Below is a fully interactive table, which shows the pay for those firms who have an extended profile with The Lex 100. 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 | £40,000 (London); £27,500 (Leeds and Manchester); £23,500 Scotland | £43,000 (London); £29,500 (Leeds and Manchester); £26,000 Scotland | £75,000 (London); £45,000 (Leeds and Manchester); £42,000 Scotland |
| Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | £50,000 | £55,000 | $190,000 (associate salaries are paid in US$ at a fixed quarterly exchange rate) |
| Ashfords LLP | |||
| Ashurst | £46,000 | £50,000 | £84,000 |
| Baker McKenzie LLP | £48,000 | £52,000 | £90,000 |
| Bates Wells | £36,000 | £38,000 | £62,000 |
| BDB Pitmans | £36,500 | £37,500 | £57,000 |
| Bevan Brittan LLP | competitive | competitive | competitive |
| Birketts LLP | £25,000-£26,000 | £26,000-£27,000 | £39,000-£40,000 |
| Blaser Mills Law | £27,000 | £40,000 plus | |
| Brabners LLP | £25,000 | £26,500 | £40,000 |
| Bristows LLP | £39,500 | £42,500 | £66,000 |
| Burges Salmon LLP | £35,000 | £36,000 | £50,000 |
| Burness Paull LLP | |||
| Capital Law | |||
| Charles Russell Speechlys | £40,000 (London), £35,000 (Guildford), £30,000 (Cheltenham) | £43,000 (London), £36,000 (Guildford), £32,000 (Cheltenham) | |
| Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | £50,000 | £55,000 | £133,000 |
| Clifford Chance | £48,000 | £54,000 | £100,000 (including a binary bonus) |
| Clyde & Co LLP | £40,000 | £42,000 | £70,000 |
| CMS | £43,000 (London), £38,000 (Bristol), £25,000 (Glasgow/Edinburgh), £28,000 (Sheffield), £25,000 (Aberdeen) | £48,000 (London), £40,000 (Bristol), £28,000 (Glasgow/Edinburgh), £30,000 (Sheffield), £28,000 (Aberdeen) | £70,000 (London), £50,000 (Bristol), £40,000 (Glasgow/Edinburgh), £41,000 (Sheffield), £40,000 (Aberdeen) |
| Coffin Mew LLP | Competitive | Competitive | £36,000-£39,000 depending on specialism and location |
| Cooley (UK) LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £118,000 |
| Covington & Burling LLP | £43,000 | £47,000 | £100,000 |
| Cripps Pemberton Greenish | £26,000 | £28,500 | £42,500 |
| Crown Prosecution Service | £24,975 (National) £26,438 (London) | £24,975 (National) £26,438 (London) | £38,000 (National) £40,000 (London) |
| DAC Beachcroft | |||
| Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £131,100 |
| Dechert LLP | £45,000 | £50,000 | £116,000 |
| Devonshires Solicitors LLP | £32,000 | £35,000 | |
| Farrer & Co | £39,000 | £42,500 | £67,000 |
| Fieldfisher LLP | London: £39,500; Manchester and Birmingham: £28,000 | London: £42,500; Manchester and Birmingham: £29,500 | London: £70,000: Manchester and Birmingham: £42,500 |
| Fladgate LLP | £38,000 | £40,000 | £67,000 |
| Forsters LLP | £41,000 | £43,000 | £64,000 |
| Gateley | £27,000 (Regional), £35,000 (London) | £28,500, £37,000 | £41,000 (Regional), £61,500 (London) |
| Goodwin Procter (UK) LLP | £46,000 | £50,000 | £115,000 |
| HFW | £41,000 | £43,000 | £66,000 |
| Hill Dickinson LLP | £26,000 (Northern), £37,000 (London) | £28,000 (Northern), £39,000 (London) | Within a range, up to £41,000 (Northern) or £59,000 (London) dependent on discipline. |
| Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors Limited | £25,500 | £27,500 | £35,000 |
| Hogan Lovells | £46,000 | £51,000 | £90,000 |
| Howard Kennedy LLP | £37,000* | £39,000* | £60,000* |
| Irwin Mitchell | £26,500 (regional), £38,000 (London) | £28,500 (regional), £40,000 (London) | Dependent on the office and division you qualify in. Band between £40,000-£60,000 |
| Jones Day | £52,000 | £59,000 | £105,000 |
| K&L Gates LLP | £43,000 (2018) | £48,000 (2018) | £75,000 (2018) |
| Kennedys Law LLP | £38,500 London, £27,500 regional, £21,000 Scotland | £41,000 London, £30,000 regional, £24,000 Scotland | Varied |
