Amazon, which has a development centre in Edinburgh and currently employs over 2,500 people in Scotland, is hiring for 100 tech and corporate jobs locally.

Edinburgh was Amazon’s first research and development centre outside of North America and it has a ‘well-earned reputation as a global centre for innovation, software engineering and machine learning.’

Graeme Smith, Managing Director, Amazon Development Centre Scotland (ACDS), said: “These highly skilled jobs join our incredibly talented teams in Scotland and provide exciting opportunities for those who want to be at the cutting edge of global technology.

“Our employees benefit hundreds of millions of customers around the world by focusing on personalised shopping recommendations, digital advertising and research and development.”

Amazon has more than 2,500 employees in Scotland – across the Amazon Development Centre in Edinburgh, fulfilment centres in Dunfermline and Gourock, as well as the Prime Now site in Glasgow, Customer Service Centre in Edinburgh and delivery stations in Edinburgh, Dundee, Bathgate, Aberdeen, Baillieston and Motherwell.

The hiring push takes place in the context of new research from Amazon, surveying 1,000 professional (employed and unemployed) adults in the UK in August 2021, highlighting that 21% of UK professionals are actively searching for a new job.

The research also found that a further 38% of UK professionals are interested in finding a new job, but not actively looking and 78% of professionals in the UK say they want more job training/resources.

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Amazon now employs over 55,000 employees across the UK. Hourly workers pay starts at a minimum of £10.00 p/h and include benefits such as private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection and an employee discount, which combined are worth more than £700 annually, as well as a company pension plan.

This year, the company has created 10,000 new permanent jobs and 1,000 new fully-funded apprenticeship roles. For employees who see Amazon as a stepping stone to a future career, it has also created a pioneering Career Choice programme, through which Amazon pre-pays up to 95% of tuition fees for nationally recognised courses, ranging from accountancy to HGV driving and software development.

Up to £8,000 of tuition fees over four years is available through the programme. Amazon is partnering with the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and local businesses on the programme to identify regional skills shortages and focus training on local demand – this will help meet the UK’s future employment needs outside of Amazon.