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Highest Paying Retail Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Retail Jobs Summary

There have been 204,447 listed Retail Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	203,935	99.75 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	361	0.18 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	151	0.07 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 3,932 new Retail Jobs posted each week, or 17,037 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	3,922	16,994
Contract	9	42

The busiest month for new permanent Retail Jobs in the UK is January, whilst the quietest month is November.

The busiest month for new contract Retail Jobs is also January, and the quietest month is October.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Retail Jobs

Permanent Retail Jobs

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

1,221

Down 13.9% vs last year

Average salary

£35,865.00

Up 5.7% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Retail Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

Down 100.0% vs last year

Average day rate

£0.00

Down 100.0% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

Down 100.0% vs last year

Average day rate

£0.00

Down 100.0% vs last year

Last 12 Month Total Listed Retail Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
September 2026	1,221
August 2026	967
July 2026	1,256
June 2026	1,060
May 2026	1,144
April 2026	1,691
March 2026	2,542
February 2026	2,051
January 2026	2,673
December 2025	936
November 2025	637
October 2025	831

The Highest Paying Retail Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Retail Project Manager	6	£57,500.00	£63,750.00	£70,000.00
Retail Operative	25	£46,640.00	£51,150.00	£55,655.00
Retail Operations	41	£45,210.00	£49,855.00	£54,495.00
Sales Branch Manager	21	£36,635.00	£48,940.00	£61,250.00
Area Manager	1,191	£43,265.00	£46,640.00	£50,020.00
Regional Operations Manager	24	£42,700.00	£44,050.00	£45,400.00
Wholesale	401	£39,910.00	£42,825.00	£45,740.00
Wholesaler	411	£39,505.00	£42,565.00	£45,625.00
Territory Sales Representative	14	£39,165.00	£42,290.00	£45,415.00
Wholesale Manager	15	£38,665.00	£42,000.00	£45,335.00
Assistant Branch Manager	84	£37,610.00	£41,220.00	£44,820.00
Medical Sales Representative	49	£38,635.00	£41,080.00	£43,525.00
Merchandising Manager	4	£38,000.00	£39,000.00	£40,000.00
Retail Manager	996	£36,645.00	£38,220.00	£39,785.00
Retail Management	1,001	£36,260.00	£37,725.00	£39,185.00
Floor Manager	16	£35,735.00	£37,225.00	£38,720.00
Branch Manager	1,330	£33,965.00	£37,200.00	£40,435.00
Showroom Manager	13	£33,405.00	£36,600.00	£39,800.00
Merchandising	297	£33,940.00	£36,095.00	£38,250.00
Sales Consultant	977	£30,350.00	£35,600.00	£40,840.00
Store Manager	2,527	£33,815.00	£35,435.00	£37,065.00
Product Merchandiser	4	£32,750.00	£33,875.00	£35,000.00
Sales Development Representative	161	£30,725.00	£33,835.00	£36,950.00
Department Manager	59	£31,195.00	£33,485.00	£35,775.00
Concession Manager	14	£31,000.00	£33,165.00	£35,335.00
Retail Sales	155	£30,490.00	£33,000.00	£35,505.00
Assistant Merchandiser	28	£30,500.00	£32,590.00	£34,675.00
Merchandise Assistant	18	£30,070.00	£32,125.00	£34,180.00
Merchandising Assistant	22	£30,000.00	£32,070.00	£34,145.00
Assistant Store Manager	337	£30,255.00	£31,955.00	£33,655.00
Stores Operative	93	£30,315.00	£31,485.00	£32,660.00
Sales Agent	466	£26,565.00	£31,325.00	£36,080.00
Sales Representative	847	£28,810.00	£30,850.00	£32,885.00
Retail Assistant	31	£29,725.00	£30,655.00	£31,580.00
Trade Counter	464	£28,970.00	£30,640.00	£32,315.00
Visual Merchandiser	28	£28,280.00	£30,135.00	£31,990.00
Retail Assistant Manager	39	£28,690.00	£30,025.00	£31,360.00
Trainee Sales Representative	2	£25,500.00	£29,750.00	£34,000.00
Visual Merchandising	22	£27,720.00	£29,385.00	£31,055.00
Deputy Store Manager	13	£27,740.00	£29,370.00	£31,000.00
Inside Sales Representative	5	£27,750.00	£29,125.00	£30,500.00
Retail Sales Assistant	14	£28,870.00	£28,870.00	£28,870.00
Sales Associate	188	£26,575.00	£27,825.00	£29,070.00
Sales Assistant	712	£26,870.00	£27,610.00	£28,345.00
Customer Sales Advisor	105	£26,230.00	£27,395.00	£28,565.00
Customer Assistant	114	£25,665.00	£27,355.00	£29,045.00
Retail Supervisor	2	£26,000.00	£27,000.00	£28,000.00
Sales Advisor	2,734	£26,130.00	£26,855.00	£27,575.00
Customer Service Sales Assistant	43	£24,000.00	£26,585.00	£29,165.00
Customer Sales Representative	4	£26,115.00	£26,525.00	£26,940.00
Showroom Assistant	3	£25,000.00	£25,925.00	£26,850.00
Charity Shop Manager	2	£25,250.00	£25,250.00	£25,250.00
Retail Advisor	158	£24,895.00	£25,065.00	£25,230.00
Apprentice Sales	473	£22,125.00	£22,125.00	£22,125.00
Apprentice Sales Advisor	307	£21,625.00	£21,625.00	£21,625.00