Occupation 2419 · Professional occupations
Job holders in this unit group perform a variety of other professional legal occupations not elsewhere classified in minor group 241: Legal professionals.
Entry to training usually requires a qualifying law degree or postgraduate diploma. Entrants then undertake a further year of academic training and then complete up to four years of assessed supervised experience in legal practice. Entrants may also require up to five years post qualifying experience in legal practice.
Attorney · Conveyancer · Justice’s clerk · Legal adviser · Legal consultant · Legal counsel · Paralegal · Patent agent · Patent attorney · Solicitor’s clerk (articled)
| Measure | Hours | Basis | Period | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2419 : Legal professionals n.e.c. | None | None | 2026-03 | 71,500.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 2419 : Legal professionals n.e.c. | None | None | 2026-03 | 74,700.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 2419 : Legal professionals n.e.c. | None | None | 2026-03 | 82,700.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 2419 : Legal professionals n.e.c. | None | None | 2026-03 | 2,100.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 2419 : Legal professionals n.e.c. | None | None | 2026-03 | 8,000.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 2419 : Legal professionals n.e.c. | None | None | 2026-03 | 84,800.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 2419 : Legal professionals n.e.c. | None | None | 2026-03 | 3,300.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.
| Region | Measure | Hours | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | 2419 : Legal professionals n.e.c. | None | 8,600.00 | 2026-03 |
| East Midlands | 2419 : Legal professionals n.e.c. | None | 3,900.00 | 2026-03 |
| London | 2419 : Legal professionals n.e.c. | None | 19,100.00 | 2026-03 |
| North East | 2419 : Legal professionals n.e.c. | None | 3,200.00 | 2026-03 |
| North West | 2419 : Legal professionals n.e.c. | None | 8,100.00 | 2026-03 |
| Northern Ireland | 2419 : Legal professionals n.e.c. | None | 2,100.00 | 2026-03 |
| Scotland | 2419 : Legal professionals n.e.c. | None | 8,000.00 | 2026-03 |
| South East | 2419 : Legal professionals n.e.c. | None | 8,700.00 | 2026-03 |
| South West | 2419 : Legal professionals n.e.c. | None | 6,900.00 | 2026-03 |
| Wales | 2419 : Legal professionals n.e.c. | None | 3,300.00 | 2026-03 |
| West Midlands | 2419 : Legal professionals n.e.c. | None | 4,600.00 | 2026-03 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 2419 : Legal professionals n.e.c. | None | 8,400.00 | 2026-03 |
ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 12 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.
The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.