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 | £47,000 (London); £29,500 (Leeds and Manchester); £25,000 (Scotland) | £50,000 (London); £32,000 (Leeds and Manchester); £28,000 (Scotland) | £82,000 (London); £50,000 (Leeds and Manchester); £47,000 (Scotland) |
| Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | £57,500 | £62,500 | US$202,500 (associate salaries are paid in US$ at a fixed quarterly exchange rate) |
| BDB Pitmans LLP | £36,500 (London); £30,000 (Reading) | £40,000 (London); £32,000 (Reading) | £60,000 (London); £45,000 (Reading) |
| Bevan Brittan LLP | Competitive | Competitive | Competitive |
| Blaser Mills Law | £27,000 | £27,000 | £40,000 |
| Brabners LLP | £25,000 | £26,500 | £40,000 |
| Burges Salmon LLP | £42,000 | £44,000 | £60,000 |
| Charles Russell Speechlys LLP | £40,000 (London), £35,000 (Guildford), £32,000 (Cheltenham) | £43,000 (London), £37,000 (Guildford), £34,000 (Cheltenham) | £68,000 (London), £54,000 (Guildford), £50,000 (Cheltenham) |
| Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | £57,500 | £62,500 | £140,000 |
| Clifford Chance | £50,000 | £55,000 | £107,500 |
| Clyde & Co | £40,000 (London); £26,500 (Manchester) | £42,000 (London); £28,500 (Manchester) | £70,000 (London); Competitive (Manchester) |
| CMS | £44,500 (London), £38,500 (Bristol), £28,500 (Manchester and Sheffield), £25,500 (Edinburgh and Glasgow) | £49,750 (London), £40,500 (Bristol), £31,500 (Manchester and Sheffield), £28,500 (Edinburgh and Glasgow) | £75,000 (London), £50,500 (Bristol), £42,500 (Manchester and Sheffield), £41,500 (Edinburgh and Glasgow) |
| Cooley (UK) LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £142,000 |
| Covington & Burling LLP | £48,000 | £53,000 | £128,000 |
| Cripps Pemberton Greenish LLP | £28,000 | £30,000 | £42,500 (Tunbridge Wells), £53,000 (London) |
| Crown Prosecution Service | |||
| Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £143,700 |
| Dechert LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £140,000 |
| Farrer & Co LLP | £40,000 (Sept 2021) | £44,000 (Sept 2021) | £72,000 (Sept 2021) |
| Fladgate LLP | £40,000 | £42,000 | £68,000 |
| Forsters | £43,500 | £45,500 | £70,000 |
| Goodwin Procter (UK) LLP | |||
| HFW | £44,000 | £73,500 | |
| Hill Dickinson LLP | £26,000 (Northern), £37,000 (London) | £28,000 (Northern), £39,000 (London) | Within a range, up to £41,000 (Northern) or up to £59,000 (London) dependent on discipline |
| Irwin Mitchell LLP | £26,500 (regional), £38,000 (London) | £28,500 (regional), £40,000 (London) | £40,000-£43,500 (regional), £55,000-£73,000 (London) |
| Jones Day | £52,000 | £59,000 | £110,000 |
| K&L Gates LLP | £43,000 (2020) | £48,000 (2020) | £85,000 (2020) |
| 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 | |
| Kirkland & Ellis International LLP | £55,000 | £60,000 | US$205,000 |
| Latham & Watkins | £50,000 | £55,000 | $205,000 |
| Leathes Prior | |||
| Macfarlanes LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £100,000 |
| Maples Teesdale LLP | £36,668 | £38,754 | £64,445 |
| Mayer Brown International LLP | £47,500 | £52,500 | £95,000 |
| Michelmores LLP | £30,000 | Exeter £45,500; Bristol £48,000; London £64,000 | |
| Milbank LLP | £57,500 | £62,500 | Competitive |
| Mills & Reeve | £28,000 (regions) | £30,000 (regions) | £46,000 (regions); £65,000 (London) |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £135,000 |
| Morrison and Foerster (UK) LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | USD$202,500 |
| Norton Rose Fulbright | £48,000 | £52,000 | £95,000 |
| Osborne Clarke | |||
| Payne Hicks Beach LLP | £39,000 | £41,000 | £62,000 |
| RPC | £40,000 London; £35,000 Bristol | £44,000 London; £36,000 Bristol | £70,000 London; £49,000 Bristol |
| Russell-Cooke Solicitors London | £40,000 | £42,500 | Market rate for the area into which the trainee qualifies |
| Stephens Scown LLP | £28,000 | £30,000 | Regionally competitive |
| Stephenson Harwood | £46,000 | £51,000 | £90,000 |
| Taylor Wessing LLP | £45,000 | £49,000 | £81,000 |
| TLT LLP | London £40,500, Bristol £34,000, Manchester £29,500, Glasgow £23,000, Belfast £18,600 | London £43,500, Bristol £36,000, Manchester £31,500, Glasgow £26,000, Belfast £20,000 | London £69,000, Bristol £50,000, Manchester £44,000, Glasgow £37,000, Belfast £30,000 |
| Travers Smith LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £100,000 |
| Vinson & Elkins RLLP | £50,000 (2021) | £55,000 (2021) | £153,300 (2021) |
| Watson Farley & Williams LLP | £45,000 | £48,000 | £85,000 |
| Wedlake Bell LLP | £37,500 | £39,500 | £64,000 |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP | £60,000 | £65,000 | £145,000 |
| White & Case LLP | £52,000 | £57,000 | £140,000 |