Interim Lawyers – Hourly Rates of Pay for Locum Solicitors and Legal Executives October 2025

Interim Lawyers – Hourly Rates of Pay for Locum Solicitors and Legal Executives, October 2025. Our guide to hourly rates for locums in the legal profession based on our own placements, intelligence provided by law firms and information from locum solicitors.

NB: Remote Working Role rates are about 10% lower.

• Civil Litigation – £50-£70 per hour
• COLP/COFA roles (temporary) – £50-£150 per hour/monthly retainer of £2-3k
• Commercial Contract – £35-£75 per hour
• Commercial Litigation – £55-£125 per hour
• Company Commercial – £60-£120 per hour
• Construction (non-contentious) £80-£110, (contentious) £60-90 per hour
• Conveyancing – £45-£55 per hour
• Commercial Property – £45-£65 per hour
• Employment Solicitors – £50-60 per hour
• Family Solicitors (Legal Aid) – £40 per hour
• Family Solicitors (Private) – £45-£55 per hour
• Family (Child Care LA) – £40-£45 per hour
• Immigration Lawyers – £30-£55 per hour
• In House Counsel: 0-3 years PQE – £35-£50 per hour
• In House Counsel: 3+ years PQE – £50-£110 per hour
• In House Interim Lawyers (SMEs) – £60-£85 per hour
• Insolvency – £50-£55 per hour IP – £55-80 per hour
• Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence – 3+ years PQE – £40-£50 per hour
• Professional Negligence – £45-£55 per hour
• Property Litigation – £45-£65 per hour
• Wills & Probate – £40-£60 per hour
• Locum Legal Cashiers – £25-£35 per hour
• Locum Paralegals – all areas – £20-£30 per hour

We have an online calculator to convert hourly rates to salary equivalents – click here. NB all rates exclude agency fees. The rates are for self-employed locums billing firms directly on a weekly basis. These are the ranges we have seen over the last 30 days from assignments.