Law firms
Law firm salaries compared
The table below shows the public salary information for all firms taking part in our research. We collect salary data for first-year trainees, second-year trainees, and newly qualified lawyers.
| 1st Year Salary | 2nd Year Salary | NQ Salary | |
|---|---|---|---|
A&O Shearman | £56,000 | £61,000 | £150,000 |
Addleshaw Goddard | £52,000 [London] £33,000 [Leeds] £33,000 [Manchester] £29,000 [Scotland] | £56,000 [London] £36,000 [Leeds] £36,000 [Manchester] £33,000 [Scotland] | Undisclosed |
Akin | £60,000 | £65,000 | $225,000 |
Arnold & Porter | £56,500 | £60,500 | £150,000 |
Ashfords | £42,500 [London] £36,500 [Exeter] £36,500 [Bristol] | £44,750 [London] £38,500 [Exeter] £38,500 [Bristol] | £65,000 [London] £62,000 [Exeter] £62,000 [Bristol] |
Ashurst Perkins Coie | £60,000 | £65,000 | £145,000 |
Baker McKenzie | £56,000 | £55,000 | £145,000 |
Bates Wells | £44,000 | £46,000 | £76,500 |
BCLP | £53,000 [London] £33,000 [Manchester] | £58,000 [London] £37,000 [Manchester] | £125,000 [London] £72,000 [Manchester] |
Bevan Brittan | £38,000 [London] £32,000 [Bristol] £32,000 [Birmingham] £32,000 [Leeds] | £41,000 [London] £35,000 [Bristol] £35,000 [Birmingham] £35,000 [Leeds] | £72,000 [London] £62,000 [Bristol] £62,000 [Birmingham] £62,000 [Leeds] |
Birketts | £37,000 [London] £36,000 [Bristol] £32,000 [Cambridge] £32,000 [Chelmsford] £32,000 [Sevenoaks] £31,000 [Ipswich] £31,000 [Norwich] | £38,000 [London] £37,500 [Bristol] £33,500 [Cambridge] £33,500 [Chelmsford] £33,500 [Sevenoaks] £32,000 [Ipswich] £32,000 [Norwich] | £72,500 [London] £65,000 [Bristol] £58,000 [Cambridge] £58,000 [Chelmsford] £58,000 [Sevenoaks] £53,000 [Ipswich] £53,000 [Norwich] |
Bristows | £49,000 | £52,000 | £95,000 |
Burges Salmon | £49,500 [Bristol] £42,500 [Edinburgh] | £51,500 [Bristol] £44,500 [Edinburgh] | £76,000 [Bristol] £72,000 [Edinburgh] |
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 | £172,500 |
Clifford Chance | £56,000 | £61,000 | £150,000 |
Collyer Bristow | £42,000 | £44,000 | £74,000 |
Cooley | £55,000 | £60,000 | £157,000 |
Covington & Burling | £60,000 | £65,000 | £165,000 |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | £65,000 | £70,000 | £180,000 |
Debevoise & Plimpton | £60,000 | £65,000 | £173,100 |
Dechert | £55,000 | £61,000 | £165,000 |
Devonshires | £40,000 [London] £32,000 [Birmingham] £32,000 [Leeds] | £43,000 [London] £35,000 [Birmingham] £35,000 [Leeds] | £65,000 [London] £55,000 [Birmingham] £55,000 [Leeds] |
DLA Piper | £55,000 [London] £35,500 [Regional] | £60,000 [London] £39,000 [Regional] | £140,000 [London] £84,000 [Regional] |
Dorsey & Whitney | £52,000 | £56,000 | Undisclosed |
Druces | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
DWF | £45,000 [London] £31,000 [Regional] | £47,000 [London] £33,000 [Regional] | Undisclosed |
Fieldfisher | £51,000 [London] £34,000 [Birmingham] £34,000 [Manchester] | £55,000 [London] £37,000 [Birmingham] £37,000 [Manchester] | £102,000 [London] £67,000 [Birmingham] £67,000 [Manchester] |
Fladgate | £50,000 | £52,000 | £94,000 |
Forsters | £48,500 | £51,500 | £90,000 |
Fox Williams | £48,000 | £50,000 | £85,000 |
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson | £65,000 | £70,000 | £173,000 |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | £65,000 | £70,000 | £180,000 |
Goodwin | £55,000 | £60,000 | £175,000 |
Greenberg Traurig | £55,000 | £60,000 | Undisclosed |
Harbottle & Lewis | £50,000 | £53,000 | £87,000 |
Haynes and Boone | £50,000 | £55,000 | £115,000 |
HFW | £52,000 | £56,000 | £103,500 |
Hill Dickinson | £45,000 [London] £32,000 [Regional] | £48,500 [London] £35,000 [Regional] | Up to £80,000 dependent on discipline [London] Up to £60,000 dependent on discipline [Regional] |
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | £56,000 [London] | £61,000 [London] | £145,000 [London] |
Howes Percival | £30,000 | £32,000 | Undisclosed |
Irwin Mitchell | £44,000 [London] £32,000 [Regional] | £46,000 [London] £34,000 [Regional] | Undisclosed |
