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Highest Paying Retail Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Retail Jobs Summary

There have been 204,561 listed Retail Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	204,049	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 3,934 new Retail Jobs posted each week, or 17,047 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	3,924	17,004
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 also November.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Retail Jobs

Permanent Retail Jobs

Latest month: October 2026

Jobs listed

887

Down 37.4% vs last year

Average salary

£36,980.00

Up 8.9% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract Retail Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: October 2026

Jobs listed

Down 42.9% vs last year

Average day rate

£600.00

Up 83.7% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: October 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
October 2026	887
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

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	17	£47,745.00	£53,010.00	£58,265.00
Regional Operations Manager	18	£49,900.00	£52,000.00	£54,100.00
Retail Operations	33	£46,080.00	£51,500.00	£56,915.00
Area Manager	1,160	£44,720.00	£48,565.00	£52,425.00
Sales Branch Manager	19	£37,600.00	£47,550.00	£57,500.00
Wholesale	398	£39,830.00	£42,765.00	£45,695.00
Wholesaler	411	£39,400.00	£42,510.00	£45,620.00
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	52	£38,435.00	£40,885.00	£43,330.00
Merchandising Manager	4	£38,000.00	£39,000.00	£40,000.00
Retail Manager	1,007	£36,050.00	£37,630.00	£39,210.00
Branch Manager	1,343	£33,965.00	£37,510.00	£41,055.00
Retail Management	988	£35,835.00	£37,375.00	£38,910.00
Floor Manager	16	£35,735.00	£37,225.00	£38,720.00
Showroom Manager	13	£33,405.00	£36,600.00	£39,800.00
Merchandising	312	£33,955.00	£36,100.00	£38,250.00
Sales Consultant	957	£30,585.00	£36,030.00	£41,470.00
Store Manager	2,512	£33,690.00	£35,365.00	£37,045.00
Product Merchandiser	4	£32,750.00	£33,875.00	£35,000.00
Department Manager	59	£31,195.00	£33,485.00	£35,775.00
Concession Manager	14	£31,000.00	£33,165.00	£35,335.00
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	351	£30,290.00	£31,990.00	£33,685.00
Stores Operative	95	£30,360.00	£31,530.00	£32,695.00
Sales Agent	455	£26,615.00	£31,475.00	£36,325.00
Sales Development Representative	157	£28,770.00	£31,410.00	£34,045.00
Retail Sales	156	£28,815.00	£31,130.00	£33,440.00
Sales Representative	823	£28,730.00	£30,780.00	£32,830.00
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	184	£26,730.00	£28,105.00	£29,470.00
Sales Assistant	698	£26,875.00	£27,610.00	£28,350.00
Customer Assistant	112	£25,870.00	£27,460.00	£29,055.00
Customer Sales Advisor	102	£26,225.00	£27,375.00	£28,525.00
Retail Supervisor	2	£26,000.00	£27,000.00	£28,000.00
Sales Advisor	2,638	£26,140.00	£26,790.00	£27,435.00
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	149	£23,830.00	£23,980.00	£24,125.00
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