Retail and sales assistants pay in Edinburgh March 2024
How much do retail and sales assistants in Edinburgh get paid?
Retail and sales assistants in Edinburgh earn
£7.73-12.00 per hour
Based on 69 employee reviews
What do top employers pay retail and sales assistants?
Who are the top retail and sales assistant employers?
Who are the worst retail and sales assistant employers?
Recent retail and sales assistant Jobs in Edinburgh
- Retail Assistant - Part Time at Farmfoods posted 13 days ago
- Tesco Colleague - Rosyth Superstore at Tesco posted 5 days ago
- Tesco Colleague - Edinburgh Leith at Tesco posted 7 days ago
- Tesco Colleague - Penicuik at Tesco posted 7 days ago
- Retail Assistant (Athlete) PT 14hrs - Loanhead at Nike posted 12 days ago
- Retail Assistant (Athlete) PT 30hrs - Loanhead at Nike posted 12 days ago
How are people paid?
By the hour
97%
of people report they get paid by the hour.
Based on 69 employees
What contracts are people on?
Based on 65 employees
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What do retail and sales 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