Occupation 4212 · Administrative and secretarial occupations
Legal secretaries file and maintain legal and other records, transcribe notes and dictation into typewritten form and perform other routine clerical tasks in legal practices.
There are no formal academic requirements, although employers may expect candidate to possess a legal secretarial qualification. Entrants to professional legal courses typically require GCSEs/ S grades or equivalent qualifications. NVQs/SVQs in Administration are available at levels 2, 3 and 4.
Legal administrator · Legal clerk · Legal secretary · Secretary (legal services)
| Measure | Hours | Basis | Period | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4212 : Legal secretaries | None | None | 2026-03 | 27,200.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4212 : Legal secretaries | None | None | 2026-03 | 27,500.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4212 : Legal secretaries | None | None | 2026-03 | 29,500.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4212 : Legal secretaries | None | None | 2026-03 | 1,200.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4212 : Legal secretaries | None | None | 2026-03 | 2,000.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4212 : Legal secretaries | None | None | 2026-03 | 30,700.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 4212 : Legal secretaries | None | None | 2026-03 | — | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) Not published: Estimate is less than 500 |
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 | 4212 : Legal secretaries | None | 6,300.00 | 2026-03 |
| East Midlands | 4212 : Legal secretaries | None | withheld | 2026-03 |
| London | 4212 : Legal secretaries | None | 4,700.00 | 2026-03 |
| North East | 4212 : Legal secretaries | None | 600.00 | 2026-03 |
| North West | 4212 : Legal secretaries | None | 5,000.00 | 2026-03 |
| Northern Ireland | 4212 : Legal secretaries | None | 1,200.00 | 2026-03 |
| Scotland | 4212 : Legal secretaries | None | 2,000.00 | 2026-03 |
| South East | 4212 : Legal secretaries | None | 3,600.00 | 2026-03 |
| South West | 4212 : Legal secretaries | None | 2,100.00 | 2026-03 |
| Wales | 4212 : Legal secretaries | None | withheld | 2026-03 |
| West Midlands | 4212 : Legal secretaries | None | 2,200.00 | 2026-03 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 4212 : Legal secretaries | None | 2,500.00 | 2026-03 |
ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 10 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.
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