We read every job advert so you don't have to.
SponsorJobs (sponsorjobs.co) lists UK jobs at Home Office-licensed visa sponsors and reads every advert, removing the ones that rule out sponsorship.
What is SponsorJobs?
SponsorJobs is an independent job board for people who need a UK work visa. Every job is matched to an employer on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, and every advert is read automatically when it reaches us.
Adverts that rule out sponsorship, or ask for UK nationality, years of UK residency or security clearance, are removed. Adverts that offer sponsorship are labelled, and the job page quotes the employer's own words.
How a job gets here.
Three checks between a raw advert and this site.
What the labels mean.
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Sponsorship offered | The advert says visa sponsorship is available for this role. |
| May sponsor | The advert says sponsorship may be considered. |
| In-UK sponsorship | Sponsorship only for people already in the UK, for example switching from a Student or Graduate visa. |
| Licensed sponsor | The employer holds a sponsor licence and the advert doesn't clearly offer or refuse sponsorship. |
For the first three, the job page quotes the advert's own sentence when we can find it word for word. Some adverts reach us only as a short summary without any sponsorship wording, so those usually show "Licensed sponsor".
How fresh is the data?
| What | How often |
|---|---|
| Home Office sponsor register | Once a day |
| New jobs from our main job feed | Every hour |
| New jobs from other job boards, employers' career sites and NHS Jobs | Once a day |
| Checks for jobs that have closed | Once a day |
| Job-board listings more than 30 days old | Removed automatically |
Every day we compare our listings with the current job lists of the employers with the most jobs, read some employers' career sites directly, and re-check a batch of older listings. We don't re-check every listing every hour, so a filled job can stay on SponsorJobs for a day or more. If you find one, tell us.
What a company page shows.
Each employer page shows what the register says: licence type (Worker, Temporary Worker or both), rating (A, or B if the Home Office has downgraded it) and the visa routes it's licensed for. For groups, each licensed company is listed with its own rating and routes. Employers that have dropped off the register are marked as no longer on it.
An "Offers sponsorship" badge appears when one of the employer's adverts from the last 90 days explicitly offered sponsorship, and the page says so when most of its recent adverts rule sponsorship out. The visa route shown on a job comes from the employer's licence: it tells you what the employer can sponsor, not whether that role qualifies.
What SponsorJobs is not.
Not the government.
SponsorJobs isn't part of, or affiliated with, the Home Office or UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI). We use their public register.
Not a recruitment agency.
We don't hire, shortlist or put candidates forward. You apply on the original advert.
Not an immigration adviser.
We can't tell you whether you qualify for a visa. GOV.UK or a regulated immigration adviser can.
Not paid by employers.
We don't take payment to list, feature or promote jobs.
Accounts and applying.
Searching and reading jobs is free. A free account applies to 2 jobs a day; SponsorJobs Pro (paid, optional) has no daily limit. You can search without an account and open a limited number of job and company pages each day. To see more, or to apply, you need a free account: you sign in with a six-digit code we email you, there's no password, and we don't ask for your CV.
Apply takes you to the original advert, so SponsorJobs never receives your application. You can export or delete your data from your account page.
Who runs SponsorJobs.
I'm Baris Asa, founder of SponsorJobs, based in London. When I was job hunting in the UK I needed visa sponsorship myself, and so did my girlfriend. We did it the slow way: checking every employer against the Home Office register, then reading every advert for the line that says whether they'll sponsor. That's how we found my girlfriend's job.
SponsorJobs now does both checks for every job it lists. If something's wrong, email hello@sponsorjobs.co and I'll look at it.
Common questions.
Is SponsorJobs legitimate? Is it linked to the Home Office?
How often is SponsorJobs updated?
If an employer has a sponsor licence, will it sponsor me?
How does SponsorJobs decide whether a job offers sponsorship?
Does SponsorJobs cost anything?
How do I apply for a job?
Which visa routes does SponsorJobs cover?
Get in touch.
Corrections, closed jobs, press or anything else. Every company page also has a "Report a data issue" link.