| Kingsley Napley LLP | £36,000 | £38,000 | £58,000 |
| Kirkland & Ellis LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | $190,000 |
| Latham & Watkins | £46,000 | £50,000 | £130,000 |
| Leathes Prior | £21,420 | £22,440 | £34,000 |
| Lester Aldridge LLP | £22,500 (subject to annual market review) | £23,500 (subject to annual market review) | Market rate |
| Macfarlanes LLP | £44,000 | £49,000 | £85,000 |
| Maples Teesdale LLP | £35,600 | £37,000 | £56,500 |
| Mayer Brown International LLP | £46,000 | £51,000 | £90,000 |
| Memery Crystal | £38,000 | £40,000 | £65,000 |
| Michelmores LLP | £28,000 | £30,000 | £41,500 (Exeter); £45,000 (Bristol); £63,000 (London) |
| Milbank LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | Competitive |
| Mills & Reeve | £27,000 (regions) | £28,500 (regions) | £42,000 (regions) |
| Mishcon de Reya LLP | |||
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP | £47,000 | £52,000 | £115,000 |
| Morrison and Foerster LLP | £46,000 | £50,000 | £118,000 |
| Norton Rose Fulbright | £46,500 | £50,500 | £87,500 |
| Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | £45,000 | £49,000 | £105,000 |
| Osborne Clarke LLP | £38,000-£43,000 (varies on location) | £39,250-£45,000 (varies on location) | £52,000-£71,000 (varies on location) |
| Payne Hicks Beach | £36,000 | £38,000 | £60,000 |
| Penningtons Manches Cooper | £38,000 (London, 2018) | £40,000 (London, 2018) | £62,000 (London, 2018) |
| Reed Smith LLP | |||
| Roythornes Limited | £24,500 | £25,500 | £35,000 |
| RPC | £38,000 London, £35,000 Bristol | £41,000 London, £36,000 Bristol | £66,500 London, £47,000 Bristol |
| Russell-Cooke LLP | £38,000 | £39,500 | Market rate for the area into which the trainee qualifies. |
| Shoosmiths LLP | £27,000 (regional), £38,000 (London) | £42,500 (regional), £65,000 (London) | |
| Sidley Austin | £50,000 | £55,000 | £135,500 |
| Simmons & Simmons | £45,000/£39,000 (London/Bristol) | £50,000/£40,000 (London/Bristol) | £79,000/£52,000 (London/Bristol) |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £133,000 |
| Slaughter and May | £45,000 | £51,000 | |
| Squire Patton Boggs | London: £37,000, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester: £26,000 | London: £42,000, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester: £28,000 | London: £73,000, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester: £44,000 |
| Stephens Scown LLP | £25,500 | £27,000 | Regionally competitive |
| Stephenson Harwood | £43,000 | £47,000 | £75,000 |
| Taylor Vinters | £28,000 (Cambridge) and £35,000 (London) | £30,000 (Cambridge) and £37,000 (London) | £47,000 (Cambridge) and £63,000 (London) |
| Taylor Wessing LLP | £40,000 | £44,000 | £77,000 |
| Thrings LLP | £27,000 (South West) £31,500 (London) | £29,000 (South West) £33,000 (London) | £40,000 |
| TLT LLP | £32,000 (Bristol), £38,000 (London), £28,000 (Manchester) | £34,000 (Bristol), £41,000 (London), £30,000 (Manchester) | £47,000 (Bristol), £64,000 (London), £41,000 (Manchester) |
| Travers Smith LLP | £46,500 | £52,000 | £85,000 |
| Trethowans LLP | £25,000 | £27,000 | Competitive market rate |
| Vinson & Elkins LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £147,700 |
| Ward Hadaway | £24,000 | £26,000 | £36,500 |
| Watson Farley & Williams | £43,000 | £46,000 | £73,700 |
| Wedlake Bell LLP | £37,500 | £39,500 | £62,500 |
| White & Case LLP | £48,000 | £53,000 | £105,000 |
| Wilsons Solicitors LLP | Above market rate | Above market rate | Above market rate |
| Womble Bond Dickinson | Bristol and Southampton £30,000, Leeds £27,000, London £38,000, Newcastle £26,000, Plymouth £28,000, Scotland £22,000 | Bristol and Southampton £32,000, Leeds £29,000, London £40,000, Newcastle £28,000, Plymouth £30,000, Scotland £24,000 |