Annual Salary
£32,000 to £115,000
Average UK salary in 2019 was £30,378
(source Office for National Statistics)
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Crown prosecutors make sure that decisions to bring people to court are fair and likely to succeed.
Average UK salary in 2019 was £30,378
(source Office for National Statistics)
You could work: evenings / weekends / bank holidays; on a rota
There will be
4% more Crown prosecutor jobs in 2026.
In your local area
In this role you could be:
You'll also be:
You could work in an office or in a court.
Your working environment may be emotionally demanding.
You can get into this job through:
You must be a qualified solicitor or barrister in order to get into this career. You can train for these roles through the Crown Prosecution Service Legal Trainee Scheme. You'll need at least a lower second class degree for this.
You can apply for this job if you've trained as a solicitor or barrister and have completed your Legal Practice Course or Bar Professional Training Course and a 2-year training contract or a 12-month pupillage.
You'll need to:
You can find out more about being a crown prosecutor from the Crown Prosecution Service.
With experience and further training you could progress to senior crown prosecutor.
From there you could become crown advocate, senior crown advocate and principal crown advocate.
You'll need: