Royal Mail: UK parcel, post and delivery driver seasonal jobs this Christmas 2025 - how to apply for careers
Seasonal shifts, flexible hours and no experience needed 🎁
- Royal Mail is hiring 20,000 temporary staff across the UK to handle Christmas post and parcels
- Jobs include sorting, delivery, and driving roles, with flexible shifts available
- No previous experience needed – ideal for students, retirees or anyone after extra festive income
- Contracts run from late October to early January 2026, covering Black Friday and Christmas peak
- Applications are open now via the Royal Mail careers website
Looking to top up your income in the run-up to Christmas?
Royal Mail has announced it will recruit 20,000 seasonal workers this year to help keep festive post and parcels moving, and you don’t need prior experience to apply.
Christmas is Royal Mail’s busiest period, with millions of online shopping orders, cards and gifts making their way through the network.
To meet the surge, the company is creating thousands of temporary positions across the UK, from sorting parcels in giant warehouses to helping deliver to people’s doors.
In total, there are:
- 12,000 sorting roles in England
- 2,000 in Scotland
- 600 in Wales
- 400 in Northern Ireland
Jobs are spread across two large parcel hubs, four seasonal parcel sort centres, and 37 mail centres nationwide. Shifts are varied, and the company stresses that flexibility is available for those balancing other commitments.
Royal Mail has also added 118,000 square metres of extra space – roughly the size of 16.5 football pitches – at its temporary sort centres in Atherstone, Milton Keynes, Northampton and Daventry.
These facilities will handle the bulk of festive online orders before they head out to the company’s 1,200 local delivery offices.
Beyond sorting, there are also 3,000 delivery and collection roles up for grabs, along with 2,000 HGV and MGV driver jobs. Parcelforce Worldwide is also hiring extra drivers and indoor staff.
Interim Chief Operating Officer Jamie Stephenson said: “As we do every year, we will be pulling out all the stops to make Christmas special for our customers.
“We’re investing heavily in extra resources, including thousands of seasonal team members, to make sure every delivery arrives on time and with care.”
How to apply for Royal Mail jobs
The seasonal contracts run from late October through to early January 2026, covering Black Friday (November 28), Cyber Monday (December 1), and the December peak.
Applications are now open on the Royal Mail careers website. You can search for “Christmas jobs” by location and role type.
The process is straightforward: complete an online form, choose your preferred shift pattern, and provide basic right-to-work documents.
Royal Mail says that no previous experience is needed, making the roles ideal for students, retirees, or anyone looking to boost their festive budget.
The jobs offer competitive pay rates, and for some, the chance of longer-term employment into the new year.
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