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Salary Index

All the information in this salary index has been provided to us by the law firms and is updated on a regular basis. Click on the names of each firm for their graduate recruitment details including information on training contract vacancies.

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NQ

	Addleshaw Goddard		Yes	£7,000	Yes	£7,000		£36,000	£39,500	£64,000
	Allen & Overy		Yes	£7,000	Yes	£5,000- £6,000		£37,000	£41,100	£65,000
	Ashurst		Yes	£7,500	Yes	£7,500		£37,000	£41,000	£65,000
	Baker & McKenzie		Yes	£8,000	Yes	£6,000		£37,500	£40,000	£64,000
	Barlow Lyde & GiLBert		Yes	£7,000	Yes	£7,000		£36,000	£39,000	£61,000
	Beachcroft		Yes	£5,000	Yes	N/A		£34,000	£37,000	£50,000- £60,000
	Berrymans Lace Mawer		Partial	£6,500	No	No		£26,000	£27,000	N/D
	Berwin Leighton Paisner		Yes	£7,200	Yes	£7,200		£37,000	£40,000	£60,000
	Bingham McCutchen		Yes	£8,000	Yes	£8,000		£40,000	£45,000	£94,120
	Bircham Dyson Bell		Yes	No	Yes	No		£30,500	£32,000	£51,000
	Bird & Bird		Yes	£5,500	Yes	£5,500		£37,000	£40,000	£60,000
	Blake Lapthorn		Yes	£3,000	No	No		£28,000	£31,000	£48,000
	Bond Pearce		Yes	£6,000	Yes	£6,000		£24,000	£25,000	TBC
	Brabners Chaffe Street		N/D	N/D	N/D	N/D		£21,000	£22,000	£34,500
	Bristows		Yes	£7,000	Yes	£7,000		£33,000	£36,000	£53,500
	Burges Salmon		Yes	£7,000	Yes	£7,000		£30,000	£31,000	£43,000
	Charles Russell		Yes	£6,000	Yes	£6,000		£32,500	£36,000	£58,000- £60,000
	Clarke Willmott		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		£24,000	£25,500	£36,500- £39,000
	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton		Yes	£8,000	Yes	£8,000		£40,000	£45,000	£92,000
	Clifford Chance		Yes	'N/D	Yes	'N/D		£37,400	£42,200	£66,600
	Clyde & Co		Yes	£6,000- £7,000	Yes	£6,000- £7,000		£35,000	£38,000	£64,000
	CMS Cameron McKenna		Yes	£7,500	Yes	£7,500		£37,500	£41,500	£66,000
	Cobbetts		Yes	£5,000	Yes	No		£25,000	£27,000	£37,000
	Covington & Burling		Yes	£8,000	Yes	£8,000		£40,000	£44,000	£80,000
	Davies Arnold Cooper		Yes	£4,000- £5,500	Yes	£4,000- £5,500		£29,000	£31,000	£58,000
	Dechert		Yes	£10,000	No	No		£38,000	£43,000	£65,000- £73,000
	Denton Wilde Sapte		Yes	£6,000- £7,000	Yes	£6,000- £7,000		£37,000	£40,000	£64,000
	Dickinson Dees		Yes	£4,000	Yes	£4,000		£20,500- £21,000	£21,500- £22,000	£37,500
	DLA Piper		Yes	£5,000- £7,000	Yes	£5,000- £7,000		£37,000	£41,000	£64,000
	DMH Stallard		Yes	No	No	No		£27,000	£29,000	£46,000
	Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge		Yes	£6,500- £7,000	Full	£6,500- £7,000		£36,000	£39,000	£61,000
	Eversheds		Yes	£7,000	Yes	£7,000		£35,000	£37,000	£62,000
	Farrer & Co		Yes	£6,000	Yes	£6,000		£32,000	£34,000	£51,000
	Field Fisher Waterhouse		Yes	£6,000	Yes	£5,500		£35,000	£38,500	£62,000
