Retail assistant pay in London March 2024
How much do retail assistants in London get paid?
Retail assistants in London earn
£9.38-13.46 per hour
Based on 270 employee reviews
What do top employers pay retail assistants?
Who are the top retail assistant employers?
Who are the worst retail assistant employers?
Recent retail assistant Jobs in London
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How are people paid?
By the hour
87%
of people report they get paid by the hour.
Based on 270 employees
What contracts are people on?
Based on 226 employees
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What do retail 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