Investing in the UK
Amazon’s total permanent workforce of around 75,000 employees makes us one of the top 10 private sector employers in the UK. Our employees are spread across the UK in a variety of corporate and technology functions in Amazon and Amazon Web Services (AWS), including software development, product management, and engineering, as well as jobs in the operations teams in our fulfilment centres, sort centres, and delivery stations. We recently made a further £3.5 million commitment to our apprenticeship fund to create career opportunities for people across England, bringing the total investment pledged to £12 million since 2020. In the last 10 years (since 2014), we’ve made direct investments in our UK operations of more than £75 billion. These direct investments raise the economic activity in a given region and create a ripple effect through the economy as the firms that supply goods and services to Amazon expand, and associated household spending increases. In 2024, we invested more than £1.6 billion in infrastructure as we continued to fit out our fulfilment centres with the latest robotics technology, including a £450 million state-of-the-art fulfilment centre in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham which opened its doors in October 2023.
Our footprint across the UK
We have invested in the UK to build the digital and physical infrastructure to deliver products and services to millions of customers. Our staff work at sites across the length and breadth of the country, including our Head Office in London, our corporate office in Manchester, R&D centres in Cambridge, Edinburgh, Swansea and London, and our state-of-the-art 30+ fulfilment centres, sort centres, and delivery stations across the UK.
Employment and skills support
Amazon employees have great opportunities to progress their careers, whether through improving existing skills or promotion into a managerial role—£10 million will be invested to train up to 5,000 employees in new skills. Amazon’s fully-funded apprenticeship programme, from entry-level through to degree-level, provides an exciting path for future team leaders, engineers, and innovation drivers—Amazon has created more than 5,500 apprenticeships since 2013. For those who see their future outside Amazon, the Career Choice programme offers funding for adult education, pre-paying 100% of tuition and associated fees—up to £3,000 a year—for nationally recognised courses. Subjects range from accountancy to HGV driving and software developing, and are designed to help employees pursue careers beyond Amazon if they wish to do so.
