Locum Solicitor Hourly Rates April 2025

Interim Lawyers – Hourly Rates of Pay for Locum Solicitors and Legal Executives April 2025 – taken from our assignments, candidates, firms and in house legal departments. This report is updated monthly.

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

NB2: note that a lot of locum lawyers will push for remote working wherever possible.

• Civil Litigation – £45-£55 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) £60-£75, (contentious) £45-£60 per hour
• Conveyancing – £40-£45 per hour
• Commercial Property – £45-£60 per hour
• Employment Solicitors – £50-60 per hour
• Family Solicitors (Legal Aid) – £35 per hour
• Family Solicitors (Private) – £45-£50 per hour
• Family (Child Care LA) – £35-£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-£95 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

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.