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AI Agent Developer

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom. Fixed term. Posted . Deadline 2026-10-27. Apply through the original listing

United Kingdom Visa Fit
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Recommended pathway: Skilled Worker, standard. Too little job or profile data to check the route.

Top facts

Offered salary
£49,387
Required salary
£54,700 standard general threshold £41,700, or the GOV.UK going rate for SOC 2134 (£54,700), whichever is higher. Checked 15 September 2026
Sponsor register
Listed: Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (Home Office register, file dated 14 October 2026)
Role evidence
Strong Direct role-level evidence: the vacancy offers sponsorship.

Eligibility gates

Legal compatibility (the first four) is kept separate from employer willingness (the last). A licence proves capability, not intent.

Approved sponsorPass

On the sponsor register as Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Legal entity confirmed by JLocate. Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (Southend On Sea) is A-rated for Skilled Worker on the register file dated 14 October 2026. A licence shows the organisation can sponsor, not that it will sponsor this role.

Found in jobRegister of licensed sponsors: workers Checked 15 September 2026
Eligible occupationProbable

Likely Programmers and software development professionals (SOC 2134)

Inferred from the job title. The employer picks the code on the Certificate of Sponsorship, so ask them to confirm it.

InferredSkilled Worker visa: eligible occupations and codes Checked 15 September 2026
Required salaryFail

£49,387 is below the £54,700 threshold

Threshold basis: standard general threshold £41,700, or the GOV.UK going rate for SOC 2134 (£54,700), whichever is higher. Weekly hours are not stated, so a full-time role is assumed.

Found in jobSkilled Worker visa: your job and salary Checked 15 September 2026
Candidate provisionUnknown

New-entrant status unknown

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User enteredSkilled Worker visa: when you can be paid less Checked 15 September 2026
Employer willingnessStrong

Vacancy offers sponsorship

Direct role-level evidence. Get it confirmed in writing before you rely on it. Vacancy text: “Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.”

Found in jobRegister of licensed sponsors: workers Checked 15 September 2026

Career match

Whether the job is worth wanting, which is a different question from whether the route works. Nothing here changes the Visa Fit result above.

A career match needs to know what you are looking for. Add a profile and this becomes a score out of 100 across role, level, location, pay and how recently the vacancy was posted.

What is missing

  • Occupation code, which the employer has not confirmed
  • Whether the new-entrant rate applies to you
  • Weekly hours
  • Whether the role is, or could become, a permanent position

What would change the result

A profile lets the check apply the right threshold to this job.

Ask the recruiter

Polite, specific, and written so the answer maps straight onto a gate above.

  1. Could you confirm the weekly hours the advertised salary is based on?
  2. If the role were sponsored, which occupation code (SOC code) would it be sponsored under?
  3. Is there a route from this position to a permanent role, and on what timeline?
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Evidence and assumptions
Employer entity
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Found in job
Matched by your confirmation
Occupation family
AI or machine learning (SOC 2134) Inferred
Applied AI roles usually sit with 2134. Research roles may use a different code.
Annual salary
£49,387 Found in job
Weekly hours
Not stated, full-time assumed Missing
Contract
Fixed term Found in job
Route
Skilled Worker, United Kingdom Found in job
Snapshot 2026-09-15, checked 15 September 2026
Candidate provision
New-entrant status unknown Missing
Add your age, immigration status and route history to check the new-entrant rate. The standard threshold is used until then.

Rule sources

Terms used

Sponsor licence
Permission an employer holds from the Home Office to sponsor workers. It shows capability, not a promise for any particular role.
Occupation code
The SOC code the employer puts on the Certificate of Sponsorship. It decides whether the job is eligible and which going rate applies.
Going rate
The salary floor for that occupation code. The job must pay the general threshold or the going rate, whichever is higher.
New entrant
A lower salary rate, 70% of the going rate and at least £33,400, if you are under 26, on a Student visa at bachelor’s level or above or a Graduate visa now or in the last two years, or working towards a recognised qualification, registration or chartered status in the job. Limited to four years in total, Graduate visa time included.

Rule snapshot 2026-09-15. Simplified product logic, not the full Immigration Rules.

Vacancy text

One of three developer posts in a new nine-person Automation and AI team, funded for a year to build the trust's own AI delivery capability. The developers design, build, test and support AI agents and automations on Microsoft Copilot Studio and the wider Power Platform, working through a list of use cases chosen to cut administrative work for clinical and corporate teams, inside the trust's AI governance rules. Joining at the start, they also set the standards and reusable components later projects will build on. Agenda for Change Band 7, full time, fixed term for 12 months. The trust says it may close the advert early if it receives enough applications.