K&L Gates | £50,000 | £55,000 | £120,000 |
Kingsley Napley | £40,000 | £43,000 | £62,000 |
Kirkland & Ellis | £70,000 | £75,000 | $225,000 |
Latham & Watkins | £60,000 | £65,000 | $225,000 |
Lewis Silkin | £49,500 [London] £37,694 [Manchester] £36,011 [Cardiff] £31,000 [Belfast] £37,694 [Manchester] | £54,000 [London] £41,121 [Manchester] £39,285 [Cardiff] £33,000 [Belfast] | £90,000 [London] £65,535 [Manchester] £65,475 [Cardiff] £43,000 [Belfast] |
Linklaters | £56,000 | £61,000 | £150,000 |
Macfarlanes | £60,000 | £65,000 | £150,000 |
Marriott Harrison | £44,000 | £46,000 | £80,000 |
Mayer Brown | £56,000 | £61,000 | £150,000 |
McDermott Will & Schulte | £70,000 | £75,000 | £170,000 |
Michelmores | £37,500 | £39,000 | £78,000 [London] £63,000 [Bristol] £63,000 [Exeter] |
Milbank | £70,000 | £75,000 | $235,000 |
Mills & Reeve | £46,800 [London] £33,800 [Regional] | £49,400 [London] £36,400 [Regional] | £84,000 [London] £63,000 [Regional] |
Mishcon de Reya | £52,500 | £57,000 | £110,000 |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | £57,500 | £62,500 | £173,000 |
Morrison Foerster | £60,000 | £65,000 | $225,000 |
Northridge Law | £55,500 | £58,000 | Undisclosed |
Norton Rose Fulbright | £56,000 | £61,000 | £140,000 |
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | £60,000 | £65,000 | £170,000 |
Osborne Clarke | £57,000 [London] £51,300 [Reading] £50,500 [Bristol] | £59,000 [London] £53,100 [Reading] £52,000 [Bristol] | £100,000 [London] £90,000 [Reading] £76,000 [Bristol] |
Paul Hastings | £60,000 | £68,000 | Undisclosed |
Penningtons Manches Cooper | £48,000 [London] £40,000 [Regional] | £50,000 [London] £42,000 [Regional] | Variable |
Reed Smith | £55,000 | £60,000 | £135,000 |
Ropes & Gray | £62,000 | £67,000 | £170,000 |
RPC | £50,000 [London] £43,000 [Bristol] | £55,000 [London] £45,000 [Bristol] | £85,000 [London: Insurance] £100,000 [London: Disputes or Corporate and Commercial] £60,000 [Bristol] |
Russell-Cooke | £46,000 | £48,500 | Undisclosed |
Sidley Austin | £60,000 | £65,000 | £175,000 |
Simmons & Simmons | £56,000 [London] £52,000 [Bristol] | £61,000 [London] £56,000 [Bristol] | £130,000 [London] £104,000 [Bristol] |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom | £58,000 | £63,000 | £177,000 |
Slaughter and May | £56,000 | £61,000 | £150,000 |
Squire Patton Boggs | £50,000 [London] £34,000 [Birmingham] £34,000 [Leeds] £34,000 [Manchester] | £55,000 [London] £37,500 [Birmingham] £37,500 [Leeds] £37,500 [Manchester] | £110,000 [London] £70,000 [Birmingham] £70,000 [Leeds] £70,000 [Manchester] |
Stephenson Harwood | £50,000 | £55,000 | £105,000 |
Stevens & Bolton | £40,000 | £42,000 | £66,000 |
Sullivan & Cromwell | £70,000 | £75,000 | £181,000 |
Travers Smith | £55,000 | £60,000 | £130,000 |
VWV | £41,000 [London] £38,000 [Watford] £34,000 [Bristol] £34,000 [Birmingham] | £43,000 [London] £40,000 [Watford] £36,000 [Bristol] £36,000 [Birmingham] | £71,150 [London] £67,075 [Watford] £58,900 [Bristol] £58,900 [Birmingham] |
Walker Morris | £34,000 | £37,000 | £67,000 |
Watson Farley & Williams | £51,000 | £56,000 | £107,000 |
Wedlake Bell | £44,000 | £47,000 | £85,000 |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges | £60,000 | £65,000 | £170,000 |
White & Case | £62,000 | £67,000 | £175,000 |
Wilkin Chapman Rollits | £25,500 | £27,500 | £40,000 |
Willkie Farr & Gallagher | £60,000 | £65,000 | £180,000 |
Wilsons | £31,500 | £33,000 | £52,000 |
Winckworth Sherwood | £42,000 | £44,000 | £74,000-78,000 |
Withers | £47,000 | £52,000 | £95,000 |
Womble Bond Dickinson | £45,000 [London] £40,000 [Bristol] £33,000 [Plymouth] £33,000 [Southampton] £33,000 [Scotland] £33,000 [Newcastle] £33,000 [Leeds] | £47,000 [London] £420,000 [Bristol] £35,000 [Plymouth] £35,000 [Southampton] £35,000 [Leeds] £35,000 [Newcastle] £35,000 [Scotland] | £85,000 [London] £64,000 [Bristol] £54,000 [Plymouth] £59,000 [Southampton] £60,000 [Leeds] £54,000 [Newcastle] £60,000 [Scotland] |