	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP		Yes	£7,250	Yes	£6,250		£39,000	£44,000	£66,000
	Halliwells		Yes	£6,500	Yes	£6,500		£32,500	£33,500	£62,000
	Hammonds		Yes	£5,000- £7,000	Yes	£4,500- £6,000		£25,000- £35,000	£27,000- £38,000	£40,000- £62,000
	Herbert Smith		Yes	£7,000	Yes	£5,000- £6,000		£37,500	£42,500	£64,000
	Hill Dickinson		Yes	No	No	No		£24,000- £32,000	£26,000- £34,000	£38,000- £56,000
	Holman Fenwick & Willan		Yes	£7,000	Yes	£6,000		£32,000	£34,000	£60,000
	Ince & Co		Yes	£5,500- £6,000	Yes	£5,500- £6,000		£36,000	£39,000	£64,000
	Irwin & Mitchell		Yes	£4,500	Yes	£2,250		£22,000- £29,400	£24,150- £31,500	N/D
	Jones Day		Yes	£8,000	Yes	£8,000		£39,000- £41,000	£45,000- £50,000	£70,000
	K&L Gates		Yes	£7,000	Yes	£5,000		£35,000	£38,000	£62,000
	Kennedys		No	No	No	No		£30,000	£33,000	£52,500
	Latham & Watkins		Yes	£8,000	Yes	£8,000		£41,000	£44,000	£96,970
	Lewis Silkin		Yes	£5,000	Yes	£5,000		£32,000	£34,000	£50,000
	LG		Yes	6000-6500	Yes	£6,000- £6,500		£36,000	£40,000	£62,000
	Linklaters		Yes	£7,000	Yes	£7,000		£37,400	N/D	£66,600
	Lovells		Yes	£8,000	Yes	£7,000- £8,000		£37,000	£42,000	£65,000
	Macfarlanes		Yes	£7,000	Yes	£6,250- £7,000		£37,000	£41,500	£65,000
	Manches		Yes	£5,000	Yes	£5,000		£30,000	£33,000	£52,000
	Mayer Brown International		Yes	£7,000	Yes	£7,000		£36,000	£40,000	£65,000
	McGrigors		Yes	£6,000	Yes	£6,000		£33,000	£37,000	£62,500
	Mills & Reeve		Yes	£4,500	Yes	£4,500		£24,000	£25,000	£38,000
	Mishcon De Reya		Yes	£5,000	Yes	£5,000		£32,000	£34,000	£60,000
	Nabarro		Yes	£6,000- £7,000	Yes	£5,000- £6,000		£37,000	£40,000	£64,000
	Norton Rose		Yes	£7,000	Yes	£6,000		£35,700	£40,200	£63,500
	Olswang		Yes	£6,500- £7,000	Yes	£6,500- £7,000		£35,000	£39,000	£63,500
	O'Melveny & Myers		Yes	£7,000	Yes	£7,000		£39,000	£42,500	Market rate
	Osborne Clarke		Yes	£6,500	Yes	£6,500		£36,000	£38,000	£63,000
	Pannone		Yes	No	No	No		£23,000	£26,000	£34,000
	Penningtons Solicitors		Yes	£5,000	No	No		£30,000	£32,000	N/D
	Pinsent Masons		Yes	£7,000	Yes	£6,000		£36,000	£39,000	£64,000
	Reed Smith		Yes	£7,000	Yes	£6,000		£37,000	£40,000	£64,000
	Reynolds Porter Chamberlain		Yes	£6,500	Yes	£6,500		£33,000	£37,000	£58,000
	Shearman & Sterling		Yes	£7,000	Yes	£7,000		£39,000	£41,500	£80,000
	Shoosmiths		Yes	£7,000	Yes	£6,000		£25,000	£26,000	£38,000
	Sidley Austin		Yes	£7,000	Yes	£7,000		£32,000	£42,000	£75,000
	Simmons & Simmons		Yes	£7,500	Yes	£5,000- £6,500		£36,000	£40,000	£64,000
	SJ Berwin		Yes	£7,250	Yes	£6,250- £7,250		£36,000	£40,000	£64,000
	Slaughter and May		Yes	£7,450	Yes	£7,450		£38,000	£43,000	£65,000
	Speechly Bircham		Yes	£5,500- £6,000	Yes	£5,000- £5,500		£32,000- £33,000	£34,000- £35,000	£58,000
	Stephenson Harwood		Yes	£6,000	Yes	£6,000		£35,000	£40,000	£63,500
	Taylor Wessing		Yes	£7,000