Jul 17, 2024
Written By AllAboutLaw
Law Firm Salary Index
Jul 17, 2024
Written By AllAboutLaw
Go on, admit it: you’re pretty interested in how much you could earn as a solicitor. We’ve compiled a list of the starting trainee solicitor salaries on offer at some of the top law firms in the UK. Although we try to be accurate, salaries may vary from those shown and this table should only be used as a guide.
Law Firm: Addleshaw Goddard
Starting Salary:
- £52,000 London
- £33,000 Manchester and Leeds
- £29,000 Scotland
Second Year Salary:
- £56,000 London
- £36,000 Manchester and Leeds
- £33,000 Scotland
Law Firm: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Starting Salary: £57,500
Second Year Salary: £62,500
Newly Qualified Salary: $215,000
Law Firm: Ashurst
Starting Salary: £52,000
Second Year Salary: £57,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £115,000
Law Firm: Baker McKenzie LLP
Starting Salary: £50,000
Second Year Salary: £55,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £118,000
Law Firm: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Starting Salary:
- £50,000 London
- £33,000 Manchester
Second Year Salary:
- £55,000 London
- £37,000 Manchester
Newly Qualified Salary:
- £105,000 London
- £67,000 Manchester
Law Firm: Bird & Bird
Starting Salary: £47,000
Second Year Salary: £52,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £95,000
Law Firm: Bristows LLP
Starting Salary: £42,000
Second Year Salary: £45,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £80,000
Law Firm: Burges Salmon
Starting Salary: £45,000
Second Year Salary: £55,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £68,000
Law Firm: Cleary Gottlieb
Starting Salary: £57,000
Second Year Salary: £62,500
Newly Qualified Salary: £160,000
Law Firm: Clifford Chance
Starting Salary: £50,000
Second Year Salary: £55,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £107,500
Law Firm: CMS UK
Starting Salary:
- £50,000 London
- £43,000 Bristol
- £31,500 Manchester and Sheffield
Second Year Salary:
- £55,00 London
- £45,000 Bristol
- £34,500 Manchester and Sheffield
Newly Qualified Salary:
- £105,000 London
- £68,000 Bristol
- £60,000 Manchester and Sheffield
Law Firm: Dechert LLP
Starting Salary: £50,000
Second Year Salary: £55,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £145,000
Law Firm: Dentons
Starting Salary:
- £48,000 London
- £33,00 Regions
- £27,00 Scotland
Second Year Salary:
- £52,00 London
- £35,000 Regions
- £30,000 Scotland
Newly Qualified Salary:
- £92,000 London
- £60,000 Regions
- £62,000 Scotland
Law Firm: DLA Piper
Starting Salary:
- £50,000 London
- £34,000 Regional
Second Year Salary:
- £55,000 London
- £37,500 Regional
Newly Qualified Salary:
- £100,000 London
- £68,500 Regional
Law Firm: DWF LLP
Starting Salary: £38,000
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Law Firm: Farrer & Co
Starting Salary: £42,000
Second Year Salary: £45,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £73,000
Law Firm: Foot Anstey
Starting Salary: £37,000
Second Year Salary: £39,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £60,000
Law Firm: Freshfields
Starting Salary: £50,000
Second Year Salary: £55,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £125,000
Law Firm: Government Legal Services
Starting Salary: £29,000-£37,000
Second Year Salary: £33,000-£40,000
Law Firm: Gowling WLG
Starting Salary:
- £47,000 London
- £33,000 Birmingham
Second Year Salary:
- £52,000 London
- £36,000 Birmingham
Newly Qualified Salary:
- £95,000 London
- £63,000 Birmingham
Law Firm: Herbert Smith Freehills
Starting Salary: £50,000
Second Year Salary: £55,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £120,000
Law Firm: HFW
Starting Salary: £46,000
Second Year Salary: £50,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £95,000
Law Firm: Hogan Lovells
Starting Salary: £50,000
Second Year Salary: £55,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £120,000
Law Firm: Ince & Co
Starting Salary: £38,500
Second Year Salary: £42,500
Newly Qualified Salary: £90,000
Law Firm: Irwin Mitchell
Starting Salary:
- £29,500 Regional
- £41,500 London
Second Year Salary:
- £31,500 Regional
- £43,500 London
Newly Qualified Salary:
- £43,500 - £50,500 Regional
- £58,000 - £75,000 London
