In-house salaries from job adverts
What employers advertise for in-house legal roles listed on inlaw. Neither the SRA nor the Law Society publishes regular in-house salary figures, so this page uses inlaw's own adverts and says so plainly.
Based on 31 adverts with a stated annual salary, July 2026 to September 2026. Updates automatically.
By seniority
Median of each advert's midpoint salary, rounded to the nearest £500. Groups with fewer than 5 adverts are not shown.
Early career (students, trainees, paralegals)
Not enough adverts yet (4) to show a reliable figure.
Legal counsel and counsel
£70,000
Range of midpoints £42,000–£159,000 · 11 adverts
Senior counsel
£75,000
Range of midpoints £50,000–£96,500 · 11 adverts
Head of legal, deputy GC and GC
Not enough adverts yet (2) to show a reliable figure.
Over time
inlaw has only recorded salaries for one quarter (Q3 2026) so far, so there is no trend to show yet. A chart will appear here once there is more than one quarter with at least 5 adverts.
How this is worked out
Includes live and closed adverts listed on inlaw that state an annual salary in pounds. Adverts without a salary are left out.
Advertised salaries are what employers offer, not what people are paid, and exclude bonuses and benefits.
This is inlaw's own data, not official statistics. For the size of the in-house profession, see the in-house profession in numbers.