Why I built SponsoredJobs

A few years ago, someone close to me applied for NHS "bank" roles from overseas, thinking "bank" was a job grade or a department. NHS "bank" is actually a register of casual staff: paid hourly for ad-hoc shifts, no fixed contract, and not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship. The listings read like full-time jobs because, on the page, they look like full-time jobs. The signal that mattered wasn't there.

That's the kind of trap visa-sponsored job hunting is full of, and it's why most existing job boards aren't built for it.

You read a description, the salary looks right, the role looks right, you spend two hours tailoring an application — and nothing on the page tells you whether the employer can actually sponsor a Skilled Worker visa. Sometimes that question only gets answered at final-round interview, after you've taken time off work to travel for it. That's a brutal moment to find out the pipeline was a dead end.

I built SponsoredJobs to put the signal back.

Every listing on the site is cross-referenced against three things before it appears:

• The employer holds an active A-rated sponsor licence on the Home Office register.
• The role meets current Skilled Worker or Health & Care Worker occupation requirements.
• The advertised salary clears the visa threshold (£41,700 general, £25,000 Health & Care).

If any check fails, the listing is filtered out. You only see roles that could actually result in sponsorship, and the proof points sit on every job card, not buried in the small print.

Every role carries one of two labels:

• Verified: the source confirms a Certificate of Sponsorship at role level. NHS Jobs listings tagged with tier-two sponsorship (the older Tier 2 label NHS still uses internally), or employers posting direct to the site.
• Eligible: the licence, occupation, and salary signals all check out, but the source doesn't explicitly confirm a CoS for that vacancy. The employer's licence exists; sponsorship of the specific role is at their discretion.

Both are clearly labelled so you can filter by confidence. Data is refreshed daily from GOV.UK Find a Job, NHS Jobs, the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, and direct employer postings.