Customer assistant pay in Portsmouth January 2025

How much do customer assistants in Portsmouth get paid?

Customer assistants in Portsmouth earn

£6.87-11.43 per hour

Based on 96 employee reviews

Customer assistant salaries can range between £6.87-11.43 per hour in the Portsmouth area. This data is based on quiz results from 96 employees who live in and around Portsmouth.

What do top employers pay customer assistants?

Aviva
£12.67-18.41
See more about Aviva pay

Who are the top customer assistant employers?

  1. Gap Inc
    9.2
  2. InMotion
    8.9
  3. Aviva
    8.7

Who are the worst customer assistant employers?

  1. Eros Retail
    2.9
  2. Muffin Break
    3.0
  3. Poundstretcher
    3.0

Recent customer assistant Jobs in Portsmouth

  1. Customer Service Assistant at Southern Co-op posted 5 days ago
  2. Customer Service Assistant at Southern Co-op posted 6 days ago
  3. Customer Service Assistant at Southern Co-op posted 5 days ago
  4. Retail Customer Service Manager at Entain posted 7 days ago
  5. Sales Advisor at The White Company posted 5 days ago
  6. Sales Advisor (6565) at The White Company posted 6 days ago
See all customer assistant jobs in the Portsmouth area

How are people paid?

By the hour 96% of people report they get paid by the hour.

Based on 96 employees

What contracts are people on?

12%
49%
31%
9%

Based on 103 employees

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What do customer assistants do?

Retail assistants have the job of selling goods and helping customers in a shop.

They can work on the shop floor and in the storeroom.

Other names for retail assistants are:

  • Sales assistants/ representatives/ associates/ ambassadors/ co-workers/ people
  • Shop assistants
  • Retail colleagues
  • Customer service assistants/ advisors

This type of job involves:

  • Greeting customers as they enter the store
  • Answering any customer questions
  • Helping customers find their way around the shop
  • Taking payments for products at tills
  • Issuing refunds
  • Meeting targets (sales and promotions)
  • Maintaining a clean and tidy shop floor
  • Unpacking stock and display on shelves
  • Receiving deliveries

You may be on your feet a lot. But you may be able to sit down if you’re working at a checkout.

You may have to work night shifts, on weekends and bank holidays.

Retail assistant is an entry level job.

If you want to apply for a retail assistant job, you might need the following:

  • The right to work in the UK
  • You may have to have some GCSEs or a relevant apprenticeship
  • Depending on the type of shop, you may have to already have some knowledge about the products being sold
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