Company lawyers
Includes: patent attorney.
Also known as: corporate lawyer, legal executive, attorney.
Median gross pay: £63,484.
Annual change: +10.2%.
Pay range: £29,161 (10th percentile) to £93,847 (75th percentile).
What they do: fight battles with other company lawyers. Caveat everything, talk in jargon and work crazily long hours.