4217 Typists and related keyboard occupations
Unit group 4217 in the ONS Standard Occupational Classification 2020, with the line the Appendix Skilled Occupations gives it. Not immigration advice.
In short
- ONS unit group 4217, in minor group 421 (Secretarial and related occupations) and major group 4 (Administrative and secretarial occupations).
- Appendix Skilled Occupations (figures as at 3 August 2026, re-checked 26 October 2026): Not on the list: Table 6.
- Going rate as the tables print it:
What the ONS says
Description
Typists and related keyboard occupations type letters, memos, reports and other documents from draft, handwritten or dictated matter, using appropriate software packages.
Typical entry routes
Entry is most common with GCSEs/S grades. Entrants are normally expected to have obtained minimum typing speeds and hold vocational certificates. Units in keyboarding skills and producing documents are included in NVQs/SVQs in Administration at levels 1 to 4.
Tasks
- types letters, memos, reports, presentations and other documents using the appropriate software
- inserts logos and other special features and formats as specified
- proof reads, edits and corrects errors to produce clean copy to specified layout
- adjusts settings of printer as necessary and monitors quality of printed document
Related job titles
- Audio typist
- Transcriber
- Typist
- Typist-clerk
What the Appendix Skilled Occupations says
The Appendix lists this code in the table below, with the table’s own caption and the row as printed. Read the full table, and any condition in it, on GOV.UK.
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
- 4217 Typists and related keyboard occupations
- Examples of related job titles (non-exhaustive)
- Audio typist
- Transcriber
- Typist
- Typist-clerk
Other unit groups in minor group 421
- 4211 Medical secretaries
- 4212 Legal secretaries
- 4213 School secretaries
- 4214 Company secretaries and administrators
- 4215 Personal assistants and other secretaries
- 4216 Receptionists
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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