Law Firm: Kennedys Law LLP
Starting Salary:
- £41,000 London
- £29,000 Regional
- £22,000 Scotland
Second Year Salary:
- £44,000 London
- £32,000 Regional
- £25,000 Scotland
Law Firm: Latham & Watkins
Starting Salary: £55,000
Second Year Salary: £60,000
Newly Qualified Salary: $215,000
Law Firm: Lewis Silkin
Starting Salary: £43,250
Second Year Salary: £47,350
Newly Qualified Salary: £78,000
Law Firm: Macfarlanes LLP
Starting Salary: £50,000
Second Year Salary: £55,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £115,000
Law Firm: Mayer Brown
Starting Salary: £50,000
Second Year Salary: £55,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £120,000
Law Firm: Mills & Reeve
Starting Salary: £31,500
Second Year Salary: £34,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £58,000
Law Firm: Norton Rose Fulbright
Starting Salary: £48,500
Second Year Salary: £53,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £120,000
Law Firm: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (UK) LLP
Starting Salary: £55,000
Second Year Salary: £60,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £140,000
Law Firm: Osborne Clarke LLP
Starting Salary:
- £53,000 London
- £46,500 Bristol
- £47,700 Reading
Law Firm: Penningtons Manches LLP
Starting Salary:
- £37,000 Regional
- £45,000 London
Second Year Salary:
- £39,000 Regional
- £47,000 London
Newly Qualified Salary:
- £52,000 - £75,000
Law Firm: Pinsent Masons
Starting Salary:
- £30,000 Regional
- £45,000 London
- £30,000 Scotland
Second Year Salary:
- £33,500 Regional
- £51,500 London
- £33,000 Scotland
Newly Qualified Salary:
- £61,000 Regional
- £92,000 London
- £61,000 Scotland
Law Firm: PwC
Starting Salary: £39,000
Law Firm: Reed Smith
Starting Salary: £50,000
Second Year Salary: £55,000
Law Firm: RPC
Starting Salary:
- £44,000 London
- £38,000 Bristol
Second Year Salary:
- £48,000 London
- £40,000 Bristol
Newly Qualified Salary:
- £85,000 London
- £56,000 Bristol
Law Firm: Skadden
Starting Salary: £50,000
Second Year Salary: £55,000
Newly Qualified: £165,000
Law Firm: Shoosmiths
Salary:
- £43k - £45k London
- £32k - £34k Regional
- £30k - £32k Scotland
Law Firm: Sidley Austin LLP
Starting Salary: £55,000
Second Year Salary: £60,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £156,000
Law Firm: Simmons & Simmons
Starting Salary:
- £46,000 London
- £40,500 Bristol
Second Year Salary:
- £50,500 London
- £42,500 Bristol
Newly Qualified Salary:
- £100,000 London
- £68,000 Bristol
Law Firm: Slaughter and May
Starting Salary: £50,000
Second Year Salary: £55,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £125,000
Law Firm: Squire Patton Boggs
Starting Salary: £30,000
Second Year Salary: £33,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £65,000
Law Firm: Stephenson Harwood
Starting Salary: £48,500
Second Year Salary: £53,500
Newly Qualified Salary: £95,000
Law Firm: Taylor Wessing
Starting Salary: £50,000
Second Year Salary: £55,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £100,000
Law Firm: Travers Smith
Starting Salary: £50,5000
Second Year Salary: £55,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £110,000
Law Firm: TLT Solicitors
Starting Salary:
- £39,500 London
- £33,000 Bristol
- £28,500 Manchester
- £22,000 Glasgow
- £18,135 Belfast
Second Year Salary:
- £42,500 London
- £48,500 Bristol
- £30,500 Manchester
- £25,000 Glasgow
- £19,500 Belfast
Newly Qualified Salary:
- £67,000 London
- £48,500 Bristol
- £42,500 Manchester
- £35,000 Glasgow
- £28,500 Belfast
Law Firm: Weil Gotshal & Manges
Starting Salary: £60,000
Second Year: £65,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £170,000
Law Firm: White & Case LLP
Starting Salary: £56,000
Second Year Salary: £61,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £150,000
Law Firm: Withers LLP
Starting Salary: £45,000
Second Year Salary: £49,000
Newly Qualified Salary: £90,000
Law Firm: Womble Bond Dickinson
Starting Salary:
- £42,000 London
-£36,000 Bristol
-£32,000 Southampton
- £32,000 Plymouth
- £28,000 Leeds
- £28,000 Newcastle
- £28,000 Scotland
Second Year Salary:
- £44,000 London
- £38,000 Bristol
- £34,000 Southampton
- £34,000 Plymouth
- £30,000 Leeds
- £30,000 Newcastle
- £30,000 Scotland
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