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Amazon continues its recruitment drive in the UK by announcing it will create 2,500 jobs as part of a wider European move to take on ‘several thousand’ new staff.

Amazon already employs around 40,000 staff in full or part time roles across Europe, adding 10,000 new vacancies last year alone. The trend seems set to continue, with the UK being a major beneficiary of the hundreds of new positions to be advertised at most of their bases in England, Scotland and Wales.

Once the new Amazon vacancies are filled, the online retailer will employ over 14,000 in the United Kingdom.

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Sajid Javid, welcomed the announcement, saying: “Amazon’s continued investment in the UK is very welcome news and further demonstration that the UK is a great destination for innovative industries to invest and do business. These new permanent jobs will build on the UK’s record levels of employment and give added security to working people across the country – from app developers in Edinburgh to fashion photographers in London.”

Many of the new Amazon jobs will be created at the company’s fulfilment centres, but there will also be roles in research & development, customer services and, when construction is completed, at their new head office in London. Other jobs will be available in new and existing spin off ventures such as Amazon Web Services, Amazon Fresh, Amazon Prime Video and at a fashion photography studio in the capital.

Explaining why Amazon are taking on so many extra staff and giving some more details about the types of roles which will be available, Amazon EU’s Retail Vice President, Xavier Garambois,said: “We are seeing stronger demand than ever from our customers all across Europe, and we see lots more opportunity across Amazon’s businesses to invent and invest for the future. We created over 10,000 new jobs in 2015 and plan to create several thousand more in 2016 at all education, experience and skill levels, from speech and linguistic scientists to digital media experts to fulfilment centre and customer service associates.”

Amazon EU’s Operations’ Vice President, Roy Perticucci, added: “We are proud to offer great jobs for people who already have the skills we’re looking for and to help develop people who want to add new skills through our innovative programmes. We’re planning to add thousands of new jobs in all areas across our European fulfilment network in 2016 as we ramp up to meet increased demand from customers and invent in new areas.”

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