Retail Manager Salary in South East

What most retail managers actually earn

Half of retail managers in South East earn between £29,940 and £51,648. Earning above £51,648 puts you in the top quarter of the profession.

ONS suppresses the detailed spread for this occupation at regional level, so this range describes the wider “Managers and Directors in Retail and Wholesale” group in South East.

Where this figure comes from

ONS occupation group

Managers and directors in retail and wholesale

SOC 2020 code

1150

Measure

Gross annual pay, all employees

Edition

ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional

ONS doesn't measure “retail manager” as its own category. These figures are for the wider group “Managers and directors in retail and wholesale”, which includes this role alongside others. ONS group covers wholesale as well as retail, and directors as well as managers.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are estimates from a survey of PAYE jobs and are not financial advice.