Below is a fully interactive table, which shows the trainee and NQ salaries at Future Lawyers profiling firms. If you’d like to compare other survey results go to our brand new Compare Law Firms table or click through to our Profiles section for a more detailed analysis of each firm.
Firm | First year salary | Second year salary | Newly qualified salary |
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Addleshaw Goddard | £52,000 (London); £33,000 (Leeds and Manchester); £29,000 (Scotland) | £56,000 (London); £36,000 (Leeds and Manchester); £33,000 (Scotland) | £95,000 (London); £62,000 (Leeds and Manchester); £58,000 (Scotland) |
Akin | £57,500 | £62,500 | US$215,000 (associate salaries are paid in US$ at a fixed quarterly exchange rate) |
Anthony Collins | £29,000 | £31,500 | £48,000 |
BDB Pitmans LLP | £42,000 (London); £34,000 (Reading) | £44,000 (London); £36,000 (Reading) | £78,000 (London); £57,500 (Reading) |
Bevan Brittan | Competitive | Competitive | Competitive |
Birketts | £29,000 (Ipswich/Norwich); £30,000 (Cambridge/Chelmsford/Sevenoaks); £33,000 (London) | £30,000 (Ipswich/Norwich); £31,000 (Cambridge/Chelmsford/Sevenoaks); £34,000 (London) | £50,500 (Ipswich/Norwich); £54,000 (Cambridge/Chelmsford/Sevenoaks); £69,000 (London) |
Blaser Mills Law | £30,000 | £30,000 | £40,000 |
Brabners LLP | £29,000 | £31,000 | £50,000 |
Bristows | £42,000 | £45,000 | £88,000 |
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP | £47,000 (London); £37,000 (Guildford); £35,000 (Cheltenham) | £50,000 (London); £40,000 (Guildford); £37,000 (Cheltenham) | £85,000 (London); £60,000 (Guildford); £60,000 (Cheltenham) |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | £57,500 | £62,500 | £160,000 |
Clifford Chance | £50,000 | £55,000 | £125,000 |
CMS | £50,000 London; £43,000 Bristol; £31,500 Manchester/Sheffield/Liverpool; £28,000 Scotland | £55,000 London; £45,000 Bristol; £34,500 Manchester/Sheffield/Liverpool; £31,000 Scotland | £105,000 London; £68,000 Bristol; £60,000 Manchester/Sheffield/Liverpool; £60,000 Scotland |
Cooley (UK) LLP | £55,000 | £60,000 | £150,000 |
Covington & Burling | £55,000 | £60,000 | £151,000 |
Cripps LLP | £30,000 | £32,000 | £58,000 Tunbridge Wells; £70,000 London |
Crown Prosecution Service | £26,900-£28,850 (National); £28,200-£30,560 + RRA (London)* *Please note, all new starters will be expected to join on the starting salary | £26,900-£28,850 (National); £28,200-£30,560 + RRA (London)* *Please note, all new starters will be expected to join on the starting salary | £38,760-£43,250 (National); £40,800-£45,330 + RRA (London)* *Please note, all new starters will be expected to join on the starting salary |
Debevoise & Plimpton | £55,000 | £60,000 | £160,500 |
Dechert LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £145,000 |
Devonshires Solicitors | |||
DLA Piper | |||
Farrer & Co | £42,000 | £45,000 | £73,000 |
Fladgate LLP | £44,000 | £46,000 | £82,000 |
Forsters LLP | £44,500 | £47,500 | £80,000 |
Haynes and Boone CDG, LLP | £46,000 | £50,000 | |
HFW | £46,000 | £50,000 | £95,000 |
Hill Dickinson LLP | £28,000 (Northern); £39,000 (London) | £30,000 (Northern); £41,000 (London) | Within a range, up to £52,000 (Northern) or £72,000 (London) dependent on discipline. |
Howard Kennedy LLP | £40,000 | £42,000 | £78,000 |
Irwin Mitchell | £29,500 (regional), £41,500 (London) | £31,500 (regional), £43,500 (London) | £43,000-£50,500 (regional), £58,000-£75,000 (London) |
K&L Gates | £50,000 | £55,000 | £110,000 |
Kennedys Law LLP | £41,000 London; £29,000 regional; £22,000 Scotland | £44,000 London; £32,000 regional; £25,000 Scotland | Varied |
Kingsley Napley LLP | £40,000 | £42,000 | |
Kirkland & Ellis | £60,000 | £65,000 | US$215,000 |
Latham & Watkins | £55,000 | £60,000 | $225,000 |
Leathes Prior | |||
Lewis Silkin LLP | £43,250 | £47,350 | £78,000 (London) |
Macfarlanes | £50,000 | £55,000 | £115,000 |
Maples Teesdale LLP | £38,868 | £41,079 | £70,000 |
Marriott Harrison | |||
Mayer Brown | £50,000 | £55,000 | £120,000 |
Michelmores | £35,000 | £37,000 | Exeter and Bristol £58,000; London £72,000 |
Milbank LLP | £57,500 | £62,500 | US$215,000 |
Mills & Reeve | £31,500 | £34,000 | £58,000 (regions), £80,000 (London) |
Mishcon de Reya LLP | £45,000 | £50,000 | £90,000 |
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £150,000 |
Morrison Foerster | £60,000 | £65,000 | US$215,000 |
Norton Rose Fulbright | £48,500 | £53,000 | £120,000 |
Osborne Clarke | Bristol £45,000; London £53,000; Reading £47,700 | Bristol £48,500; London £55,000; Reading £49,500 | Bristol £70,000; London £91,500; Reading £82,350 |
Payne Hicks Beach LLP | £47,000 | £50,000 | £75,000 |
Reed Smith LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £107,500 |
RPC | £44,000 London; £38,000 Bristol | £48,000 London; £40,000 Bristol | Commercial: £85,000; Insurance: £80,000 London, £56,000 Bristol |
Russell-Cooke | £43,500 | £46,000 | Market rate for the area into which the trainee qualifies |
Stephenson Harwood | £48,500 | £53,500 | £95,000 |
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | £60,000 | £65,000 | |
Taylor Wessing LLP | £50,000 | £55,000 | £100,000 |
Thrings | £29,000 | ||
TLT LLP | London £42,000; Bristol £35,500; Manchester £31,000; Glasgow £24,500; Belfast £21,500 | London £45,500; Bristol £37,500; Manchester £33,000; Glasgow £27,500; Belfast £22,500 | London £75,000; Bristol £56,000; Manchester £53,000; Glasgow £45,000; Belfast £35,000 |
Vinson & Elkins RLLP | £60,000 (2023) | £65,000 (2023) | £173,822 (2023) |
Watson Farley & Williams LLP | £48,500 | £52,000 | £95,000 |
Wedlake Bell LLP | £40,000 | £42,500 | £75,000 |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP | £60,000 | £65,000 | £170,000 |
White & Case LLP | £56,000 | £61,000 | £150,000 |
Wilkin Chapman LLP | £23,000 | £25,000 | £36,000 |