Below is a fully interactive table, which shows the trainee and NQ salaries at Future Lawyers profiling firms. If you’d like to compare other survey results go to our brand new Compare Law Firms table or click through to our Profiles section for a more detailed analysis of each firm.

Firm First year salary Second year salary Newly qualified salary
Addleshaw Goddard £52,000 (London); £33,000 (Leeds and Manchester); £29,000 (Scotland) £56,000 (London); £36,000 (Leeds and Manchester); £33,000 (Scotland) Competitive
Akin £60,000 £65,000 US$225,000 (associate salaries are paid in US$ at a fixed quarterly exchange rate)
Anthony Collins £32,500 £35,00 Up to £53,00
Bevan Brittan Competitive Competitive Competitive
Birketts £30,000 (Ipswich/Norwich); £31,000 (Cambridge/Chelmsford/Sevenoaks); £34,000 (Bristol/London) £31,000 (Ipswich/Norwich); £32,000 (Cambridge/Chelmsford/Sevenoaks); £34,000(Bristol/London) £51,500 (Ipswich/Norwich); £55,000 (Cambridge/Chelmsford/Sevenoaks); £60,000 (Bristol); £70,000 (London)
Brabners £29,000 £31,000 £53,000
Bristows £48,000 £52,000 £95,000
Charles Russell Speechlys £52,000 (London); £42,000 (Guildford); £41,000 (Cheltenham) £55,000 (London); £ 45,000 (Guildford); £44,000(Cheltenham) £ 93,000 (London); £67,500 (Guildford); £66,000(Cheltenham)
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton £62,500 £67,500 £164,500
CMS £50,000 (London); £43,000 (Bristol); £28,000 (Glasgow/Edinburgh); £31,500 (Sheffield); £28,000 (Aberdeen); £31,500 (Manchester) £55,000 (London); £46,000 (Bristol); £31,000 (Glasgow/Edinburgh); £34,500 (Sheffield); £31,000 (Aberdeen); £34,500 (Manchester) £110,000 (London); £70,000 (Bristol); £62,000 (Glasgow/Edinburgh); £62,000 (Sheffield); £62,000 (Aberdeen); £62,000 (Manchester)
Cooley (UK) £55,000 £60,000 £157,000
Covington & Burling £60,000 £65,000 £165,000
Crown Prosecution Service £29,620 - £31,350 (national), £31,030 - £33,200 + £3,150 recruitment and retention allowance (London) £29,620 - £31,350 (national), £31,030 - £33,200 + £3,150 recruitment and retention allowance (London) £42,320 - £46,780 (national), £44,570 - £49,030 + £3,150 recruitment and retention allowance (London)
Debevoise & Plimpton £55,000 £60,000
Devonshires £65,000 London and £55,000 (outside of London)
Farrer & Co £48,500 £51,500 £89,000
Fladgate £48,000 £50,000 £88,000
Forsters £47,000 £50,000 £88,000
Haynes and Boone CDG, LLP £50,000 £55,000
HFW £52,000 £56,000 £103,500
Hill Dickinson LLP £30,000 (Northern); £43,000 (London) £32,000 (Northern); £45,000 (London) Within a range, up to £58,000 (Northern) or £78,500 (London) dependent on discipline.
Howard Kennedy LLP £45,000 £48,000 £83,000
Irwin Mitchell £31,500 (regional), £43,500 (London) £33,500 (regional), £45,500 (London) £45,000-£57,000 (regional), £59,500-£78,000 (London)
K&L Gates £50,000 £55,000 £115,000
Kennedys £43,000 London; £31,000 regional; £25,500 Scotland £46,000 London; £34,000 regional; £29,000 Scotland Varied
Kingsley Napley £40,000 £44,000 £66,000-£84,000 (depending on the practice area)
Kirkland & Ellis £60,000 £65,000 US$225,000
Latham & Watkins £60,000 £65,000  $225,000
Leathes Prior
Macfarlanes £56,000 £61,000 £140,000
Marriott Harrison £40,000 £42,000 £80,000
Milbank LLP £57,500 £62,500 US$225,000
Mills & Reeve £33,800 £36,400 £63,000 (regions), £84,000 (London)
Mishcon de Reya LLP £50,000 £55,000 £100,000
Morrison Foerster £60,000 £65,000 US$225,000
Osborne Clarke Bristol £49,000; London £55,500; Reading £49,950 Bristol £51,000; London £57,500; Reading £51,750 Bristol £74,000; London £97,000; Reading £87,300
Payne Hicks Beach LLP £50,000 £53,000
RPC £48,000 London £42,000 Bristol £52,000 London £44,000 Bristol London: - Corporate & Commercial / Disputes NQ - £95,000 Insurance NQ - £85,000 Bristol: £60,000
Russell-Cooke LLP £46,000 £48,500 Market rate for the area into which the trainee qualifies
Stephenson Harwood £50,000 £55,000 £105,000
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP £65,000 £70,000 £177,000
Thrings LLP £33,000 £35,000 £56,000
Vinson & Elkins £60,000 £65,000 £173,077
Watson Farley & Williams LLP £51,000 £56,000 £107,000
Wedlake Bell £42,000 £45,000 £82,000
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP £60,000 £65,000 £170,000
White & Case LLP £62,000 £67,000 £175,000