Legal associate professionals
SOC 2020 code 3520 · Also called: conveyancing professionals, cost lawyers, barrister’s and judge’s clerks
- Going rate
- £33,400 a year
- General threshold
- £41,700 a year
- Skill level
- RQF 3 to 5
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What do Skilled Worker legal associate professionals get paid?
The standard requirement for SOC 3520 is £41,700 a year for 37.5 hours1.
- 1GOV.UK statement of changes · general threshold
- 2GOV.UK going rates · SOC 3520
Skilled Worker status
How evidence worksSOC 3520 (Legal associate professionals) is below RQF 6. The Temporary Shortage List covers every job in it, under the rules in force on 8 Nov 2026.
Check a salary
Rules in force on 8 Nov 2026£33,400 is the going rate in Table 1 of GOV.UK’s Appendix Skilled Occupations, used for the standard option (option A). Lower requirements can apply in some cases, for example to new entrants. The options below show the ones the rules set for this code. Table 2 of the appendix has lower going rates for some other cases, which this page doesn’t list. See both tables on GOV.UK.
Information only. It checks a salary against the published rules for this occupation, not an application. Requirements are for a 37.5-hour week and change with the hours.
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Rule changes
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What is the going rate for SOC 3520?
£33,400 a year for a 37.5-hour week under the rules in force on 8 Nov 2026, from GOV.UK’s going rates table. The standard requirement is the higher of the going rate and the general threshold of £41,700.
Is SOC 3520 a Skilled Worker occupation code?
SOC 3520 (Legal associate professionals) is below RQF 6. The Temporary Shortage List covers every job in it, under the rules in force on 8 Nov 2026.
Which job titles are in SOC 3520?
Conveyancing professionals, cost lawyers, barrister’s and judge’s clerks, litigation officers, probate managers and will writers.