From the white paper that Appendix Immigration Salary List is to be replaced with a new, time limited, Temporary Shortage List for roles below RGF level 6. This statement of changes puts in place some interim measures:
- an expanded Immigration Salary List, containing the existing entries plus occupations at RQF levels 3-5 which the MAC identified as being in shortage in its 2023 review and 2024 rapid review
- an interim Temporary Shortage List, containing occupations at RQF levels 3-5 which the Department for Business and Trade and His Majesty’s Treasury have identified as being important for the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy
To find the roles on the Temporary Shortage List you need to look in the statement of changes for the change APP SW7 which will insert the list as new paragraph SW 6.1A.
So we now have not one but two shortage occupation lists. Eventually Appendix Salary List will be phased out, for now the main difference between the two is that roles on the Temporary Shortage List are set to be removed from the list at the end of 2026, with the government explicitly reserving the right to bring that date forward. Those applying for roles in these lists will not be permitted to bring dependants (this will not apply to those already in the skilled worker route in any of these roles).
