Legal: Sector Spotlight
Plan for pay rises, appraisals and new hires for the year ahead with the UK's leading salary and recruitment guide.
Developed in partnership with a market leading data provider, we assessed over 100,000 jobs posted over the last 12-months, to provide you accurate data points on UK salary ranges, averages and expectations for permanent, contract and interim positions across the UK.
Whether you're looking to attract and retain talent, or if you're looking for your next career move, we offer salary and market insights for permanent, contract and interim positions in London, Birmingham & the Midlands across the following discipline areas:
- Paralegal
- Newly-qualified Associate
- In-house Lawyer
- Professional Support Lawyer
- Risk & Compliance Lawyer
- Offshore
- UK & US Private Practice
- Document Review Specialist/Specialist Trading Documentation Negotiator
Legal sector key trends
43% of professionals are expecting a pay rise in 2021, while 30% of employers surveyed are giving pay rises in the year ahead.
71% of legal professionals surveyed are looking for a new position in 2021, with 57% confident about job opportunities in this sector.
"Job security" (57%) and "Autonomy over tasks and priorities" (43%) are the top two employee values expected in 2021 for legal professionals.
Enhance your talent acquisition strategy
The latest market findings can help support and structure your recruitment offering and approach in 2021 to ensure you attract the best talent in the market. Candidates will be looking for benefit packages that reflect the new world of work and for a new potential employer to have a more inclusive focus on general wellbeing and a structure encompassing educational, mental and physical support as opposed to pure financial reward. Request a copy of the 2021 Salary Survey for more information on employee value expectations for the year ahead.
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Why is salary benchmarking important?Salary benchmarking is essential for comparing pay and remuneration packages offered by an employer against the market and of those offered by competitors. Pay and remuneration benchmarking within legal functions can provide significant competitor advantage, through the retention and attraction of top talent and enhancing an organisations reputation
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What is the salary benchmarking process?Legal salary benchmarking is the process of comparing salaries across the market for a particular job and providing a range and average for a particular role which can help guide an employer’s decision-making on pay or bonuses during appraisal period or when making a new hire.
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How to do salary benchmarking?In partnership with a data collection specialist, a benchmarking tool offers a fully comprehensive list of legal salary ranges and averages based on location, experience level and more. You can view the latest salary range and averages in the 2021 salary guide.
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What are the benefits of using a salary benchmarking guide?With competition and demand for specific legal skill sets expected to spike in 2021, comparing your salary offering and employee value propositions against the market can help you to attract new talent, and retain existing employees. Using a salary guide to benchmark your 2021 offerings can help keep you ahead of the competition.
