Hourly Rates of Pay for Locums, August 2025

Interim Lawyers – Hourly Rates of Pay for Locum Solicitors and Legal Executives August 2025 from Interim Lawyers Locum Legal Recruitment, specialists for locum solicitor recruitment to cover assignments in law firms and in house legal departments.

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

• Civil Litigation – £45-£65 per hour
• COLP/COFA roles (temporary) – £50-£150 per hour/monthly retainer of £2-3k
• Commercial Contract – £35-£75 per hour
• Commercial Litigation – £50-£125 per hour
• Company Commercial – £50-£80 per hour
• Construction (non-contentious) £80-£110, (contentious) £60-90 per hour
• Conveyancing – £40-£55 per hour
• Commercial Property – £45-£60 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.