Lawyer salary in London (2026)
What employers advertise in London.
£63,200 per year, median
the midpoint of 238 advertised salaries from 131 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 22 Oct 2026
about £5,300 a month
- Low
- £42,500
- Median
- £63,200
- Average
- £74,700
- High
- £130,000
Median
Average
Low £42,500
High £130,000
Half of the adverts fall between £53,200 and £82,400. “Low” and “high” are the bottom and top tenth of what is advertised, not the single cheapest and dearest advert — one unusual posting should not decide either end.
How this figure was worked out
- 238 advertised salaries, from 131 different employers.
- Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 22 Oct 2026.
- Stated in the advert as a yearly figure (228), an hourly rate (10). Hourly and monthly figures are converted to a year at 1,950 hours, so they can be compared with the ones stated annually.
- Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Adverts offering part-time only are left out, because a part-time figure is not comparable with a full-time one.
These are advertised salaries, read from the text of employers’ own job adverts. They are not verified with the employer, they are not what anyone is necessarily paid, and they are not a pay survey.
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Insolvency Lawyer
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Wealth Management Lawyer
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Construction Litigation Lawyer 3-5pqe
Full-time
Banking / Finance Lawyer - 1++ PQE - City/International Firm
Full-time
Employment Lawyer 8+
Full-time
Banking & Capital Markets Lawyer 2-5pqe
Full-time
Interim Senior AML Lawyer
from 130k £/yrFull-time
Temporary Senior Risk Lawyer
from 130k £/yrFull-time
Locum Litigation Lawyer
Full-time
Temporary Senior AML Lawyer
from 130k £/yrFull-time
Senior Risk Lawyer - Interim
from 130k £/yrFull-time
Employment Lawyer - 2+pqe (6 month FTC)
Full-time
Housing Litigation Lawyer
Full-time
Non-Contentious Construction Lawyer 4+ (FULL/PART TIME)
Part-time
Adults Social Care Lawyer
Full-time
Regulatory Barrister 2+
Full-time
Senior Advocate
Full-time
Regulatory Lawyer Fitness to Practise
Full-time
In-House Barrister
175–200k £/yrFull-time