Roles will include fulfilment work at centres in Knowsley and Wakefield, as the latest jobs take Amazon’s UK workforce to 75,000. 

Amazon has announced plans to create a further 4,000 permanent jobs in the UK. This will bring the number of UK jobs offered by Amazon to 75,000.

The new jobs will span a variety of roles including packing and shipping orders at fulfilment centres set to open in Wakefield and Knowsley, warehouse work, office work in London and Manchester, and technology roles in Edinburgh and Cambridge.

“We’re continuing to invest in talent right across the UK, from apprentices in Swansea to data scientists in Edinburgh,” said John Boumphrey, Amazon UK country manager. “People join us not just for the wide variety of roles, great pay and benefits, but for the career development opportunities we provide.”