2021 broke recruitment records for employment lawyers, according to research by market analytics firm Vacancysoft
It reports that private practices published 460 vacancies for employment lawyers in 2021, a rise of 80% year-on-year. Thompsons Solicitors, the trade union firm, posted 38 of these vacancies, the most of any firm, followed by Fragomen Global and Slater and Gordon. In the first few months of 2022, recruitment at law firms in London have continued to grow.
The report, ‘Employment – UK Legal Labour Market Trends’, Mar 2022, highlights that lawyers were required to deal with changes to employment law such as the new points-based immigration system at the start of 2021, IR35 and furlough as well as the impact of Brexit and COVID-19.
It notes: ‘The year turned out to be a record-breaker in terms of vacancy levels for employment law specialists.’
