Legal Industry Surveys, Middle East

Law firms operate in a unique talent market defined by intense competition, high specialization, and partnership-driven structures. Mercer’s benchmarking surveys provide trusted data and insights on compensation, benefits, productivity, and leverage for both Fee Earners and Business Support Staff, tailored to the legal industry and delivered across UAE and KSA.

Mercer’s Legal Industry Survey offers information on all elements of total remuneration:

Annual base salary
Total guaranteed cash compensation (including annual fixed allowances)
Total cash compensation (including annual variable cash)
Total direct compensation (including long-term incentives)
Total remuneration (including insured and fringe benefits)

Data collection is streamlined with Mercer's Total Remuneration Survey (TRS) and submitted via our online survey participation tool Mercer Data Connector.

Our comprehensive job catalogue (Mercer Job Library) is underpinned by our job evaluation system, Mercer International Posititon Evaluation (IPE), allowing organizations to benchmark by job and grade.

Results are delivered in various formats, including off the shelf reports as well as via our interactive tool, Mercer WIN (Workforce Intelligence Network) where users can interact with the data directly and customize it deendent on their analytical needs.

An extensive catalogue of cross function and legal specializations are surveyed, including:

Legal Counsel: General Business
Legal Counsel: Litigation
Outside Legal Counsel
General Legal Contraxt Management
Legal Research / Paralegal Management
Legal Research / Paralegal
Legal Secretarial
Legal / Regulatory Records Management
Legal Precedent Knowledge Management
Legal Transcript / Word Processing
Legal Consulting
Electronic Discovery Consulting
Alternative Legal Services

Markets Available:

United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia

Details:

Results only available for participants
Single methodology across countries with local versions maintained
Total Reward data for fee-earners & support roles
Productivity & Profitability insights
Standard contract term: 3 years.
Fees cover system access only; bespoke deep-dive reports and board-level briefings available on request.
Full census data submission is required in all markets in which client has a presence, but client can choose which markets to purchase.