3214 Complementary health associate professionals
Unit group 3214 in the ONS Standard Occupational Classification 2020, with the line the Appendix Skilled Occupations gives it. Not immigration advice.
In short
- ONS unit group 3214, in minor group 321 (Health associate professionals) and major group 3 (Associate professional occupations).
- Appendix Skilled Occupations (figures as at 3 August 2026, re-checked 26 October 2026): Table 6 and a transitional table: Table 2a, Table 6.
- Going rate as the table prints it:
- Table 2a, Going rate (SW – option F): £31,300 (£16.05 per hour)
What the ONS says
Description
Complementary health associate professionals use non-mainstream treatments in support of conventional medical treatments.
Typical entry routes
Entry requirements vary in different fields. Some employers require a degree level qualification. Professional qualifications are available, and membership of professional bodies is mandatory in some areas.
Tasks
- advises and prescribes in areas of complementary and alternative medicine
- prescribes and prepares homeopathic remedies
- manipulates and massages patient to discover the cause of pain, relieve discomfort, restore function and mobility and to correct irregularities in body structure
- uses colour therapy to help with people’s mental and physical problems
- administers aromatic herbs and oils and massages body to relieve pain and restore health
- massages reflex points in the hands and feet to relieve pain and promote healing in other parts of the body
- uses hypnotherapy to relieve or treat health conditions and to change habits
Related job titles
- Colour therapist
- Holistic therapist
- Homeopath
- Hypnotherapist
- Massage therapist
- Reflexologist
What the Appendix Skilled Occupations says
The Appendix lists this code in the tables below, with the tables’ own caption and the row as printed. Read the full table, and any condition in it, on GOV.UK.
Table 2a: Additional eligible SOC 2020 occupation codes and related going rates for Skilled Worker applicants granted permission under the rules in place before 4 April 2024
- SOC 2020 occupation code
- 3214 Complementary health associate professionals
- Equivalent SOC 2010 occupation code(s)
- 3219
- Examples of related job titles (non-exclusive)
- Alexander technique teachers
- Aromatherapists
- Homeopaths (excludes medically qualified)
- Hospital play specialists
- Hypnotherapists
- Massage therapists
- Reflexologists
- Reiki healers
- Complementary health associate professionals not elsewhere classified
- Going rate (SW – option F)
- £31,300 (£16.05 per hour)
- 70% of going rate (SW – option J)
- £25,000 (£12.82 per hour)
- Eligible for PhD points (SW)?
- No
Table 6: SOC 2020 occupation codes which are not eligible for the Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility or Scale-up routes
- SOC 2020 occupation code
- 3214 Complementary health associate professionals
- Examples of related job titles (non-exhaustive)
- Colour therapist
- Holistic therapist
- Homeopath
- Hypnotherapist
- Massage therapist
- Reflexologist
Other unit groups in minor group 321
- 3211 Dispensing opticians
- 3212 Pharmaceutical technicians
- 3213 Medical and dental technicians
- 3219 Health associate professionals n.e.c.
Sources
Occupation text: Office for National Statistics, SOC 2020 Volume 1: structure and descriptions of unit groups (file dated 27 August 2026, version V13). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0. Tables: Home Office, Immigration Rules Appendix Skilled Occupations on GOV.UK, page updated 3 August 2026; re-checked against the page updated 8 October 2026 on 26 October 2026, tables unchanged.
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