By Simone Sullivan | 25th April 2025
2024 proved to be a year that didn’t follow usual seasonal recruitment trends and was very unpredictable. This seemed to be the case across all sectors and the legal sector was no different. Despite the resilience of the legal sector in uncertain times and most City firms reporting healthy growth, the sector was somewhat more cautious in growing business services functions.
Most notably, there was less movement at the Senior Manager level within business services roles. Some of those looking for Senior Manager roles noted how the second half of 2024 going into 2025 was quieter than usual although interestingly, there was still a healthy amount of leadership and Director level roles coming onto the market. 2025 has got off to an extremely busy start, particularly for junior and mid-level positions.
We’ve compiled the key trends and salary data for Marketing & BD and Finance, within the legal sector.
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Marketing & BD Recruitment
Senior Manager to Director level recruitment:
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Finance Recruitment
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