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
609 firms nationally
Children Law
1,688 firms nationally
Civil Litigation
3,517 firms nationally
Commercial Property
3,137 firms nationally
Consumer Law
202 firms nationally
Corporate
1 firms nationally
Corporate Law (Listed Companies)
569 firms nationally
Corporate Law (Private Companies)
1,948 firms nationally
Criminal Law
1,665 firms nationally
Discrimination & Human Rights
143 firms nationally
Dispute Resolution
1 firms nationally
Employment
2,407 firms nationally
Family & Matrimonial
3,508 firms nationally
Financial Services
109 firms nationally
Immigration
1,982 firms nationally
Intellectual Property
389 firms nationally
Landlord & Tenant
2,632 firms nationally
Mental Health
183 firms nationally
General Legal Services
1,568 firms nationally
Personal Injury
1,558 firms nationally
Planning
227 firms nationally
Probate & Estates
3,095 firms nationally
Residential Property
3,450 firms nationally
Social Welfare
111 firms nationally
Wills, Trusts & Tax
3,335 firms nationally