BAE Systems
BAE Systems is a global defence, aerospace, and security company providing advanced technology solutions.
The UK Home Office lists BAE Systems as a licensed sponsor (A-rated, Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Government Authorised Exchange and Skilled Worker route). Most recent adverts from BAE Systems rule out visa sponsorship or require UK security clearance. Home Office figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show BAE Systems assigned 170 Certificates of Sponsorship in 2021–24 and 116 in 2025 for Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility visas. We're showing 12 of their current openings.
Sponsor licence details
Sourced from the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors.
Sponsorship history
Certificates of Sponsorship BAE Systems assigned each year, from Home Office figures released under the Freedom of Information Act.
Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility routes. One certificate is assigned for each sponsored hire, visa extension or change of employer, so a person can be counted more than once. “1–5” is withheld by the Home Office; the 2025 figures list only sponsors with 5 or more (“—”). Matched to this employer by its name on the sponsor register. Sources: FOI 2025/12841 (2021–24), FOI2026/03501 (2025). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Licence timeline Pro
Every change we've seen on the Home Office register for BAE Systems, and what its recent adverts say about sponsorship.
See this employer's full licence history: when it was licensed, rating and route changes, and when it last offered sponsorship in an advert.
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2 UK-registered entities listed on the Home Office sponsor register.
About BAE Systems
BAE Systems is a global company that designs, manufactures, and supports advanced technology-led defence, aerospace, and security solutions. The company operates across multiple domains, providing products and services for air, land, sea, space, and cyber security.
Its capabilities include the manufacture of military aircraft, combat systems, land armaments, avionics, and navigation systems, alongside ship repair and satellite communications. The business also specialises in cyber threat detection, artificial intelligence, secure communications, and hybrid-electric propulsion systems.
Open roles
12 live positions matched to this sponsor licence.