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 | US$190,000 (associate salaries are paid in US$ at a fixed quarterly exchange rate) |
| BDB Pitmans | £36,500 (London), £30,000 (Reading) | £40,000 (London), £32,000 (Reading) | £58,000 (London) £45,000 (Reading) |
| Bevan Brittan LLP | Competitive | Competitive | Competitive |
| Birketts LLP | £25,500-£26,0500 | £26,500-£27,500 | £40,000-£41,500 |
| Blaser Mills Law | £27,000 | £40,000 | |
| Brabners LLP | £25,000 | £26,500 | £40,000 |
| Bristows LLP | £39,500 | £42,500 | £66,000 |
| Burges Salmon | £36,000 | £37,000 | £52,500 |
| 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 | £94,500 |
| Clyde & Co | £38,000 (London), £24,500 (Manchester) | £40,000 (London), £26,500 (Manchester) | £68,000 (London), Competitive (Manchester) |
| CMS | £43,000 (London), £38,000 (Bristol), £25,000 (Scotland), £28,000 (Sheffield/Manchester) | £48,000 (London), £40,000 (Bristol), £28,000 (Scotland), £31,000 (Sheffield/Manchester) | £73,000 (London), £50,000 (Bristol), £40,000 (Scotland), £42,000 (Sheffield/Manchester) |
| Cooley (UK) LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £120,000 |
| Covington & Burling LLP | £48,000 | £53,000 | £120,000 |
| Cripps Pemberton Greenish LLP | £26,000 (regional), £34,250 (city) | £28,500 (regional), £35,250 (city) | £42,500 (regional), £53,000 (city) |
| Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £134,800 |
| Dechert LLP | £45,000 | £50,000 | £120,000 |
| Farrer & Co LLP | £39,000 | £42,500 | £65,000 |
| Fladgate LLP | £38,000 | £40,000 | £64,000 |
| Forsters LLP | £41,000 | £43,000 | £61,000 |
| Goodwin Procter (UK) LLP | £46,000 | £50,000 | £125,000 |
| HFW | |||
| 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 £59,500 (London) dependent on discipline |
| Hogan Lovells | £46,000 | £51,000 | £85,000 |
| 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 | £100,000 |
| 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 | £34,000 | £36,000 | £58,000 |
| Kirkland & Ellis International LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | US$190,000 |
| Latham & Watkins | £46,000 | £50,000 | $190,000 |
| Leathes Prior | |||
| Macfarlanes LLP | £44,000 | £49,000 | £80,000 |
| Maples Teesdale LLP | £36,668 | £38,754 | £64,445 |
| Mayer Brown International LLP | £46,000 | £51,000 | £90,000 |
| Memery Crystal | £38,000 | £40,000 | £65,000 |
| Michelmores LLP | £28,000 | £30,000 | £40,500 (Exeter); £44,000 (Bristol); £60,000 (London) |
| Milbank LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | Competitive |
| Mills & Reeve | £27,000 (regions) | £28,000 (regions) | £43,000 (regions) |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | £47,000 | £52,000 | £115,000 |
| Morrison and Foerster (UK) LLP | £46,000 | £50,000 | £118,000 |
| Norton Rose Fulbright | £48,000 | £52,000 | £85,000 |
| Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | £45,000 | £49,000 | £120,000 |
| 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 | £36,500 | £38,500 | £61,000 |
| Reed Smith LLP | £45,000 | £49,000 | £90,000 |
| RPC | £40,000 London, £35,000 Bristol | £44,000 London, £36,000 Bristol | £66,500 London, £48,000 Bristol |
| Russell-Cooke | £38,000 | £39,500 | Market rate for the area into which the trainee qualifies. |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £133,000 |
| Stephens Scown | £26,500 | £28,000 | Regionally competitive |
| Stephenson Harwood LLP | £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 |
| The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) | £24,975 (national), £26,438 (London) | £24,975 (national), £26,438 (London) | £38,000 (national), £40,000 (London) |
| Thrings LLP | £27,000 (South West), £31,500 (London) | £29,000 (South West), £33,000 (London) | £40,000 (South West), £46,000 (London) |
| TLT LLP | £39,500 – London; £33,000 – Bristol; £28,500 – Manchester; £22,000 – Scotland; £18,135 – Belfast | £42,500 – London; £35,000 – Bristol; £30,500 – Manchester; £25,000 – Scotland; £19,500 – Belfast | £67,000 – London; £48,500 – Bristol; £42,500 – Manchester; £35,000 – Scotland; £28,500 – Belfast |
| Travers Smith LLP | £46,500 | £52,000 | Please visit website |
| Vinson & Elkins RLLP | £50,000 (2020) | £55,000 (2020) | £147,500 (2020) |
| Watson Farley & Williams | £43,000 | £46,000 | £74,000 |
| Wedlake Bell LLP | £37,500 | £39,500 | £62,500 |
| White & Case LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £130,000 |