following roles:

executive chef – limited to one per establishment
head chef – limited to one per establishment
sous chef – limited to one for every four kitchen staff per establishment
specialist chef – limited to one per speciality per establishment

A fast food outlet is one where food is prepared in bulk for speed of service, rather than to individual order.
A standard fare outlet is one where the menu is designed centrally for outlets in a chain / franchise, rather than by a chef or chefs in the individual restaurant. Standard fare outlets also include those where dishes and / or cooking sauces are bought in ready-made, rather than prepared from fresh / raw ingredients.