Christmas and winter jobs across the UK

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Employers hiring for Christmas

7 employers

  • Tesco

    Festive colleague roles in stores on temporary contracts. Shifts listed include days, early mornings, twilights and nights.

    Supermarket
    Pay and closing£13.28/hr£14.55/hr inside the M25
    +£2.35/hr midnight to 6am
    Listings close 14 to 26 Oct
    Live vacancies seenSearch festive roles

  • Sainsbury's

    Stores, delivery routes and Argos stores and warehouses. Roles include customer assistant, delivery driver, warehouse operative and stock assistant, mostly fixed-term.

    SupermarketDelivery
    Pay and closing£13.23/hron most customer assistant listings
    Drivers listed up to £14.73/hr
    Applications open, no closing date shown
    Live vacancies seenSee Christmas jobs

  • John Lewis and Waitrose

    10,400 seasonal roles announced on 7 September across Waitrose shops, John Lewis shops and its supply chain. Roles go live from late September to November with no set date, so register for job alerts.

    SupermarketRetail
    Pay and closing£13.00/hrnationally
    £14.55/hr in London
    First seen closing 16 Oct
    Roles still being addedSee Christmas jobs

  • Marks and Spencer

    Christmas Customer Assistant and Café Customer Assistant roles. Expect full time in the last two weeks before Christmas and be free on 22, 23 and 24 December. Apply online, then an assessment and an in-store interview.

    Retail
    Pay and closingSee each listingSet per listing
    Page live, roles not checkedSee Christmas jobs

  • Boots

    Customer Assistant, Christmas Customer Advisor, Stores Fulfilment Assistant and Retail Operations Assistant roles. No experience needed, only energy and care for customers.

    Retail
    Pay and closingSee each listingSet per listing
    Page live, roles not checkedSee Christmas jobs

  • Next

    Seasonal retail jobs on stock teams and the shop floor for the Sale and Christmas periods. No experience needed. The page lists Winter Sale dates of 24 and 27 to 28 December.

    Retail
    Pay and closingSee each listingSet per listing
    Seasonal page liveSee seasonal jobs

  • Royal Mail

    Seasonal Mail Sorter, Parcel Delivery Driver, LGV and MGV Driver and Customer Service Assistant roles. Some are hired through agencies: Angard Staffing (Northern Ireland sorters, parcel delivery, customer service) and Pertemps and Manpower (LGV and MGV drivers).

    WarehouseDelivery
    Pay and closingSee each listingOpen now
    Live vacancies seenSee seasonal roles

Opening and closing dates

  • Open now

    Royal Mail seasonal roles have been live at every location since 21 September.

  • From 16 Oct

    John Lewis and Waitrose listings start closing one by one. New ones keep arriving through November.

  • 14 to 26 Oct

    Tesco listings close on their own dates in this window, so apply early.

No seasonal roles listed yet

Checked on 14 October 2026. These employers have hired for Christmas in earlier years, so roles may still be added. Check back or set up their job alerts.

Other places to look

  • Find a Job

    The government's free job site. It has run a dedicated festive and seasonal page before, so search for "seasonal" or "temporary".

    findajob.dwp.gov.uk

  • Season Workers

    UK-based board for seasonal and part-time work, in the UK and abroad. Employers pay to post, so listings are fewer but targeted.

    seasonworkers.com

  • New Job Today

    Local job board run by a regional newspaper group, useful for small local employers hiring for Christmas.

    new-job-today.co.uk

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