Signal Skilled worker visa launched in 2020 for shortage roles

Summary

The UK introduced the skilled worker visa in 2020. It applies relaxed eligibility criteria to people seeking roles that are in short supply in the UK labour market. The report presents it as a mitigation against skills shortages and mismatches. It explains that demographic trends and migration patterns shape the shortage of skilled people in key sectors and public services. Adult social care, for example, reports a shortfall of more than 100,000 staff and 122,000 vacancies, and the report worries that a shortage of skilled nurses could collide with an increasingly sick and ageing population. Other measures listed alongside it include T Levels and the Get Britain Working White Paper 2024.