Legal Careers in England and Wales
Browse legal career paths by practice area or by role. Each page lists regulated firms by county, regional salary benchmarks, and open roles.
Career roles
Salary benchmarks and progression paths for the most common legal-services roles, across qualified and unqualified routes.
Paralegal
Case support and the CILEX route into qualifying as a lawyer.
Trainee Solicitor
Year 1 and Year 2 pay, training-contract structure, SQE.
Legal Secretary / PA
Document production and partner support; progression to practice management.
Fee Earner / Legal Executive
CILEX Lawyer route; runs case files with delegated authority.
Solicitor Apprentice
Level 7 apprenticeship: paid six-year route to qualifying without student debt.
Practice areas
Browse regulated law firms by specialism. Each page covers firms by county, salary benchmarks, and live roles.
Arbitration & ADR
608 firms nationally
Children Law
1,701 firms nationally
Civil Litigation
3,539 firms nationally
Commercial Property
3,166 firms nationally
Consumer Law
199 firms nationally
Corporate
1 firms nationally
Corporate Law (Listed Companies)
573 firms nationally
Corporate Law (Private Companies)
1,934 firms nationally
Criminal Law
1,654 firms nationally
Discrimination & Human Rights
144 firms nationally
Dispute Resolution
1 firms nationally
Employment
2,415 firms nationally
Family & Matrimonial
3,515 firms nationally
Financial Services
106 firms nationally
Immigration
1,967 firms nationally
Intellectual Property
387 firms nationally
Landlord & Tenant
2,610 firms nationally
Mental Health
186 firms nationally
General Legal Services
1,552 firms nationally
Personal Injury
1,576 firms nationally
Planning
224 firms nationally
Probate & Estates
3,128 firms nationally
Residential Property
3,468 firms nationally
Social Welfare
114 firms nationally
Wills, Trusts & Tax
3,350 firms nationally