Average Retail Sales Assistant Hourly Pay in United Kingdom

The top respondents for the job title Retail Sales Assistant are from the companies Primark, SportsDirect and Tesco PLC. Reported salaries are highest at Morrisons where the average pay is £8.76. Other companies that offer high salaries for this role include Marks and Spencer plc and Tesco PLC, earning around £8.18 and £7.77, respectively. Matalan pays the lowest at around £4.68. SportsDirect and WHSmith also pay on the lower end of the scale, paying £5.23 and £6.11, respectively.

Skills in Retail and Merchandising are correlated to pay that is above average. Skills that pay less than market rate include Oral / Verbal Communication and Customer Service.

An entry-level Retail Sales Assistant with less than 1 year experience can expect to earn an average total compensation (includes tips, bonus, and overtime pay) of £6.57 based on 384 salaries. An early career Retail Sales Assistant with 1-4 years of experience earns an average total compensation of £7.18 based on 1,090 salaries. A mid-career Retail Sales Assistant with 5-9 years of experience earns an average total compensation of £8.00 based on 231 salaries. An experienced Retail Sales Assistant with 10-19 years of experience earns an average total compensation of £8.18 based on 142 salaries. In their late career (20 years and higher), employees earn an average total compensation of £8.

Employees with Retail Sales Assistant in their job title in London, England: London earn an average of 7.2% more than the national average. These job titles also find higher than average salaries in Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh (1.1% more). The lowest salaries can be found in Birmingham, England: Birmingham (6.8% less), Glasgow, Scotland: Glasgow (6.0% less) and Milton Keynes, England: Buckinghamshire (5.3% less).