Can you sponsor this offer, and what does the certificate cost?
Price the whole Home Office bill and test the offered salary against the £41,700 floor before you assign the certificate.
Verdict
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Minimum this job may be paid
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/ year
Gap to close before assigning the CoS
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/ year
Immigration Skills Charge for the whole period
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Employer pays at assignment (CoS + skills charge)
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Visa fee + health surcharge
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All in
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Same bill falls due again
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Every figure above is free, with no key and no limit. The full version takes the working away and makes it repeat: a .csv of every line for the hiring budget or the compliance file, and reminders 30, 14 and 1 days before the date you set.
$60 once · one licence key per person or team seat · Immigration advisers quote £2,000–£5,000 in legal fees for a sponsor licence application.
The salary floor for these exact hours Takes the higher of the general threshold (£41,700 a year since 22 July 2025, or £33,400 on the reduced route) and the occupation going rate pro-rated to the hours worked, counting a maximum of 48 hours a week. A £38,000 offer against a £42,500 going rate at 37.5 hours returns a floor of £42,500 and a £4,500 gap.
What you pay the moment the CoS is assigned Adds the £525 certificate of sponsorship fee to the Immigration Skills Charge (£1,320 a year for a medium or large sponsor, £480 for a small or charitable one). Three years at the large-sponsor rate is £3,960 of skills charge, so £4,485 leaves the company before the Home Office ever reads the salary.
Visa fee and health surcharge on the other side Adds the visa application fee (£819 from outside the UK up to 3 years, £1,618 over 3 years, £943 and £1,865 in-country) to the £1,035 a year Immigration Health Surcharge, so a 3-year overseas hire shows £3,924 on the applicant side and £8,409 all in.
Export the working and set the date (full version) The full version writes every line of the calculation to a .csv you can paste into the hiring budget or the compliance file, and schedules reminders 30, 14 and 1 days before the date you enter, plus the renewal date when the same certificate and skills charge fall due again.
Where the figures come from Figures checked 19 September 2026 against GOV.UK: Skilled Worker visa — Your job (£41,700 and £33,400 salary routes), Skilled Worker visa — How much it costs (£819 / £1,618 / £943 / £1,865 visa fees and the £1,035 health surcharge), UK visa sponsorship for employers — Certificates of sponsorship (£525) and Immigration skills charge (£1,320 and £480 a year).