Below is a fully interactive table, which shows the pay for those firms who have an extended profile with The Legal 500 Future Lawyers. If you’d like to compare firm’s survey results go to our brand new Law Firm Comparison table or click through to our Firms 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) | £95,000 (London); £62,000 (Leeds and Manchester); £56,000 (Scotland) |
| Akin | £57,500 | £62,500 | US$215,000 (associate salaries are paid in US$ at a fixed quarterly exchange rate) |
| Anthony Collins Solicitors | £25,000 | £27,000 | £41,000 |
| BDB Pitmans LLP | £37,500 (London); £30,000 (Reading) | £40,000 (London); £32,000 (Reading) | £62,000 (London); £45,000 (Reading) |
| Bevan Brittan LLP | Competitive | Competitive | Competitive |
| Birketts | £27,500 (Ipswich/Norwich); £28,500 (Cambridge/Chelmsford); £31,000 (London) | £28,500 (Ipswich/Norwich); £29,500 (Cambridge/Chelmsford); £32,000 (London) | £48,000 (Ipswich/Norwich); £51,000 (Cambridge/Chelmsford); £65,000 (London) |
| Blaser Mills Law | £30,000 | £30,000 | £40,000 |
| Brabners LLP | £26,500 | £28,500 | £47,000 |
| Bristows LLP | |||
| Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP | £48,000 | £52,000 | £95,000 |
| Burges Salmon LLP | £42,000 | £44,000 | £60,000 |
| Charles Russell Speechlys LLP | £47,000 (London), £37,000 (Guildford), £35,000 (Cheltenham) | £50,000 (London), £40,000 (Guildford), £37,000 (Cheltenham) | £80,000 (London), £60,000 (Guildford), £55,000 (Cheltenham) |
| Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | £57,500 | £62,500 | £160,000 |
| Clifford Chance | £50,000 | £55,000 | £125,000 |
| CMS | £50,000 London; £43,000 Bristol; £31,500 Sheffield/Manchester; £28,000 Glasgow/Edinburgh/Aberdeen | £55,000 London; £45,000 Bristol; £34,500 Sheffield/Manchester; £31,000 Glasgow/Edinburgh/Aberdeen | £100,000 London; £65,000 Bristol; £57,500 Sheffield/Manchester; £57,500 Glasgow/Edinburgh/Aberdeen |
| Cooley (UK) LLP | £52,000 | £57,000 | £150,000 |
| Cripps | £28,000 | £30,000 | £47,000 (Tunbridge Wells), £55,000 (London) |
| Crown Prosecution Service | £24,975 (national), £26,438 (London) | £24,975 (national), £26,438 (London) | £38,000 (national), £40,000 (London) |
| Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | £55,000 | £60,000 | £145,800 |
| Dechert LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £140,000 |
| Devonshires Solicitors LLP | |||
| Farrer & Co LLP | £42,000 (Sept 2022) | £45,000 (Sept 2022) | £73,000 (Sept 2022) |
| Fladgate LLP | £43,000 | £45,000 | £80,000 |
| Forsters | £43,500 | £45,500 | £70,000 |
| HFW | £46,000 | £50,000 | £85,000 |
| Hill Dickinson LLP | £28,000 (Northern), £39,000 (London) | £30,000 (Northern), £41,000 (London) | |
| Howard Kennedy | |||
| Irwin Mitchell LLP | £28,000 (regional), £40,000 (London) | £30,000 (regional), £42,000 (London) | £41,500-£49,000 (regional), £55,000-£73,000 (London) |
| K&L Gates LLP | £48,000 (2022) | £52,000 (2022) | £105,000 (2022) |
| Kennedys Law LLP | £41,000 London; £29,000 regional; £22,000 Scotland | £44,000 London; £32,000 regional; £25,000 Scotland | Varied |
| Kingsley Napley LLP | £38,000 | £40,000 | |
| Kirkland & Ellis International LLP | £60,000 | £65,000 | US$215,000 |
| Latham & Watkins | £50,000 | £55,000 | $215,000 |
| Leathes Prior | |||
| Macfarlanes LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £107,500 |
| Maples Teesdale LLP | £36,668 | £38,754 | £65,445 |
| Mayer Brown International LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £105,000 |
| Michelmores LLP | £32,000 | £34,000 | Exeter £52,000; Bristol £55,000; London £70,000 |
| Milbank LLP | £57,500 | £62,500 | US$215,000 |
| Mills & Reeve | £30,000 (regions) | £32,000 (regions) | £55,000 (regions) |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £150,000 |
| Morrison Foerster (UK) LLP | £60,000 | £65,000 | USD$215,000 |
| Norton Rose Fulbright | £48,500 | £53,000 | £105,000 |
| Osborne Clarke | |||
| Payne Hicks Beach LLP | £40,000 | £42,000 | £67,000 |
| RPC | £44,000 London; £37,000 Bristol | £48,000 London; £38,000 Bristol | Commercial: £85,000; Insurance: £80,000 London, £56,000 Bristol |
| Russell-Cooke Solicitors London | £43,500 | £46,000 | Market rate for the area into which the trainee qualifies |
| Stephens Scown LLP | £29,000 | £31,000 | Regionally competitive |
| Stephenson Harwood | £46,000 | £51,000 | £90,000 |
| Taylor Vinters, Part of the Mishcon de Reya Group | £37,000 | £42,000 | £53,000-64,000 (dependent on location) |
| Taylor Wessing LLP | £45,000 | £49,000 | £95,000 |
| TLT LLP | London £41,000, Bristol £34,500, Manchester £30,000, Glasgow £23,500, Belfast £19,500 | London £44,000, Bristol £36,500, Manchester £32,000, Glasgow £26,500, Belfast £20,500 | London £75,000, Bristol £56,000, Manchester £51,000, Glasgow £45,000, Belfast £35,000 |
| Travers Smith LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £105,000 |
| Vinson & Elkins RLLP | £50,000 (2022) | £55,000 (2022) | £159,500 (2022) |
| Watson Farley & Williams LLP | £47,000 | £50,000 | £90,000 |
| Wedlake Bell LLP | £40,000 | £42,500 | |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP | £60,000 | £65,000 | £160,000 |
| White & Case LLP | £52,000 | £57,000 | £140,000 |
| Wilkin Chapman LLP | £23,000 | £25,000 | £35,000 |