Online retailer Amazon is to employ 2,500 new permanent staff in the UK this year.
The increase will bring its total number of UK employees to 14,000.
Some of the new jobs will be at Amazon’s distribution centre in Dunfermline but the company said it could not give an exact number at this stage. Others will be in Edinburgh.
The online retailer will also create thousands more jobs elsewhere in Europe.
It is expanding its entire European operations, including its warehouses, known as fulfilment centres.
The company employs 40,000 people in Europe and last year created 10,000 jobs.
It says it has invested more than £11.5 billion on European infrastructure and operations since 2010, with £4.6bn in the UK.
Amazon said the jobs would be added across its business operations in the UK.
These include its new London head office, which is under construction, and research and development centres in Cambridge, Edinburgh and London, as well as at a customer service centre in Edinburgh.
The new Edinburgh jobs will be mainly in software engineering to develop the Amazon website and app.
A spokesman for the company said the Edinburgh jobs will be “to continue to improve the overall search experience for customers.”
Amazon will also be hiring people for its 10 warehouses including Dunfermline, and its new fashion photography studio in London.
The new Amazon Web Services data centre, due to launch next year, will also need new staff as will local delivery centres.
Amazon UK managing director, Christopher North said: “Britain has a world-class tech sector with a reputation for innovation and excellence.
“These new jobs are testament to the quality of the workforce in the UK and our confidence in its economy, which we are proud to support through our continued investments.”