The UK logistics sector is said to have expanded by 190,000 employees since 2019, new analysis suggests.

According to research commissioned by Amazon and carried out by Frontier Economics, the number of jobs in logistics has doubled since 2012.

The industry, with its key focus of transporting goods to consumers, is also said to have driven the creation of a further 125,000 jobs in regional economies.

Jobs are distributed across all regions of the UK, with many in non-urban areas, but the research found that logistics jobs were half as likely as the average job in another sector to be based in London.

Sarah Snelson, director of Frontier Economics, said growth in logistics sector jobs played an important role in the governments levelling up strategy and also created a need for other jobs in the local economy.

"It offers significant employment and progression opportunities, including for those individuals with limited formal qualifications," she added.