SPath helps job seekers across the UK, Africa, the US and Europe find jobs, build stronger applications, reach employers, prepare for interviews and manage their job search from one place. UK visa sponsorship is one specialist pathway inside SPath.

How do I find UK visa sponsorship jobs in 2026?

Use SPath's UK sponsorship pathway to search 139,720+ organisations indexed from the Home Office Register of Licensed Sponsors for free, filtered by industry, location and visa route. SPath then helps you check each role's salary and occupation-code fit, prepare a targeted application, reach the employer and track your progress. Always verify the current register and each vacancy on GOV.UK.

How many companies sponsor visas in the UK?

As of 2026, there are over 139,720 organisations on the UK Home Office Register of Licensed Sponsors. SPath indexes the full register and lets you search by industry, location, and visa route.

What visa routes can be sponsored by UK employers?

UK employers can sponsor workers under routes including the Skilled Worker visa, Health and Care Worker visa, Global Business Mobility, Scale-up visa, Creative Worker visa, and KTP (Knowledge Transfer Partnership). SPath explains each major route in depth, plus unsponsored options like the Graduate visa.

Is SPath free to use?

Yes. SPath Free is free for Founding Members and needs no card. It includes employer and sponsor search, CV and application help, outreach resources, interview preparation and an application tracker. SPath Max is an optional £99.99 one-time upgrade that does the research, drafting and tracking for you.

Can international students find sponsorship jobs on SPath?

Yes. SPath's UK sponsorship pathway lets you search 139,720+ licensed sponsors and uses transparent role-to-industry matching to show which licensed employers commonly align with your target role. The same account gives you CV, outreach, interview and tracking tools for the rest of your search.

What is the minimum salary for a Skilled Worker visa?

The general minimum salary threshold is £41,700 for most roles, or the going rate for the occupation, whichever is higher. 'New entrant' rates for recent graduates or those under 26 are lower, with a floor around £33,400. Health & Care Worker roles require £25,000, with the Agenda for Change Band 3 entry point rising to £25,760 from April 2026. Always verify current thresholds on GOV.UK before applying.

How often is the sponsor data updated?

SPath's sponsor data is indexed from the official UK Government Register of Licensed Sponsors, which the Home Office updates regularly. Licences are added and removed over time, so always confirm an employer's current status on GOV.UK before applying.

What does SPath Max include?

SPath Max is a paid workflow that saves you time: it researches employers, organises your pipeline, drafts applications, outreach and follow-ups, and tracks everything, while you approve every important action. It costs £99.99 once, with no subscription or success fee.

Job Search Guide · 8 min read · Updated 2026-09-30

The ATS-Friendly CV Checklist: 12 Checks Before You Apply

Twelve practical checks that help your CV get parsed correctly by applicant tracking systems and read properly by a human recruiter, wherever you are applying.

Most medium and large employers use an applicant tracking system (ATS) to collect and search applications. An ATS does not usually reject you on its own, but a CV it cannot read properly can end up incomplete, mis-sorted or hard for a recruiter to find.

The fix is not to stuff your CV with keywords. It is to make it easy for software to parse and easy for a person to scan in under a minute.

Layout and format

1. Use a single-column layout. Tables, text boxes and side columns are often read out of order.
2. Use standard section headings: Profile, Experience, Education, Skills, Certifications.
3. Keep contact details in the main body, not in the header or footer.
4. Use a common font and avoid icons or images in place of words.
5. Submit the file type the employer asks for. If there is no instruction, a text-based PDF or Word file is usually safe.

Content and keywords

6. Mirror the exact job title and core skills from the advert where they are true for you.
7. Write both the acronym and the full term once, for example "Customer Relationship Management (CRM)".
8. Put your most relevant skills in the top third of the first page.
9. Start each bullet with an action verb and include a result: what you did, how, and what changed.
10. Add numbers wherever you can: revenue, users, time saved, team size, budget.

Final checks

11. Tailor the profile and top bullets for each role. One generic CV for every application is the most common reason for silence.
12. Save a plain-text copy and paste it into a text editor. If it reads in a sensible order, an ATS will usually read it too.

Country conventions matter

Expectations differ by market. UK and many European employers generally expect a CV without a photo, date of birth or marital status, while conventions in some other countries differ. US employers usually call it a resume and prefer one page for early-career candidates. Check the norm for the country and sector you are targeting.

How SPath helps

The free ATS CV checklist and application-quality checklist in your account.
Tailoring prompts that help you adapt your CV to each role without starting again.
PathTracker keeps a record of which CV version you sent to which employer.