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
618 firms nationally
Children Law
1,720 firms nationally
Civil Litigation
2 firms nationally
Commercial Property
3,227 firms nationally
Consumer Law
204 firms nationally
Corporate
1 firms nationally
Corporate Law (Listed Companies)
583 firms nationally
Corporate Law (Private Companies)
1,987 firms nationally
Criminal Law
1,674 firms nationally
Discrimination & Human Rights
145 firms nationally
Dispute Resolution
1 firms nationally
Employment
2,451 firms nationally
Family & Matrimonial
3,564 firms nationally
Immigration
1,991 firms nationally
Intellectual Property
395 firms nationally
Landlord & Tenant
2,653 firms nationally
Civil Litigation
3,589 firms nationally
Mental Health
190 firms nationally
General Legal Services
1,575 firms nationally
Personal Injury
1,592 firms nationally
Planning
228 firms nationally
Probate & Estates
3,188 firms nationally
Residential Property
3,537 firms nationally
Social Welfare
116 firms nationally
Wills, Trusts & Tax
3,411 firms nationally