Remuneration
The Re Legal salary surveys should be only used as a general guide; they are based on information provided by the law firms and in house teams as well as our own extensive market knowledge. They do not include the value of an accompanying benefits package.
The information is regularly updated and we believe it to provide a good and accurate snapshot of the law jobs market from time to time. However, any salary survey can provide only general information. Market conditions in particular disciplines, and various other factors, can operate to affect the level of salary a candidate may be able to command.
The markets we focus on are the regional centres of Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and Liverpool. Our salary surveys set out the ranges of salaries offered in these centres but it is our experience that the salaries that can be commanded for positions in Manchester are often slightly higher within the ranges than those for positions in Leeds and Liverpool.
Re Legal has based surveys on the top and medium tier commercial law practices as well as "blue chip" companies. Inevitably, these businesses encompass a variety of disciplines, some of which may command premium salaries.
The sorts of firms we have focussed on tend to operate relatively tight salary banding for those at the junior end of the market. This means that salaries for positions for newly qualified lawyers and solicitors, and for those with up to around four years' PQE, are unlikely to extend beyond the fairly narrow ranges we set out.
This is not true at the more senior end of the market. From around five years' PQE and up, salary bands tend to be much looser leaving far more room for negotiation of salaries based on the benefits a candidate can bring.
