6250 Bed and breakfast and guest house owners and proprietors

In short

• ONS unit group 6250, in minor group 625 (Bed and breakfast and guest house owners and proprietors) and major group 6 (Caring, leisure and other service 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

Bed and breakfast and guest house owners and proprietors plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate the activities and resources bed and breakfasts and guest houses.

Typical entry routes

No formal qualifications are required for entry. A range of relevant courses in hospitality and management are available.

Tasks

• welcomes and ensures physical comfort of residents/guests and makes special arrangements for children, the elderly and the infirm if required
• provides certain meals for guests
• maintains and cleans establishment
• determines financial, staffing, material and other short- and long-term needs
• markets business and finds new business
• arranges for payment of bills, keeps accounts and ensures adherence to licensing and other statutory regulations

Related job titles

• Guest house owner
• Landlady (guest house)

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

6250 Bed and breakfast and guest house owners and proprietors

Equivalent SOC 2010 occupation code(s)

1221

Examples of related job titles (non-exclusive)

• Bed and breakfast and guest house owners and proprietors

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

6250 Bed and breakfast and guest house owners and proprietors

Examples of related job titles (non-exhaustive)

• Guest house owner
• Landlady (guest house)

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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